Could we get an update on when we're likely to get a result? I have
potential suppliers wanting to know if we're going to go ahead with
the order or not - I told them I would know if the conference was
going ahead on the 16th and they are now chasing me up! I would like
to be able to tell
Hi Thomas and all,
My apologies, I meant to send an email to everyone yesterday.
The jury met over the weekend after lots of online discussion and agreed
that another week would be necessary to reach consensus and develop feedback
for the bids. So we are hoping to be done by the end of this
2009/4/21 phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.com:
Hi Thomas and all,
My apologies, I meant to send an email to everyone yesterday.
The jury met over the weekend after lots of online discussion and agreed
that another week would be necessary to reach consensus and develop feedback
for the bids.
2009/4/21 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Thanks! If at all possible, could you try and do the UK a massive
favour and get the result out before midday (UTC) on the 26th?
I don't know if and how many people from North or South America are
involved in this, but noon BST (which I assume is
2009/4/21 Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com:
2009/4/21 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Thanks! If at all possible, could you try and do the UK a massive
favour and get the result out before midday (UTC) on the 26th?
I don't know if and how many people from North or South America are
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.comwrote:
2009/4/21 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Thanks! If at all possible, could you try and do the UK a massive
favour and get the result out before midday (UTC) on the 26th?
I don't know if and how many people
Thomas Dalton pisze:
Thanks! If at all possible, could you try and do the UK a massive
favour and get the result out before midday (UTC) on the 26th? Our AGM
is that afternoon and it would be really good to know if we've won the
bid or not so we can discuss what happens next if we have.
The journalists are already awake. ;-)
Brian McNeil
Wikinews.
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effe iets anders pisze:
talking about journalists... it might be good to consider telling the
local teams (or at least the winning team) some time in advance before
making the decision public, to enable them to prepare a proper (joint)
press release from the chapter and/or the wmf. I know
2009/4/21 phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.com:
Just so you guys know, if the jury can't come to a decision, we are having
it in Frankfurt at the Haus der Jugend :)
They can only seat 400 [1]. Try the WMDE office in Berlin - that could
fit everyone easily!
1.
2009/4/21 Wojciech Pędzich wpedz...@wp.pl:
effe iets anders pisze:
talking about journalists... it might be good to consider telling the
local teams (or at least the winning team) some time in advance before
making the decision public, to enable them to prepare a proper (joint)
press release
I'm against as well, I don't think it's practical. If the bids were
made by chapters, rather than local teams (which are really just
informal groups of people that aren't particularly well defined), then
it might be possible, but that isn't the case. Perhaps in the future
we'll be able to
2009/4/21 Joseph Seddon josephsed...@googlemail.com:
I'm against as well, I don't think it's practical. If the bids were
made by chapters, rather than local teams (which are really just
informal groups of people that aren't particularly well defined), then
it might be possible, but that isn't
2009/4/21 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Yes, but the bids aren't actually made by the chapters. As you well
know, the leader of the UK bid isn't even a member of the UK chapter
(yet)!
Not officially, no. But in practice, the chapters support the bids and
chapter members are active in
Maybe Jay could give his opinion as well, as the PR person from the WMF (in
cc)
Lodewijk
2009/4/21 Joseph Seddon josephsed...@googlemail.com
Don't shoot for PR, just try to make the best bid you
can so that the conference runs smoothly, not with glamour.
Its to do with having a high degree
I know that announcement will be quite important for the winning bid
team - but it's just a matter of course to manage that. It would be
good for them to have some notice, perhaps a day or two, to prep a
basic news release highlighting the news.
I don't think there's a huge risk of the
Joseph Seddon pisze:
I'm against as well, I don't think it's practical. If the bids were
made by chapters, rather than local teams (which are really just
informal groups of people that aren't particularly well defined), then
it might be possible, but that isn't the case.
WMF did not send out a formal announcement, no, though wasn't there some
sort of press release later? The past couple of years I have simply sent an
email to wikimania-l and foundation-l, which gets the word out to most of
the interested community members.
I don't think telling the community
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't believe WMF formally announced the winner of the upcoming year's
WMania last year,
Kinda. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimania_2008
However, I think this was more because we were hosting it
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM, phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think telling the community precludes sending a more formal press
release later from either the winning chapter and/or the Foundation. Effe is
right, that it's a good chance to build excitement locally, but I
2009/4/21 phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.com
WMF did not send out a formal announcement, no, though wasn't there some
sort of press release later? The past couple of years I have simply sent an
email to wikimania-l and foundation-l, which gets the word out to most of
the interested community
W dniu 21 kwietnia 2009 22:05 użytkownik effe iets anders
effeietsand...@gmail.com napisał:
talking about journalists... it might be good to consider telling the local
teams (or at least the winning team) some time in advance before making the
decision public, to enable them to prepare a proper
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/4/21 Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com:
Yes. I suggest to tell all the teams representatives the final
decission before it will be officially announced. Maybe it is even
more important for those two who won't be happy to have Wikimania in
2010, as there might be
Folks, there are only two possible outcomes for each bid. If you want to be
prepared in advance with a press release tailored to the outcome, just start
writing two now. When you get the results, you'll know which one to use.
That way, you can even develop the releases on your chapter wiki.
guidance from the foundation would be needed. Though the chapter are
relatively autonamous, the conference is a foundation event with thier name
on it.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Folks, there are only two possible outcomes for each bid. If you want to be
2009/4/22 Joseph Seddon josephsed...@googlemail.com:
guidance from the foundation would be needed. Though the chapter are
relatively autonamous, the conference is a foundation event with thier name
on it.
I agree. Any press release announcing Wikimania should be a joint one
with the
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