[Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

[Ilario Valdelli]

I agree.

The work behind the organization is more than organizing a wiki-meeting to
drink a beer.

People have to consider the costs for travel, the booking of tickets and
the accommodation plus visas.

Yes, six months is a convenient timeline to start working on.

regards



On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Cristian Consonni
> <kikkocristian at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > 2013/9/18 Balázs Viczián <balazs.viczian at wikimedia.hu>:
> > > The thing is that you should start building from the bottom, not from
> the
> > > top. A venue can be secured as late as 3 months before the event to
> give
> > > everyone enough time to plan and get cheap tickets (and I mean first
> > > minute, not last minute). Most airline and international train tickets
> > are
> > > the cheapest if you buy them ~3 months in advance. Not much later, nor
> > > earlier, because both are being "penalized" by higher fees. We can find
> > out
> > > where to have the event as late as early January
> >
> > May I point out that if you want to be able to book tickets 3 months
> > before <event:date> you should start working on <event> at the very
> > least six month in advance. How can you tell the destination of your
> > booking if you don't know where the event is going to be held?
> >
> > From WM-IT's experience with WMConf 2013 (which we are discussing to
> > replicate) you have to start organizing it in November, no later.
> >
> > Cristian
>
>
> Plus, you're forgetting visas.
>
> Aubrey
>
>
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