On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (And seriously, what's with the timing? So close after new year's, people >> are going to be on holiday and plane prices are horrible; for me it'd >> bring >> the price down by over half if it were even just a week later, and others >> may be more extreme.) >> > > These dates were not our first option, but the availability of venues in > San Francisco for the Summit and WMF AllHands during those weeks didn't > gave us many alternatives. Also, the Wikimedia Hackathon is very close next > year (end of March). On the other hand, the proximity / overlap with > holidays might make it easier for some (i.e. students) to travel? > For the record, I also find the dates inconvenient, since I'll have to end my holidays with my family earlier than I would have otherwise. It's not a huge problem for me, but it's definitely something to bear in mind. -- Neil P. Quinn <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Neil_P._Quinn-WMF>, product analyst Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
