-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Samuel Klein wrote: > 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 >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
Why don't we announce it on Wikimania 07?. Regards, - -- Ing. Damian Finol Ingeniero en Informática Caracas, Venezuela. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZxMIBJnO54tRUmoRAj5CAJ96vTEx+tO/p+eASuXssEvSev4sZgCeMLjF L+rm3NDAwVOZXQrZwmZXsec= =7MdT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
