Wikimania 2008

Wikimania 2008

Bids

Main page

Timeline

Official requirements

Judging

Past events

Future events

Wikimania 2008 is the 4th annual Wikimedia Conference which was held in Alexandria, Egypt between July 17 – 19, 2008. Information is available on the official website, wikimedia2008.wikimedia.org.

Timeline

August 20, 2007: Bidding opens
August 20: Jury selection announced
August 30: Bidding creation ends. List of running cities announced.
All cities which intend to run for the bidding process should have created a page on meta and entered the official list. New bids will not be accepted after this date.
September 23 (0:01 UTC): Bidding ends. All major information on bidding pages must be finalized.
September 23 (15:00 UTC): Public meeting with existing bidders
Log
September 23: Question & Answer from jury begins.
September 23 - October 5: Refining of bids and answering jury's questions.
October 5: Question & Answer from jury ends
October 6: Jury deliberation.
on or before October 10: Announcement of host city to public.

March 19, 2008: Call for Participation, deadline for submission
July 17 – 19: Wikimania 2008

Reference documents

Official requirements for bidding cities (city templates)
Judging criteria
Judging process
Jury
Wikimania 2008 bids
Bidding selection timeline
Planning meetings

Expenses

Expenses: something can be found in form 990, p. 24 (repeated at p. 26); totals at p. 2, line 4d (79,512 $ including grants for 17,709 $, revenue 15,674 $) as explained at p. 33.

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Wishlist

A wishlist was generated for what Wikimania 2008 should include. Recommendations were solicited for what to avoid and what not to forget. Notes found at the Wikimania 2008 Wishlist.

Other links

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