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WAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!<br>
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Where's the celebration party? =) <br>
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On 4/12/2011 8:41 PM, aude wrote:
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">James Owen</b> <span
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Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM<br>
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 Awarded to Washington, DC<br>
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <<a
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Dear all,<br>
<br>
The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have
selected Washington, D.C., 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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the
Wikimania process with the community.<br>
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[0] Jury, process& timeline:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012"
target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012</a><br>
[1] DC bid:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C"
target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C</a>.<br>
[2] SA bid: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch"
target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch</a><br>
[3] Wikimania 2011:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011"
target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011</a><br>
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Yours,<br>
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The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting]<br>
* James Forrester<br>
* Joseph Seddon<br>
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On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury:<br>
* Ting Chen<br>
* Austin Hair<br>
* Richard Knipel<br>
* Deror Lin<br>
* Patricio Lorente<br>
* Abbas Mahmoud<br>
* Takashi Ota<br>
* James Owen<br>
* Achal Prabhala<br>
* Liam Wyatt<br>
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* Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor]<br>
* Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor]<br>
* Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor]<br>
* Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor]<br>
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-- <br>
Katie Filbert<br>
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