There is one bid from Asia, being Bali. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Bali Honestly the bid doesnt look a winning bid, .. yet? The first problem I see is the team doesnt appear to have anyone living in Bali. I am not sure that can be fixed, as I am not aware of many (regular) Wikipedians on Bali - I know of a few expats who support Wikipedia and they edit infrequently, but I doubt they would be keen to be part of a conference organisation team. Other issues that can be fixed are lack of details regarding venue, program and budget. See also the talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2015_bids/Bali ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:13 AM Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 Bids to host are in To: open subscription <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> This is to let the community know that the deadline for receiving bids to host Wikimania in 2015 has passed. There are 6 bids at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids Between now and April 1st the jury committee and community at large has an opportunity to reach out to the proposers with feedback and questions. This can be done via the proposal's talk page, holding a public meeting with a bidder on IRC (#wikimaniaconnect channel on Freenode); or via other personal means as you see fit. We also After April 1, the jury committee will further evaluate and deliberate, with a decision and recommendation made by mid-April to the WMF and Wikimania Steering Committee. Thanks again to all the bidding teams for all the hard work in preparing the bid to host. Ellie Ellie Young Conference Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 p. 415 839 6885 x6862 c. 510 701 8649 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- John Vandenberg