Hello,

At ars electronica in Linz Jimbo and I had the idea to hold a Wikipedia meetup next summer.

Since people from as many wikimedia projects as possible should be able to participate we decided on Europe as the best place to do this, and we'll be trying to get funding for wikipedians from other continents to join in the fun.

Now, the exact location is to be decided. There are several important criterias, like number of local wikipedians, closeness to an international airport, costs and abilities of conference facilities...

The details can be found on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_meetup_2005

Where the conference is hosted will be a community decision along the lines of the Olympic games selection:

I'd like to encourage everyone to place proposals on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_meetup_2005 with detailed information so we can choose the place which offers the most advantages. Most important are of course conference facilities and dates where they are still free.

Since most conference facilities have to be booked long in advance and there will be enough organisational stuff left to do, I suggest a deadline of one month, ending 10th of october.

Please translate this posting and make it public in your project so that as many wikipedians as possible have a chance to participate in the discussion and the choice.

greetings, Elian