Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6

Congratulations to Hong Kong on your successful bid. Sent from my iPhone On 3 May 2012, at 01:00, wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > (James Forrester) > 2. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > (Osmar Valdebenito) > 3. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > (Shujen Chang) > 4. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > (Nicholas Bashour) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 00:52:05 +0100 > From: James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: > Hong Kong > Message-ID: > <CAOppEVjofiOAEU=AVT_ZeS0n6Y853i-n_-PqurySZ3DqTcT8yg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce > that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to > the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly > excellent job. > > There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well > as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the > bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We > determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders, > and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further > e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation > staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision. > > The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and > required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We > considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on > following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local > Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances. > We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially > because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local > Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner > organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their > good combination of venue and accommodation. > > The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off > a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community > to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who > have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a > partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have > found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also > identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to > share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can > use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the > other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future > year. > > We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a > very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for > their submissions. > > To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind > the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use > this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage > everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might > select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way. > Please, do join in the discussions. > > Yours, > > James Forrester > Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury > For the Wikimania 2013 Jury > > [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 > [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury > [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids > [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria > [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group > -- > James D. Forrester > jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:02:19 -0400 > From: Osmar Valdebenito <osmar(a)wikimediachile.cl> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania > 2013: Hong Kong > Message-ID: > <CAGV=BMh85ad4j8-wFKESs6sVLz8nqKrrvHPyHz7JGCJ2fEmLTQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Congratulations to Hong Kong! > > El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> escribi?: > > On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce > that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to > the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly > excellent job. > > There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well > as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the > bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We > determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders, > and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further > e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation > staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision. > > The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and > required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We > considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on > following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local > Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances. > We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially > because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local > Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner > organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their > good combination of venue and accommodation. > > The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off > a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community > to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who > have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a > partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have > found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also > identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to > share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can > use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the > other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future > year. > > We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a > very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for > their submissions. > > To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind > the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use > this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage > everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might > select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way. > Please, do join in the discussions. > > Yours, > > James Forrester > Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury > For the Wikimania 2013 Jury > > [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 > [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury > [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids > [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria > [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group > -- > James D. Forrester > jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >