On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM, James Owen <jowen(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear all,
The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have selected
Washington, D.C.,
Thank you James and all jury members for the valuable feedback in the Q&A
process.
We're happy to take additional feedback and work hard to make it a super
fabulous event!
Cheers,
Katie (@aude)
USA as the location for Wikimania 2012[0]. The DC team
presented an
imaginative and exciting bid[1] that the jurors found impressive. As before,
all the bids to host Wikimania had strong points in their favour and making
this decision was difficult. We will send detailed feedback to each of the
bids, but for now we know the winning team will appreciate the community's
support and help in making a great Wikimania in 2012. The jury particularly
thanks the other finalist in the process, the South African team[2] for
their excellent work, and encourages them to bid again in the near future.
If you have never been to a Wikimania before I would urge you to consider
attending. This year the conference will be in Haifa, Israel[3], and
promises to be an excellent event. Wikimania is always a great way to meet
members of our global community and help improve the movement, and
Washington DC looks to be a worthy successor.
Our congratulations to the Washington DC team and many thanks to all of the
bidders for working so hard. I encourage all bidders to use the fantastic
energy they have put into their bids by hosting smaller continental or
regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the future.
The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the Wikimania
process with the community.
[0] Jury, process&
timeline:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012
[1] DC bid:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
[2] SA bid:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch
[3] Wikimania
2011:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
Yours,
The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting]
* James Forrester
* Joseph Seddon
On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury:
* Ting Chen
* Austin Hair
* Richard Knipel
* Deror Lin
* Patricio Lorente
* Abbas Mahmoud
* Takashi Ota
* James Owen
* Achal Prabhala
* Liam Wyatt
* Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor]
* Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor]
* Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor]
* Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor]
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