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"...)
--
Guillaume Paumier
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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined." Henry David Thoreau
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