Ah, August, when people's thoughts turn towards <s>the beach</s>
<s>school</s> Wikimania bidding!
==bids==
This is an informal reminder to those interested in bidding for 2012 to
start thinking about putting up your public pages:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012
There isn't a timeline yet but last year's makes a pretty good guide.
There's plenty of time, but the sooner you put up your ideas the sooner
other people can offer to help :)
Also, please remember that everyone is welcome *and encouraged* to comment
on the bids, even tentative bids, with your concerns and ideas; your
constructive support will help the bidders come up with the best possible
proposal and will ultimately help the bid jury select the best bid. I would
love to see more feedback on the bids ahead of time. The bid talk pages are
the best place for this.
==bid criteria==
Especially since there is a lively discussion about Wikimania locations and
requirements going on now anyway, this is probably a good time to review the
existing bid criteria and propose any changes.
A list of past criteria and official requirements (largely the same from
year to year, with some minor revision) can be found here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Judging_criteria
please discuss and propose changes on the talk page. There are also general
comments on many of the individual year pages that it might be helpful to
aggregate, if someone has some free time :)
This might also be a good time to consider possible improvements to the
process for choosing a bid and running Wikimania, as well as how to move
forward with the process for this year (including determining a timeline,
bid jury, etc). There was lots of discussion on the lists earlier this
summer about a Wikimania committee, but these ideas aren't reflected on the
wiki yet; probably the best place for this discussion is:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania
best,
-- phoebe
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