[Foundation-l] Re: Wikimania 2006 - host city contest to open onSeptember 1st 20

Tue Aug 16 15:02:13 UTC 2005

On 16/08/05, Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2. Why so long
> Because it does take that long to find the suitable venue and get the
> required information. You think we should leave less time?
> 
> > 3. The chances of still being able to book a 500 person capacity venue
> > for August 2006 in Britain in the November before is minimal. I would
> > be somewhat suprised if was different for anywhere else in the world.
> Not sure I get you right here. Do you mean, November is way too late
> to book the venue? Or way too early? (sorry, non-English speaker
> here).

Too late to book. I've been ringing several possible venues in the UK
today and none will still be available by that time - many bookings
have already been taken for next summer, in fact. Is this different in
other countries?

Dan