On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Christophe Henner <[email protected]> wrote: > 2008/12/19 phoebe ayers <[email protected]>: >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Draft_timeline > > Like this? ^^ > > Christophe >
Precisely like that :) how does that look to everyone? -- phoebe _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
