On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:44 AM, effe iets anders
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, to be honest I think we first should think about the general
> time schedule. Do we want to hurry or do we first want to reconsider
> what kind or conference we want in the coming years and build the
> wikimanias around that idea. It means a lot whether we want a very
> unofficial conference or whether we want a more serious conference
> which could for instance mean more possibilities for finding sponsors
> and having a serious media look during the conference, more results
> with respect to the main goals we have etc etc... I do know that at
> least the program committee needs a huge evaluation (as soon as Jakob
> and me are home, we will do that I guess) and I assume also other
> teams want to do that, before we would do a wikimania wide evaluation,
> and draw results from that.
>
> So a few big questions ahead, which can very much influence the choice
> of the city. Personally I'd not want to rush anything until we know
> that.
>
> On the page you created, which is of course a draft, it has been
> assumed almost that we choose the early schedule, even though it is
> still a draft (you could also make changes there, and still call it a
> draft, even though the main window has been set).
>
> I sincerely hope we can have an open discussion *first* on whether we
> need evaluation, together with local team, committees, WMF etc, and
> then see how long we need for that to draw conclusions etc.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lodewijk
>

Discussions about this are being started.  See -planning.

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