On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Christophe Henner
<
christophe.henner@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/12/19 phoebe ayers <
brassratgirl@gmail.com>:
>> Indeed, it is time to get on with it! If only we had a Wikimania
>> dictator to decide these things :) (just kidding!)
>>
>> What do people -- especially the current bidders -- think of the
>> approximate timeline Aude gives? I think closing on Feb 1st would be a
>> little too early, but what about closing mid-February? Is that enough
>> time? Or should we push it to the end of February, giving two months
>> from now to improve the current bids and come up with any new ones?
>>
>> Then judging I think realistically takes about a month -- hopefully
>> not as long as last time, but it does take time to schedule community
>> and private meetings, read through all the documentation, ask and
>> answer questions, etc. So that would make a decision by the end of
>> March or so, which if we are planning to have a July/August conference
>> again means the local team has 15 months to plan. By that time, the
>> 2009 program and planning process should be under full steam as well.
>>
>> I would like to see plenty of time in the bidding process for new bids
>> to be developed from scratch -- if there are any out there that people
>> have in mind but haven't put on meta yet -- and for the existing bids
>> to have plenty of time for local team meetings, recruiting local
>> volunteers, having preliminary discussions with venues, etc. and in
>> general having enough time to really put their best foot forward.
>> Especially from past and current bidders -- how long is reasonable?
>>
>> Finally, if you have ideas or questions about the bid process -- or
>> really wikimania in general -- or you want to help out with something
>> specific, don't be shy about posting on meta or on this list. This is
>> still a volunteer-driven process.
>>
>> best,
>> phoebe
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Aude <
audevivere@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> When does bidding open for the 2010 Wikimania?
>>>
>>> Last year at this time, bidding had opened for the 2009 Wikimania. Bidding
>>> closed on February 3, and the selection was announced on March 28.
>>>
>>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Bids#Timeline
>>>
>>> -Aude
>>>
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>>> Aude
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> Like this? ^^
>
> Christophe
>