I think this faster timeline could be OK, but only if there was more of an independent WMF led drive for international sponsors going on at the same time. This would take some of the pressure off individual candidate cities to secure big sponsorship deals and remove a heck of a lot of duplicated work. (Obviously expensive cities would still have to secure some level of local sponsorship.) It would also enable bidding cities to be a lot more concrete about their financial situation.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cary Bass Sent: 23 July 2008 16:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2010 bidding process -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 effe iets anders wrote: | Ehm? Did you decide on the timeline now? :S | | Just for the record, is this a WMF decision, or just what we call in | Dutch a "proefballon", a little test to taste the reactions. | | as explained in my previous email, I see barely advantages and a lot | of disadvantages. I sincerely hope this time schedule will not be | close to what it will be, especially not without a little more | rationale? | | Best regards, | | Lodewijk | Perhaps you missed the page title "Draft Timeline". Or my comment, "It *is* a wiki". That is, I anticipate much discussion and explanation as well as consensus about the timelines. I believe Damien Finol has already begun the talk page. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Phone: 415.839.6885 x 601 Fax: 415.882.0495 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiHVT8ACgkQyQg4JSymDYlQiwCgsqYx4nZ09ZLuQUugDxAyhYPs gG0AnigfNDgDp6K11WEdhN2JmeJFK35y =cyKm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
