2008/12/19 phoebe ayers <brassratg...@gmail.com>: > Indeed, it is time to get on with it! If only we had a Wikimania > dictator to decide these things :) (just kidding!) > > What do people -- especially the current bidders -- think of the > approximate timeline Aude gives? I think closing on Feb 1st would be a > little too early, but what about closing mid-February? Is that enough > time? Or should we push it to the end of February, giving two months > from now to improve the current bids and come up with any new ones? > > Then judging I think realistically takes about a month -- hopefully > not as long as last time, but it does take time to schedule community > and private meetings, read through all the documentation, ask and > answer questions, etc. So that would make a decision by the end of > March or so, which if we are planning to have a July/August conference > again means the local team has 15 months to plan. By that time, the > 2009 program and planning process should be under full steam as well. > > I would like to see plenty of time in the bidding process for new bids > to be developed from scratch -- if there are any out there that people > have in mind but haven't put on meta yet -- and for the existing bids > to have plenty of time for local team meetings, recruiting local > volunteers, having preliminary discussions with venues, etc. and in > general having enough time to really put their best foot forward. > Especially from past and current bidders -- how long is reasonable? > > Finally, if you have ideas or questions about the bid process -- or > really wikimania in general -- or you want to help out with something > specific, don't be shy about posting on meta or on this list. This is > still a volunteer-driven process. > > best, > phoebe > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Aude <audeviv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> When does bidding open for the 2010 Wikimania? >> >> Last year at this time, bidding had opened for the 2009 Wikimania. Bidding >> closed on February 3, and the selection was announced on March 28. >> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Bids#Timeline >> >> -Aude >> >> -- >> Aude >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Draft_timeline Like this? ^^ Christophe _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
