Wikimania 2008/Bids

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.

Bidding for Wikimania 2008

Since the first edition in 2005, Wikimania has been organized in the city that proposed the best location for it to happen in good conditions. Each year, many community members get together to propose their city to host Wikimania. 2008 is no exception, and we hope to find many good cities to choose from. If you wish to set up a bid for your city, please follow the rules:

Read the 2008 requirements for bidding cities and the criteria by which bids may be judged.
Start a bid at [[Wikimania 2008/Bids/xxx]] where xxx is the name of your city
Get input from other wikimedians to help you with your bid on the various wikimedia lists (foundation-l, wikimania-l, wikipedia-l...)
Ask questions on the 2008 talk page or to the organizers of the previous years.

Bids

Wikimania 2008 candidate cities
Continents:	Africa		North America
Countries:	Egypt	South Africa	United States
Cities:	Alexandria ^talk	Cape Town ^talk	Atlanta ^talk
Q&A Sections:	^Alexandria	^{Cape Town}	^Atlanta

Two other bids, Karlsruhe and London, withdrew before the September 23 finalization deadline. Toronto dropped out of contention on October 1 to focus on 2009.

Unofficial bids

Unofficial bids, prior to bid opening on August 20, may be found here: Wikimania 2008/Bids/Unofficial bids

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Wikimania 2008 official bids:
Alexandria | Atlanta | Cape Town
Questions and Answers:
Alexandria | Atlanta | Cape Town

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