Dear Wikimaniacs<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year to all of you!</div><div><br></div><div>As the lead of the local team, I am thrilled to announce that the arrangements of Programme Committee & Scholarship Committee<br>

are already settled.</div><div><br></div><div>The members of the committees are listed as follows<br><br>Programme Committee<br><br><div>Name<span class="" style="white-space:pre">      </span>        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span>Affiliation</div>

<div>Simon Shek<span class="" style="white-space:pre">          </span>2013 local team</div><div>Deryck Chan<span class="" style="white-space:pre">         </span>2013 local team</div><div>Katie Filbert<span class="" style="white-space:pre">               </span>2012 PC, WMDC</div>

<div>Kiril Simeonovski<span class="" style="white-space:pre">   </span>2012 PC, WMMK</div><div>Deror Lin<span class="" style="white-space:pre">             </span>        2012 PC, WMIL<br>Gyenes Orsolya Virág WMHU<br></div><div>Greg Varnum<span class="" style="white-space:pre">              </span>2012 PC</div>

<div>Sarah Stierch<span class="" style="white-space:pre">               </span>2012 PC, WMDC</div><div>James Forrester<span class="" style="white-space:pre">               </span>Perpetual Wikimaniac<br><div>John Vandenberg<span style="white-space:pre">     </span>WMAU</div>

<div>Ota Takashi<span style="white-space:pre">    </span><span style="white-space:pre">     </span>Japan WG</div></div></div><br>Scholarship Committee<br><br><div>Name<span class="" style="white-space:pre">    </span>        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span>Affiliation<br>

Simon Shek<span class="" style="white-space:pre">     </span>        2013 local team</div><div>Deryck Chan<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>        2013 local team</div><div>Martin Rulsch<span class="" style="white-space:pre">       </span>        WMDE, steward</div>

<div>Christopher Cooper <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>WMUK</div><div>Osmar Valdebenito <span class="" style="white-space:pre">     </span>WMAR</div><div>Kudpung        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span>        Thailand WG</div>

<div>Katie Chan        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span>WMUK, GAC</div><div>Nicholas Bashour      2012 local team, WMDC</div><div>Karthik Nadar         <span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span>WMIN<br>

<br></div><div>The non-voting members </div><div>Jessie Wild        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">     </span>WMF liaison</div><div>W.F. Siu        <span class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span>        2013 local team technical</div>

<div>Manuel Schneider      WMCH technical</div><div><br>I would like to express a big thank you to all have everyone expressed their will to help us in the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>and to whom selected to the committees, I would like to wish you good luck, and work happily and smoothly with the local team. <br>

<br>And for those who are not selected and rest of Wikimaniacs, volunteers are always important for our conference, and there are still some opportunities that the local team call for your dedication, please stay tuned.<br>

<br>Kung Hei Fat Choi! (As Chinese New Year is approaching soon) </div>-- <br>Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD<div>User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia<br>Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong<br>ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation</div>

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