clashing with Jimmy's birthday doesn't seem to have adversely affected any of the previous winning bids
Frankfurt: 4 Aug - 8 Aug
Boston: 4 Aug - 6 Aug
Taipei: 3 Aug - 5 Aug

my guess is he enjoys a piss-up with his wiki-minions ;)

On 31/08/2007, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry, that's Jimmy Wales. I'd assume he'll attend :P.

On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally I have no preference but I know one of the jury's birthday
> falls during that time frame, and it is Jimmy's birthday on the 7th,
> so with jetlag and the like they may not be too thrilled by that :) -
> not enough to affect their decisions on the jury, but, you know, it
> doesn't help us :).
> Or is this a non-issue?
>
> On 8/31/07, Cormac Lawler <cormaggio@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk < gary.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have been told by UCL that it shouldn't be a problem having it there
> > > ie availability is not a problem - at this stage. If someone were to
> > > propose dates and add them where it says on the main bid page I could
> > > get back to UCL and get it confirmed.
> >
> >
> > I have added the dates I proposed earlier to the bid page
> > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London>. That's
> > 2-6 August - broken down into 2-3 for hacking days (not all rooms
> > required), and 4-6 for the main conference. Please change if you
> > prefer other dates.
> >
> > Cormac
> >
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