I agree with Theodoranian. While the option might be a good one it should either be implemented before the bidding starts or after the city is chosen. Doing it in midstream at the request of one of the bidders would give that city an unfair advantage. That city is clearly ready to do what would need to be done with such a change, but the other cities would not have had the opportunity to make advance preparations.

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THD wrote:

I think it is better to open the Wikimania 2008 website after the host city get chosen. Meta is a place to coordinate biddings, but Wikimania website is for the official use of the event. Since there will be only one city get chosen as the host, I am afraid that other bidders' proposals on the same website would confuse people.

Regards, Theodoranian

2007/9/12, Mike Halterman <haltermannews@yahoo.com mailto:haltermannews@yahoo.com>:

We were discussing in our IRC meeting a more professional and
easier to navigate place to present our bid to prospective press
and sponsors. Can the Wikimania 2008 website on Wikimedia be
opened for all of us to present our big aims there instead of
having to direct people to different pages on Meta, which they may
not be 100% aware of navigating?

-Mike Halterman
Atlanta Bid