All,
Please see message below from Joseph Seddon about doing a bid for 2012
Wikimania here in DC.
I know that James (Harej) has talked about this, but want more feedback on
what DC folks think? I have some hesitations about it, as I know it's a
massive time commitment, and I'm unsure how much time I personally can
commit. But, if we have enough (people willing to do *tons* of work to make
this happen then, I support it.
In 2009, I was on the program committee, and it was a serious commitment of
time (10 hours/week or easily more), and I had a minor role. Here is a list
of tasks & roles that we need people to fill.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
The other critical thing would be to get the *right* venue... very
preferably very close to the Metro that can accommodate ~500 attendees
(maybe a bit more than that to be safe).
Cheers,
Katie (@aude)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joseph Seddon <seddonwiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: Wikimania Bidding 2012
To: aude.wiki(a)gmail.com
Could please forward this around the DC community :)
Dear DC community,
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.
If you need any advice please feel free to ask on this list.
Many Thanks
Joseph Seddon
Wikimania 2012 Jury Moderator