Well, to be honest I think we first should think about the general
time schedule. Do we want to hurry or do we first want to reconsider
what kind or conference we want in the coming years and build the
wikimanias around that idea. It means a lot whether we want a very
unofficial conference or whether we want a more serious conference
which could for instance mean more possibilities for finding sponsors
and having a serious media look during the conference, more results
with respect to the main goals we have etc etc... I do know that at
least the program committee needs a huge evaluation (as soon as Jakob
and me are home, we will do that I guess) and I assume also other
teams want to do that, before we would do a wikimania wide evaluation,
and draw results from that.
So a few big questions ahead, which can very much influence the choice
of the city. Personally I'd not want to rush anything until we know
that.
On the page you created, which is of course a draft, it has been
assumed almost that we choose the early schedule, even though it is
still a draft (you could also make changes there, and still call it a
draft, even though the main window has been set).
I sincerely hope we can have an open discussion *first* on whether we
need evaluation, together with local team, committees, WMF etc, and
then see how long we need for that to draw conclusions etc.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2008/7/23 Cary Bass <cbass(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
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effe iets anders wrote:
| Ehm? Did you decide on the timeline now? :S
|
| Just for the record, is this a WMF decision, or just what we call in
| Dutch a "proefballon", a little test to taste the reactions.
|
| as explained in my previous email, I see barely advantages and a lot
| of disadvantages. I sincerely hope this time schedule will not be
| close to what it will be, especially not without a little more
| rationale?
|
| Best regards,
|
| Lodewijk
|
Perhaps you missed the page title "Draft Timeline". Or my comment, "It
*is* a wiki". That is, I anticipate much discussion and explanation as
well as consensus about the timelines. I believe Damien Finol has
already begun the talk page.
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