Looks like work has started... for example in Sydney. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Bids/Sydney
And here is the checklist http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/checklist Gordo On 26/07/2011 16:47, WereSpielChequers wrote: > I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit like the Olympics or the > Eurovision song contest, a dubious honour that saps more from the host > organisation than it generates. That said if there are a keen group of > people who want to organise a UK Wikimania I have no objection to it > being here in 2014 or 2015. > > Better still we should encourage those who want to organise a UK > Wikimania to get involved in the team running DC in 2012 and/or help > Manila or whoever gets 2013 (by 2013 we really should be taking > Wikimania back to the far East rather than yet another event at this > end of Eurasia). > > II think that a UK bid for 2014 or 2015 would be much more impressive > if the bidders included people who'd played key roles in making 2012 > and 2013 a success. If the UK was to fund flights and accommodation > for UK Wikimanians who made those events a success then I'd consider > that money well spent. > > One criticism of the Wikimania process is that it involves reinventing > the wheel, so a bid for 2014 that included "accommodation booking will > be organised using the same software as 2012 run by the UK 2014 bid > member who is currently running it for 2013" or "scheduling team > includes ***** who has been a full participant in program scheduling > for 2013" would impress me and I hope others. > > Another feature of some Wikimanias has been linguistic diversity and > even a non-English channel in the program. Now we could try for that, > perhaps with a collaboration with Wikipedia France. But I'd prefer a > more global approach - perhaps with skype channels and translation on > demand so that we or the Foundation provide scholarships for people > who speak a wide range of languages and can then offer skype channels > in various languages based on demand from Wikipedians around the > globe. > > Regards > > WereSpielChequers > > > On 25 July 2011 14:22, Gordon Joly<gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: >> On 24/07/2011 16:11, Christopher Cooper wrote: >> >>>>>>>> In the longer-term, the chapter would benefit greatly if the UK >>>>>>>> hosted the conference, of which it has not yet done so. >> Ah, yes, that old chestnut.... >> >> Gordo >> >> >> -- >> >> Gordon Joly >> gordon.j...@pobox.com >> http://www.joly.org.uk/ >> Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
