Hey Manuel,

Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who?

Correct me, but beside Richard Sydmonds - all the members of this year jury
are new? there is not continuity in the jury?

Itzik



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On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Manuel Schneider <
manuel.schneider@wikimedia.ch> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Wikimania is the global, annual conference of the Wikimedia movement,
> organised by the Wikimedia community. Organizing team and location are
> chosen by a jury in a public bidding process.
>
> Due to the growing requirements and complexity for this growing
> conference the Wikimania Committee decided to revise the bidding
> timeline to give more time to prepare the conference.
>
> Here it is:
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bid_selection_timeline
>
> == Jury ==
> The Wikimania Committee is pleased to announce the jury for Wikimania 2016:
>
> Richard Symonds
> Stuart Prior
> Claudia Garad
> Esteban Zarate
> Daniel Bryant
> Finne Boonen
> Ellie Young
>
> == Accepting Bids ==
> We invite anyone in our community to  submit a proposal for Wikimania
> 2016 on Meta Wiki:
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids
>
> Please consult the timeline and Judging Criteria that are posted at:
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids
>
> The deadline for bids is November 15, 23:59 UTC. You should setup a
> bidding page and contact Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator before
> the deadline. She will help you prepare your bid. All bids which have
> been confirmed until November 15 will be considered by the jury, others
> will be dismissed.
>
> Subsequently there will be a two week period where the community can
> comment and offer feedback on the proposal.
>
> In December your team must be available for conference calls with the
> jury, after deliberations the host for Wikimania 2016 will be announced
> by the end of 2014.
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Committee with regards,
>
>
> Manuel
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