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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong (Butch Bustria) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:28:44 +0300 From: stephen wanjau <stevewanjau(a)wikimedia.or.ke> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong Message-ID: <CAMgBHWmuD7FCF-L8xufjkNjRzb-jjkZZJK-7_OmcUtxh0e5=Dg(a)mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Congratulations to Hong Kong. This year it will be in the West and the next in the East. //Stephen On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Mateus Nobre <mateusfnobre(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome!!! > Congratulations! > Hope to be there. > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com >wrote: >> 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 >> > -- > _____________________________________________________ > *M*ateus*N*obre > Free knowledge, free software, free culture, open data. > *Freedom, acessibility, autonomy, openess, independence, transparency. > That's our way.* > *And yours?* > +55 (84) 8896 - 1628 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l