Guillaume, Good timing on the reminder :-) 12-24 months out is a good time to plan bids. Another good idea that has been raised is defining a process so that bids are resolved once a year, more than a year in advance of Wikimania.
Some of the successful processes I've seen involve selecting a location the year before (or two years before) at the event itself -- that allows a fair number of bid evaluators to meet in person; allows the team that has just finished the event to debrief and directly pass on ideas and advice to a future team; and passes on momentum from a successful bid through an international audience once it is announced. SJ On 6/6/07, Guillaume Paumier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > On 8/17/06, Delphine Ménard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have read the numerous comments on the fact that we should be > > planning Wikimania well in advance, and I fully agree that choosing > > the city for Wikimania 2008 sometime at the end of 2006 or beginning > > of 2007 makes perfect sense, and we have started working on it. > > This email was sent in august 2006. We said it would be better to start > planning Wikimania 2008 in advance, and before Wikimania 2007 happens. As > far as I know, not much has been done yet. For the record, there are current > bids, but not many seem to be serious: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids > > So, maybe "we" should think about it :) (call this email a "friendly > reminder"...) > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > [[m:User:guillom]] > "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have > imagined." Henry David Thoreau > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l