Dear Harel and all other bidding city participants,
On behalf of the Jury I would like to apologize for our delay. There
were really good bids this year which has required extra time for the
jury to deliberate. All of the bids are solid and have many strength
which has required the jury to diligent and review the bids extra
closely before making a final decision. We are still working to
finalize our decision and feedback for the teams. We hope to have the
decision posted within the next week. We thank you all for your
patience and for the exceptional bids you have created.
Regards,
James T. Owen
James Owen
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Wikimedia Foundation
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On May 7, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Harel Cain wrote:
Hi all,
My name is Harel. I'm active on the Hebrew Wikipedia and was
somewhat involved with the Haifa bid for WM 2011.
Some of you may remember me from Wikimania 2007 or from running for
the board of trustees back in 2008.
Anyways, I want to raise the question of the unreasonable delay of
the Wikimania 2011 jury decision. The teams behind the bids for
wm2011 worked hard to create detailed bids and to answer the Q&A
pages and the IRC sessions thoroughly and promptly, in time for the
original deadlines.
Not only is the decision now 10 days late compared to the original
date published, but the meta page lists May 4 - three days ago - as
the date of the decision's publication.
At the very least, could someone from the jury at least post a new
estimated deadline on meta? Leaving it as it currently stands
doesn't seem very professional and is inconsiderate towards the bid
teams, who are understandably very impatient to know what's going
on. Moreover, the winning bid team will likely want to attend wm2010
in Gdansk, and they should start planning their trip there ASAP.
Thank you all,
Harel
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