Well he can hardly say 'Excuse me, I'd like to be with my family on my birthday, Wikimania must move!' because although he is founder and god-king, that would make him sound, though within his rights to say, slightly arrogant, which I'm sure he isn't. When I met him he indicated we should follow others down the stairs out of the pub - I nearly fell down them. I was rather excited :P.
On 8/31/07, James Hardy wikimediauk@weeb.biz wrote:
clashing with Jimmy's birthday doesn't seem to have adversely affected any of the previous winning bids Frankfurt: 4 Aug - 8 Aug Boston: 4 Aug - 6 Aug Taipei: 3 Aug - 5 Aug
my guess is he enjoys a piss-up with his wiki-minions ;)
On 31/08/2007, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry, that's Jimmy Wales. I'd assume he'll attend :P.
On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Personally I have no preference but I know one of the jury's birthday falls during that time frame, and it is Jimmy's birthday on the 7th, so with jetlag and the like they may not be too thrilled by that :) - not enough to affect their decisions on the jury, but, you know, it doesn't help us :). Or is this a non-issue?
On 8/31/07, Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
I have been told by UCL that it shouldn't be a problem having it
there
ie availability is not a problem - at this stage. If someone were to propose dates and add them where it says on the main bid page I
could
get back to UCL and get it confirmed.
I have added the dates I proposed earlier to the bid page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London. That's 2-6 August - broken down into 2-3 for hacking days (not all rooms required), and 4-6 for the main conference. Please change if you prefer other dates.
Cormac
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