All,

Please see message below from Joseph Seddon about doing a bid for 2012 Wikimania here in DC.

I know that James (Harej) has talked about this, but want more feedback on what DC folks think?  I have some hesitations about it, as I know it's a massive time commitment, and I'm unsure how much time I personally can commit.  But, if we have enough (people willing to do *tons* of work to make this happen then, I support it.

In 2009, I was on the program committee, and it was a serious commitment of time (10 hours/week or easily more), and I had a minor role. Here is a list of tasks & roles that we need people to fill. 

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.

The other critical thing would be to get the *right* venue... very preferably very close to the Metro that can accommodate ~500 attendees (maybe a bit more than that to be safe).

Cheers,
Katie (@aude)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joseph Seddon <seddonwiki@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: Wikimania Bidding 2012
To: aude.wiki@gmail.com


Could please forward this around the DC community :)


Dear DC community,

Earlier this month the bidding for Wikimania 2012 opened and I wanted to encourage your community to consider submitting a bid. Failing to win shouldn't stop you since so much can be learnt by bidding anyway nor should the rotation of Wikimania be an issue since there hasn't been a North American wikimania since 2006.

Wikimania provides an excellent opportunity for the local community to come together to work on something big and it may well lead on to other things so please think about it. Creation of bids closes on February 6th so there is plenty of time to create a page and start the work on a bid.

If you need any advice please feel free to ask on this list.

Many Thanks

Joseph Seddon
Wikimania 2012 Jury Moderator