On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan
<
yuyu@wikimedia.hk> wrote:
> A special thank you to everyone on this list!
>
> we are going to have a longer version of statement and thank you on
> Wikimania-l soon :)
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>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:11 AM, John Vandenberg <
jayvdb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well done everyone involved!!
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: James Forrester <
jdforrester@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:52 AM
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong
>> Kong
>> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
>> <
wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org>,
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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>>
>> 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
>>
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jdforrester@gmail.com
>> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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