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@gmail.com wrote:

Hello

On 8/17/06, Delphine Ménard notafishz@gmail.com wrote:

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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"...)

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These were the kinds of points that were being made in the days following Wikimania 2006. The current year Wikimania can provide great apprenticeship for the local core that will be running the following year's event. Being able to promote Wikimania 2008 in Taipei so that we will be leaving that event with a positive feeling that we will be meeting next year in Xxxx can only be an advantage.

Ec

Samuel Klein wrote:

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@gmail.com wrote:

...

Hello

On 8/17/06, Delphine Ménard notafishz@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"...)