The Wikimania bid deadline passed at 8pm this evening. Our bid is
submitted, with Georgetown University selected as the most suitable and
available venue and dates of July 11-15, 2012. There will be very frequent
shuttle bus service between the venue and the Dupont Circle metro station.
We also considered some hotels in DC, but chose the university, as an
educational institution and inline with the type of venues that have hosted
Wikimania in the past. Other universities include GWU and American were
unavailable/unwilling to work with us or lacked capacity for an event, such
as ours.
Here is our bid page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
Our bid is the only one of the four that has both a venue + budget -- both
critical requirements of a bid.
We still are recruiting additional volunteers. Over the next year and 3-4
months, we will need help with recruiting sponsors. During the conference
itself, we'll need help with things like taking a smallish group (~20
people) sightseeing, among other help.
Big thanks to James (harej) for coordinating the bid, Racepacket for
coordinating the venue, Djembayz, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Kirill,
Metabrarian, AutoGyro, Sadads, Swatjester, MissVain, and everyone else who
have helped put the bid together.
Cheers,
Katie