Yuletide 2017 schedule (draft)

[morbane]

So you can plan ahead, here are the approximate dates we expect for Yuletide 2017:
ADJUSTED July 12

Nominations: Sept 8-16
Sign-ups: Oct 1-9
Assignments out: Oct 13-15
Default deadline: Dec 11
Assignment deadline: Dec 18

See you then!

Comments

[rabidsamfan]

Oooh! *tentatively puts dates in calendar*

[avon]

You are incredible.

In case anyone needs a countdown timer: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20170914T00&p0=%3A&msg=Nominations+open&ud=2&font=hand

:)

Just 2.2 x 10^7 seconds to go.

[morbane]

hee!

[lyryk]

A++!

[hpstrangelove]

There seems to be a thought that LJ might close down - just wondering if there's a back-up comm somewhere in case something actually does happen (I really don't know how likely it is, but I thought I'd ask).

[morbane]

I'll get back to you about back-ups for earlier posts - but for the last two years, we've concurrently posted to yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org and yuletide-admin.livejournal.com. There's also a yuletide.dreamwidth.org, though it gets less traffic than yuletide.livejournal.com.

[hpstrangelove]

Great! I didn't know that. I'll be sure and 'friend' (or whatever Dreamwidth calls it) the comms over there. Thanks so much.

[navaan]

Neat! After all after Yuletide is before the next Yuletide and I'm already making list of things that I might possibly want to request. XD

[jedinic]

Thanks for this!

Just curious if there's been discussion about the earlier dates correlating with fewer sign-ups? (I know a few people, myself included, who couldn't commit to Yuletide until they knew their Nov/Dec schedule and as a result, did not sign up.)

[morbane]

It's hard to tell, as we have no hard data and there are so many other factors involved.

I'm not sure I follow your meaning, though: why was not knowing your Nov/Dec schedule a deterrent last year specifically, when there was a longer than usual writing time?

[jedinic]

I knew I was too busy in Oct to write; and there was a 75% chance I would also be too busy in Nov/Dec to write.

I also wonder if people cope better with more immediate deadlines for challenges; I know this is not something you can answer, but for me, I know that I can sign up for something due in 4 weeks and be much more confident about having the time than for something due in 2-3 months.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my anecdotal experience: signing up so early didn't feel like "Yuletide excitement" to me; it seemed more like a normal challenge that I couldn't commit to.

Thanks for all the work you do!

[morbane]

Got it, and the anecdata is useful. I can see it being easier to sign up to something when you know you have time *right then* rather than when you have current commitments but *hope* to have time later in the period.

The 2017 draft schedule is partly determined by preference - and partly by needing to work around some personal commitments in the mod team that we already know about. Those have fixed dates.