Guillaume, Good timing on the reminder :-) 12-24 months out is a good time to plan bids. Another good idea that has been raised is defining a process so that bids are resolved once a year, more than a year in advance of Wikimania. Some of the successful processes I've seen involve selecting a location the year before (or two years before) at the event itself -- that allows a fair number of bid evaluators to meet in person; allows the team that has just finished the event to debrief and directly pass on ideas and advice to a future team; and passes on momentum from a successful bid through an international audience once it is announced. SJ On 6/6/07, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hello > >On 8/17/06, Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>I have read the numerous comments on the fact that we should be >>planning Wikimania well in advance, and I fully agree that choosing >>the city for Wikimania 2008 sometime at the end of 2006 or beginning >>of 2007 makes perfect sense, and we have started working on it. >> >> >This email was sent in august 2006. We said it would be better to start >planning Wikimania 2008 in advance, and before Wikimania 2007 happens. As >far as I know, not much has been done yet. For the record, there are current >bids, but not many seem to be serious: >http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids > >So, maybe "we" should think about it :) (call this email a "friendly >reminder"...) > >