Dear All,
Apologies for the delay in keeping to the timetable however my laptop broke over the weekend.
The official bidding cities are as follows:
Africa
- *Stellenbosch*, South Africahttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch
[edithttp://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania_2012/Bids&action=edit§ion=5 ]Americas
- *Anchorage*, Alaska (USA)http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Anchorage - *Washington, D.C.*, USAhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C. - *Montreal*, Quebec, Canadahttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Montreal
[edithttp://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania_2012/Bids&action=edit§ion=6 ]Eurasia
- *İstanbul*, Turkeyhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/%C4%B0stanbul
The unofficial bids that are not running in this years bidding are Sydney (Moved to 2014), Barcelona & Andorra (Requested withdrawal) and Stanford (Who have had no activity on the bid page or talk page since last june)
Bids will now have until March 22 to add all details to their bids before being formally reviewed by the jury. Bids will also receive initial jury feedback in the next few days.
Many Thanks for your patience in this.
Joseph Seddon 2012 Wikimania Jury Moderator