As someone who has seen firsthand how much effort went into WikiConference India 2016, I will ask any communities planning for a Wikimania bid to first conduct a WikiConference India first. There is a massive effort required for conducting even a WCI size event, and the core organisers faced plenty of problems even then. And we always face shortage of organisers.

So if we are even considering making an expression of interest from India, please start preparing for WCI 2017 immediately; as well as start looking for a minimum number of organisers for both events. Other than that, I don't see any other problems with a Wikimania interest bid for now.

Regards,
Soni 

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   1. Should we organise Wikimania 2018/2019 in India? (Srikant Kedia)
   2. Re: Should we organise Wikimania 2018/2019 in     India? (Tito Dutta)
   3. Re: Should we organise Wikimania 2018/2019 in     India?
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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 23:17:56 +0530
From: Srikant Kedia <wikiodisha1@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Since last 6 years we were planning to organise Wikimania in India. But we
dropped it because of raw experience to organise such a big conference.

But in the last 6 years, we have organised 3 conferences i.e.  in 2011 at
Mumbai,  2015 at Kolkata &  2016 at Mohali. If we all communities and
chapters collaborate then we can plan to organise an International
conference at India in 2018/2019.

Waiting for your opinion and suggestions.

Regards
Shreekant Kedia
Odisha1
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Very good thought, I'd say, Srikant. An event like Wikimania needs detailed
planning and preparation for at least 8-12 months in advance. I am unsure
if we can host 2018/19/20 Wikimania, but we should, for sure, do some
brainstorming.


On 8 November 2016 at 23:17, Srikant Kedia <wikiodisha1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Since last 6 years we were planning to organise Wikimania in India. But we
> dropped it because of raw experience to organise such a big conference.
>
> But in the last 6 years, we have organised 3 conferences i.e.  in 2011 at
> Mumbai,  2015 at Kolkata &  2016 at Mohali. If we all communities and
> chapters collaborate then we can plan to organise an International
> conference at India in 2018/2019.
>
> Waiting for your opinion and suggestions.
>
> Regards
> Shreekant Kedia
> Odisha1
>
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From: Nageswara Rao Gullapalli <nrgullapalli@gmail.com>
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Definitely we can conduct successfully
Waiting for the Conference
ok

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Srikant Kedia <wikiodisha1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Since last 6 years we were planning to organise Wikimania in India. But we
> dropped it because of raw experience to organise such a big conference.
>
> But in the last 6 years, we have organised 3 conferences i.e.  in 2011 at
> Mumbai,  2015 at Kolkata &  2016 at Mohali. If we all communities and
> chapters collaborate then we can plan to organise an International
> conference at India in 2018/2019.
>
> Waiting for your opinion and suggestions.
>
> Regards
> Shreekant Kedia
> Odisha1
>
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