Wikimania 2012 bid selection timeline

Wikimania overview

Organization

Wikimania 2012

Bid process

Judging

Post-mortem

Budget

Next event

2025 (Nairobi, Kenya)

Future events

2026 (Paris, France)
2027 To be determined

Past years

Details of past Wikimanias
2024 (Katowice, Poland)
2023 (Singapore)
2022 (Virtual event)
2021 (Virtual event)
2020 (Cancelled)
2019 (Stockholm, Sweden)
2018 (Cape Town, South Africa)
2017 (Montréal, Canada)
2016 (Esino Lario, Italy)
2015 (Mexico City, Mexico)
2014 (London, United Kingdom)
2013 (Hong Kong SAR, China)
2012 (Washington, D.C., USA)
2011 (Haifa, Israel)
2010 (Gdansk, Poland)
2009 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2008 (Alexandria, Egypt)
2007 (Taipei, Taiwan)
2006 (Boston, USA)
2005 (Frankfurt, Germany)

This is the timeline for the Wikimania 2012 selection. Please note that these times may be subject to revision. You should check back to the scheduled date of the item for which you're interested; or subscribe to mail:wikimania-l for announcements.

November 18, 2010: Jury selection announced
January 4: Bidding officially opens
February 6 2011 (0:01 UTC): 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.
March 22(0:01 UTC): Bidding ends. All major information on bidding pages must be finalized.
March 22: Question & Answer begins.
TBD: Public meeting with existing bidders -- IRC, #wikimania channel on Freenode
March 22 - April 3: Refining of bids and answering questions.
April 3: Question & Answer from jury ends
March 22 - April 10: Jury deliberation.
April 11, 2011: Announcement of host city to public.