All,
We are pleased to announce that Buenos Aires has been selected as the
location for Wikimania 2009.
The jury was particularly excited by a few parts of the Buenos Aires bid:
* A strong, organized team, with division of labor already underway
and support from Wikimedia Argentina. Many people contributed to the
bid, with obvious enthusiasm for organizing the conference and quick
responses to inquiries.
* A detailed budget proposal and planning schedule. Many major
expenses are being covered by the provider. The total budget is
similar to Wikimania 2007's, including a larger travel scholarship
fund, and they have provided detailed charts ahead of time.
* A significant number of sponsors already lined up, with some already
confirmed. They hope to cover half the accommodation and $60k in
travel scholarships, which will help to ease travel costs for
participants from far away.
* A solid venue : as with Toronto, this was situated within a
well-maintained cultural center in a major international city, near an
airline hub; culturally open, and an international melting pot.
* Relaxed visa rules, and easy entry from South American countries.
* Good Spanish-language media contacts, with the promise of outreach
to and the opportunity to work with the Spanish-language Wikimedia
communities.
Toronto, the runner up, also provided a great bid. The jury was
especially excited by:
* Strong English-language press in the area, and media experience
among the bid team
* A very accessible venue, especially for US/European attendees.
* An excellent venue : a university campus, with dorms directly at the
venue. As with Buenos Aires, it was situated within a well-maintained
cultural center in a major international city, near an airline hub;
culturally open, and an international melting pot.
* Extensive budget accommodation in the dorms; with many options for
casual social space.
* A dedicated bid team, with the hope of Wikimedia Canada being formed
in time to help coordinate.
However, the jury felt that Buenos Aires' bid showed stronger
organization overall. Additionally, much of the information in the
Toronto bid was carried over from previous bids, and it was unclear
how much of a commitment for the University of Toronto facilities
there was specifically for 2009.
Brisbane and Karlsruhe also provided good bids. Brisbane in particular
had an enthusiastic bid team and a strong proposal, with particularly
good local sponsorship opportunities; though this was offset by the
high travel costs for out-of-country attendees. The jury felt both
bids needed more detail (including specifics about accommodation
options, and more detailed budget information) to be compelling.
As in previous years, the relative accessibility of locations was
extensively discussed. The jury believes that it's important for
Wikimania to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible,
particularly to members of the Wikimedia community; the relatively
high cost of travel to South America from Europe and North America was
one of the most significant drawbacks we identified in the Buenos
Aires bid—especially coming on the heels of Taipei and Alexandria.
Having said that, the jury believes that the Buenos Aires bid overcame
this drawback with its numerous advantages, among those the
opportunity to hold the conference in a Spanish-speaking locale, on a
new continent. We hope to receive strong bids from easily accessible
locations for 2010.
Congratulations to the Buenos Aires team! Wikimania 2009 promises to
be an exciting and successful conference.
-- Phoebe Ayers, Cary Bass, James Forrester (non-voting jury
moderators), on behalf of the Wikimania 2009 Jury
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Jury
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exciting conferences :)
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:44 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> We are pleased to announce that Buenos Aires has been selected as the
> location for Wikimania 2009.
>
> The jury was particularly excited by a few parts of the Buenos Aires bid:
> * A strong, organized team, with division of labor already underway
> and support from Wikimedia Argentina. Many people contributed to the
> bid, with obvious enthusiasm for organizing the conference and quick
> responses to inquiries.
> * A detailed budget proposal and planning schedule. Many major
> expenses are being covered by the provider. The total budget is
> similar to Wikimania 2007's, including a larger travel scholarship
> fund, and they have provided detailed charts ahead of time.
> * A significant number of sponsors already lined up, with some already
> confirmed. They hope to cover half the accommodation and $60k in
> travel scholarships, which will help to ease travel costs for
> participants from far away.
> * A solid venue : as with Toronto, this was situated within a
> well-maintained cultural center in a major international city, near an
> airline hub; culturally open, and an international melting pot.
> * Relaxed visa rules, and easy entry from South American countries.
> * Good Spanish-language media contacts, with the promise of outreach
> to and the opportunity to work with the Spanish-language Wikimedia
> communities.
>
> Toronto, the runner up, also provided a great bid. The jury was
> especially excited by:
> * Strong English-language press in the area, and media experience
> among the bid team
> * A very accessible venue, especially for US/European attendees.
> * An excellent venue : a university campus, with dorms directly at the
> venue. As with Buenos Aires, it was situated within a well-maintained
> cultural center in a major international city, near an airline hub;
> culturally open, and an international melting pot.
> * Extensive budget accommodation in the dorms; with many options for
> casual social space.
> * A dedicated bid team, with the hope of Wikimedia Canada being formed
> in time to help coordinate.
>
> However, the jury felt that Buenos Aires' bid showed stronger
> organization overall. Additionally, much of the information in the
> Toronto bid was carried over from previous bids, and it was unclear
> how much of a commitment for the University of Toronto facilities
> there was specifically for 2009.
>
> Brisbane and Karlsruhe also provided good bids. Brisbane in particular
> had an enthusiastic bid team and a strong proposal, with particularly
> good local sponsorship opportunities; though this was offset by the
> high travel costs for out-of-country attendees. The jury felt both
> bids needed more detail (including specifics about accommodation
> options, and more detailed budget information) to be compelling.
>
> As in previous years, the relative accessibility of locations was
> extensively discussed. The jury believes that it's important for
> Wikimania to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible,
> particularly to members of the Wikimedia community; the relatively
> high cost of travel to South America from Europe and North America was
> one of the most significant drawbacks we identified in the Buenos
> Aires bid—especially coming on the heels of Taipei and Alexandria.
> Having said that, the jury believes that the Buenos Aires bid overcame
> this drawback with its numerous advantages, among those the
> opportunity to hold the conference in a Spanish-speaking locale, on a
> new continent. We hope to receive strong bids from easily accessible
> locations for 2010.
>
> Congratulations to the Buenos Aires team! Wikimania 2009 promises to
> be an exciting and successful conference.
>
> -- Phoebe Ayers, Cary Bass, James Forrester (non-voting jury
> moderators), on behalf of the Wikimania 2009 Jury
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Jury
>
Dear friends:
We are writting this email in behalf of
Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern because of the lack
of news about the jury decision and even about when this decision may
be taken.
This is not just a personal concern and is not
only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are being requested from
potential sponsors and media and we are delaying this meetings because
we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing is that we can't tell
them at least when are we going to know the decision. The Director of
our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we are going to use it
or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda. And so on. We think
the Toronto team may have the same problems.
The last deadline finished twelve days ago,
and since then we had no news. We don't want to disturb nor to hurry
up the jury discussion, but it would be of great help if the jury
could establish a final date. If this is done, at least part of the
uncertainty will disappear.
Thanks,
Patricio Lorente Presidente
Enrique Chaparro (Vicepresidente)
Wikimedia Argentina
Ukoliko kroz nekoliko dana ne bude bilo nikakvog protivljenja, dodacu
Kaleta medju administratore ove liste. Treba nam jos neko ko ce da cisti
spam, a Kale se pokazao kao dobar korisnik i vredan i brz ucenik.
Dakle, ukoliko imate komentara, zamerki i slicno, sada je vreme.
Pozdrav,
Filip
I meant to send that privately because I haven't been
participating on this list. Luclikly it is fit for
public comsumption :)
Birgitte SB
--- Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> You should annouce to WMF that your bid will be
> withdrawn if not accepted by a certain date. If you
> could get Toronto to agree to do this as a united
> front it would be even better.
>
> That is what I would do in your place.
>
> Birgitte SB
>
> --- Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > We are writting this email
> > in behalf of
> > Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern
> > because of the lack
> > of news about the jury decision and even about
> when
> > this decision may
> > be taken.
> >
> > This is not just a
> personal
> > concern and is not
> > only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are
> > being requested from
> > potential sponsors and media and we are delaying
> > this meetings because
> > we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing
> is
> > that we can't tell
> > them at least when are we going to know the
> > decision. The Director of
> > our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we
> are
> > going to use it
> > or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda.
> > And so on. We think
> > the Toronto team may have the same problems.
> >
> > The last deadline finished
> > twelve days ago,
> > and since then we had no news. We don't want to
> > disturb nor to hurry
> > up the jury discussion, but it would be of great
> > help if the jury
> > could establish a final date. If this is done, at
> > least part of the
> > uncertainty will disappear.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Patricio
> > Lorente Presidente
> > Enrique
> > Chaparro (Vicepresidente)
> > Wikimedia
> > Argentina
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >
>
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> >
>
>
>
>
>
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Hi all,
For Wikimania planning, there is once again discussion of how to
handle having children at the conference. There's ongoing discussion
in the planning committee with the people at the Library of Alexandria
about whether small kids are allowed in the library, what kind of
space we might need, etc.
It would probably be helpful to know if anyone is definitely planning
to bring their children with them to the conference, so we know what
sort of accommodation might be needed. So -- let me know if you are
considering bringing your kids or not, and what ages they are, and
I'll make a list to take back to the planning group.
Thanks!
Phoebe
Are you planning to go to Wikimania 2008? Interested in doing tourism
activities with other Wikimedians? I started a travel coordination
page here:
http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_coordination
For coordinating sight-seeing before or after the conference, sharing
ideas on things to do, letting other people know when you will be
there, etc.
:)
-- Phoebe
Guys,
Just a quick note for the record.
Might be useful if you wanted a contact for next year’s Wikimania.
Dear Mr. Fenton-Jones
I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. Mr. Berners-Lee was
traveling and in meetings for the past few weeks and we've just gotten to
sit down to review correspondence.
Thank you for your invitation to Tim Berners-Lee to speak at Wikimania in
Egypt. Unfortunately, Mr. Berners-Lee's schedule is so hectic and his
responsibilities are so heavy that he is very rarely able to travel for
speaking events and will be unable to participate.
Thank you and I apologize again for the delay.
best,
Amy van der Hiel for Tim Berners-Lee
W3C
Amy van der Hiel [amy(a)w3.org]
……………………………………………………………………………..
Had a quick squiz at the meeting log for the 15th. My eyses bleed.
Just a couple of questions. Has anyone contacted Bibliotech’s IT team? Not
sure I understand all the tech stuff, but they would seem to have al the
basics.
Hadn’t realized its director, Mr. Serageldin, used to be Vice Pres of
Special projects at the World Bank. So he would probably be trying to
advance the use of technologies which could do a global link up from
Egyptian event(s). Don’t know if you’re across the gdln,
http://www.gdln.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/GDLNCHILD/0,,contentMDK:21012617~pagePK:
64233834~piPK:64232164~theSitePK:841731,00.html
but it’s like the predecessor to the Accessgrid, whose use I’ve suggested
here (and won’t again).
16 weeks and counting. If yo do want to consider running a global workshop,
it’s now or never. Regards, simonfj
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