On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Isarra Yos
<zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:
(And seriously, what's with the timing? So close after new year's, people
are going to be on holiday and plane prices are horrible; for me it'd
bring
the price down by over half if it were even just a week later, and others
may be more extreme.)
These dates were not our first option, but the availability of venues in
San Francisco for the Summit and WMF AllHands during those weeks didn't
gave us many alternatives. Also, the Wikimedia Hackathon is very close next
year (end of March). On the other hand, the proximity / overlap with
holidays might make it easier for some (i.e. students) to travel?
For the record, I also find the dates inconvenient, since I'll have to end
my holidays with my family earlier than I would have otherwise. It's not a
huge problem for me, but it's definitely something to bear in mind.
--
Neil P. Quinn <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Neil_P._Quinn-WMF>,
product analyst
Wikimedia Foundation