Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
Nah, lets not wind ourselves up unnecessarily. There is still plenty of time - as long as the winners are known around june/july. A full year should be enough to organize a Wikimania. Lodewijk No dia 15 de Dezembro de 2011 11:42, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch escreveu: Dear

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations - A full year should be enough?

2011-12-15 Thread WereSpielChequers
Hi Lodewijk, I agree that in theory a full year should be enough, but in practice we have some people who need a long time to get visa's sorted for travel to certain countries. Yes we should be able to get some sort of pre early bird process for such people, but in the absence of that it would

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations - A full year should be enough?

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
Hi WSC, I doubt that the moment that people start requesting visa for 2013 will be any sooner depending on the decision moment. Most of the people with visa problems also require financial support or will an invitation letter, the exact dates etc. Experience learned that the *real* organizing

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations - A full year should be enough?

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
Sure, that should and possibly could be moved forward. But I doubt that they would take your letter very seriously if you have no location definite dates yet, and you cant allocate grants before you fixed the budget. All things that cannot happen too long in advance :) And so far, the longest