Wikimania Handbook/The Ideal Timeline


A timeline for Wikimania planning.

12 months out

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Bid finalized. City identified, venue options narrowed down.

Bid planning

  • Placeholder webpage with city information
  • Early sponsor inquiries -- in-kind venue and lodging sponsors if possible

Program

  • Early keynote invitations possible.
  • Identify list of interesting speakers, topics, community discussions

Staff

  • Core team recruiting
    • Query bid team for interest & availability for further planning

9-7 months out

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Templates finalized

Registration

  • Fee schedule & calendar set
  • Online registration opens for community
  • Visa invitation templates (speaker, vip, other)
  • Attendee invitation templates (vip, other)

Program

  • CfP system set up
  • Set content themes
  • Begin speaker invitations

Communication

  • Placeholder website w/dates
    • First draft of calendar of related events
  • Year-specific logo design
  • First save the date! notice, blog posts
  • Call for participation (papers, &c) to community
  • Call for participation (wide broadcast)
  • Translations started of the above
  • Translations of CfP system

Materials

  • City-specific draft docs (bid team followup)
    • directions, local events/outings sheets

Logistics

  • Initial venue walk-through
  • Draft A/V, projection, wireless, mic needs w/ venue staff

Budget & finances

  • Draft budget, overall
    (and ask each group to draft their own)
  • Recruit early sponsors

Staff

  • Continue recruiting core teammembers
  • Recruit reviewers for program submissions
  • Look for high-reliability volunteers : local crash-space, people w/ summer availability

Scholarships

  • Set scholarship timeline
  • Announce early scholarships & provide applications

6 months out

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Draft "how to find local sponsorship" kit (and translate)

Communication

  • Basic website launch
  • Email teasers, sig designs
  • Web banners & buttons for supporting sites
  • Translation of banners & slogans
  • Translation of reg anncmt, interface

Registration

  • Early call for registration, specify dates & prices
  • Registration opens.

Social

  • party venues contacted

Sponsorship & Budget

  • Get early quotes
  • Sponsorship (ongoing, corporate & other)
    • Support for travel scholarships
    • In-kind support for materials, food, printing

Scholarships

  • Early scholarship acceptances; finalized

Materials

  • Design : framework for print materials

Program

  • Call for papers underway
  • Program committee reviewing papers; finding final reviewers
  • Draft speaker list finished; invitations continue
  • Acceptance of early submissions, workshops, &c.
  • Draft schedule

Staff

  • Recruit more translators & designers
  • T-shirt design for planning committee
  • Draft poster/late-submission reviewers
  • Draft volunteer-emails

3 months out

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2 months out

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6 weeks out

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4 weeks out

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Logistics

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  • Final run down of the location
  • Venue/program adequation fine tuned

2 weeks out

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  • A/V test if applicable

10 days out

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  • Go to Tahiti The North Pole to cool spirits down

Program

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  • finalize moderation schedule

Logistics

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  • program should be printed
  • blank badges should be printed

1 week out

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[HD1] 3 days out

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[HD2] 2 days out

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Registration

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  • names on badges should be printed - badges finalized
  • testing badge printers
  • test registration system
  • training registration desk people

Program

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Hacking Days

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[HD3] day before

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  • Registration opens
  • Accommodation registration opens
  • A/V installation (if applicable)

Day 1

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  • Sample schedule:
 7:30 - volunteers/staff training
 8:00 - Check rooms, stock with water
           Registration begins
 8:50 - Stage manager - check for all moderators, speakers
 9:00 - Program starts
           A/V coordinator - roll all streaming video/audio

Day 2

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Day 3

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day after

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  • cleanup
  • Chapter meetings? Board meeting?

2 days after

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  • cleanup
  • conference debriefing (post-mortem)

week after

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  • send thank you notes