On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:21 AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:wikimania-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimania-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sure. I&#39;m totally not going to try to rail-road this discussion (or<br>
maybe it should be on-wiki?) by announcing a Jury when we&#39;re not sure<br>
how we&#39;ll proceed. :-)<br>
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J.<br>
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James D. Forrester<br>
<a href="mailto:jdforrester@wikimedia.org">jdforrester@wikimedia.org</a> | <a href="mailto:jdforrester@gmail.com">jdforrester@gmail.com</a><br>
[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]</blockquote><div><br></div><div>There were some useful responses to James&#39; initial message, but I think the end result (through nobody&#39;s intention) was to get us off track from selecting a jury for 2013. There are a number of groups working on bids [1]; I think it would be a good thing to get a jury announced so they (we? [2]) can begin laying out the process and guiding toward a decision.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This is not intended to dismiss the important &quot;meta issue&quot; about how locations are selected. I agree with what has been said, that it is too late to impose some sort of rotation system for the 2013 process; but I do think it&#39;s an idea well worth some deeper consideration. I think that having an active jury would be beneficial to arriving at a well-considered decision on that, so I really don&#39;t see a conflict here.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m hoping to hear from some other folks here: should we encourage James F. to resume his planned course, and select/announce a jury ASAP, without prejudice toward the question of whether a rotation system is implemented after 2013?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jan-Bart? Perhaps a plate of stroopwafels will help move the discussion forward?</div><div><br></div><div>-Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids</a></div>
<div>[2] I have thrown my name in the ring and would like to have a decision soon, since it will affect how I spend my next few months.</div></div>