I think Feb 28 should be pulled to Feb 10 or so, to leave more time for the other parts of the timeline, which I expect to take longer :)
Also the part around april 1 seems a bit tight for the jury to me, but I'd love it. I just dont think the jury will be able to make it like that. Lodewijk 2008/12/19 phoebe ayers <[email protected]> > 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 >
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