I also would like to know the answer to Itzik question: " Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who?" _____ *​Béria L​. de Rodríguez* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* 2014-09-29 5:17 GMT-03:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel &lt;itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il&gt;il>: > 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 > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Manuel Schneider < > manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch&gt; 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 > > -- > > Manuel Schneider - Chief Information Officer > > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > > Lausanne, +41 (21) 340 66 22 - www.wikimedia.ch > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe