Wikimania 2016 bids

This is a rough timeline for the Wikimania 2016 selection. Please note that these times may be subject to some 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.

Deadline	Milestone
August 2014	Wikimania 2016 jury call for volunteers
September 2014	Jury selection announced; Bidding officially opens
November 15 2014 23:59 UTC	Deadline for Proposals to Host; List of qualified proposals announced by Jury. All hosts should have adhered to guidelines in criteria section and have created a page on Meta.
November 20 – December 3, 2014	Public Question & Answer phase
December 1–15 2014	Conference Calls with Jury and bidding teams; deliberations.
by the end of 2014	Jury decision made; announcement of host city to bidders and public.

Bidding for Wikimania 2016

Each year, Wikimania is organized in the city that proposes the best location for it to happen in good conditions, as determined by a jury. Each year, many community members get together to propose their city to host Wikimania in the years to come.

Bids

Asia

~~Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India~~ (disqualified by the jury)
~~Manila, Philippines~~

Europe

Esino Lario, Lake Como region, Province of Lecco, Lombardy Region, Italy (chosen by the jury and later given final approval by the WMF)

Africa

~~Dar es Salaam, Tanzania~~ (disqualified by the jury)

Americas

~~St. Louis, United States~~ (disqualified by the jury)
~~Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States~~ (disqualified by the jury)