Earlier this month the bidding for Wikimania 2012 opened and I wanted to encourage your community to consider submitting a bid. Failing to win shouldn't stop you since so much can be learnt by bidding anyway nor should the rotation of Wikimania be an issue since there hasn't been a North American wikimania since 2006.

Wikimania provides an excellent opportunity for the local community to come together to work on something big and it may well lead on to other things so please think about it. Creation of bids closes on February 6th so there is plenty of time to create a page and start the work on a bid. California has such a vibrant community and a conference here would be veyr successful. There is the Stanford bid currently but it might be worth looking at it and seeing whether there are better options and if not, go with it and try and make it happen.

If you need any advice please feel free to ask on this list.

Many Thanks 

Joseph Seddon

Wikimania 2012 Jury Moderator