[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to WMUK & London! Wish all the success for Wikimania 2014.

Cheers
Tonmoy
On May 2, 2013 4:07 AM, "Charles Gregory" <wmau.lists at chuq.net> wrote:

> Congratulations WMUK and the London 2014 team!  Thanks also to the Arusha
> bid - hopefully there will be another opportunity in the future!
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles / User:Chuq
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Markus Glaser <markus.glaser at wikimedia.de
> >wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, London and WMUK! Looking foward to a Wikimania in a city
> > I already lived in ;) And my respect and many thanks to Arusha /
> Tanzania.
> > I would have loved to go to Africa this time and I really think the
> > Movement should make some efforts to make something like this happen in
> the
> > future.
> >
> > Best, Markus
> >
> > Am 01.05.2013 22:22, schrieb Patricio Lorente:
> >
> >  Congratulations, London! See you there!
> >>
> >>                                 Patricio
> >>
> >> 2013/5/1 Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>> Congratulations UK! So happy with the news, after all wikimania is
> >>> coming at
> >>> our doorstep...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Katie Chan <
> katie.chan at wikimedia.org.uk>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.
> >>>>
> >>>> Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester <jdforrester at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Dear Wikimedians,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
> >>>>> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
> >>>>> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team
> who
> >>>>> also put forward a solid effort.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put
> forward
> >>>>> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
> >>>>> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
> >>>>> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
> >>>>> and lower-cost options for attendees.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
> >>>>> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to
> finding
> >>>>> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to
> keep
> >>>>> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
> >>>>> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
> >>>>> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee
> setting
> >>>>> out clearer guidelines on these principles.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
> >>>>> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
> >>>>> and hard work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yours,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> James Forrester
> >>>>> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
> >>>>> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> James D. Forrester
> >>>>> jdforrester at gmail.com
> >>>>> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|**James F.]] (speaking purely in a
> >>>>> personal
> >>>>> capacity)
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