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Dec 19, 2008, 12:53 PM
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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 <brassratgirl [at] gmail>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Christophe Henner
> <christophe.henner [at] gmail> wrote:
> > 2008/12/19 phoebe ayers <brassratgirl [at] gmail>:
> >> 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 <audevivere [at] gmail> 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
> >>>
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> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Draft_timeline
> >
> > Like this? ^^
> >
> > Christophe
> >
>
> Precisely like that :) how does that look to everyone?
>
> -- phoebe
>
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