Congratulations for Washington! Looking forward to an exciting Wikimania in
the U.S.! :)
Best
Juliana
2011/4/13 Daniel ~ Leinad <danny.leinad(a)gmail.com>
Congratulations to the Washington DC team! There is no
doubt that this
year it was the best bid. :-)
--
Daniel // Leinad
2011/4/13 James Owen <jowen(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Dear all,
The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have selected
Washington,
D.C., USA as the location for Wikimania 2012[0]. The DC team
presented an imaginative and exciting bid[1] that the jurors found
impressive. As before, all the bids to host Wikimania had strong points in
their favour and making this decision was difficult. We will send detailed
feedback to each of the bids, but for now we know the winning team will
appreciate the community's support and help in making a great Wikimania in
2012. The jury particularly thanks the other finalist in the process, the
South African team[2] for their excellent work, and encourages them to bid
again in the near future.
If you have never been to a Wikimania before I would urge you to consider
attending. This year the conference will be in Haifa, Israel[3], and
promises to be an excellent event. Wikimania is always a great way to meet
members of our global community and help improve the movement, and
Washington DC looks to be a worthy successor.
Our congratulations to the Washington DC team and many thanks to all of
the
bidders for working so hard. I encourage all bidders to use the
fantastic energy they have put into their bids by hosting smaller
continental or regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in
the future.
The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the
Wikimania process
with the community.
[0] Jury, process& timeline:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012
[1] DC bid:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
[2] SA bid:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch
[3] Wikimania
2011:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
Yours,
The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting]
* James Forrester
* Joseph Seddon
On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury:
* Ting Chen
* Austin Hair
* Richard Knipel
* Deror Lin
* Patricio Lorente
* Abbas Mahmoud
* Takashi Ota
* James Owen
* Achal Prabhala
* Liam Wyatt
* Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor]
* Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor]
* Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor]
* Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor]
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