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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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On behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh, I extend our congrats to Wikimedia HK and the organizers. Having the event in HK will also be very good for Wikimedia Bangladesh members, since HK is just a short hop from Bangladesh too. Hope to see you guys in Wikimania 2013.
Regards,
Ragib
User:Ragib on bn and en Wikimedia Bangladesh
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Assistant Professor & Director, UAB SECRETLab Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294
http://secret.cis.uab.edu http://www.ragibhasan.com
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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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congratulations to you all Mardetanha
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Ragib Hasan ragibhasan@gmail.com wrote:
On behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh, I extend our congrats to Wikimedia HK and the organizers. Having the event in HK will also be very good for Wikimedia Bangladesh members, since HK is just a short hop from Bangladesh too. Hope to see you guys in Wikimania 2013.
Regards,
Ragib
User:Ragib on bn and en Wikimedia Bangladesh
-- Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Director, UAB SECRETLab Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294
http://secret.cis.uab.edu http://www.ragibhasan.com
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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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Congratulations to the HK team :) A well deserved win.
kindest regards Andrew
On 3 May 2012 13:57, Mardetanha mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
congratulations to you all Mardetanha
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Ragib Hasan ragibhasan@gmail.com wrote:
On behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh, I extend our congrats to Wikimedia HK and the organizers. Having the event in HK will also be very good for Wikimedia Bangladesh members, since HK is just a short hop from Bangladesh too. Hope to see you guys in Wikimania 2013.
Regards,
Ragib
User:Ragib on bn and en Wikimedia Bangladesh
-- Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Director, UAB SECRETLab Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294
http://secret.cis.uab.edu http://www.ragibhasan.com
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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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Well done Hong Kong!! Congratulations to Wikimedia HK. We are very excited to participate in Wikimania 2013.
Wish you all the success.
Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Andrew Owens orderinchaos78@gmail.comwrote:
Congratulations to the HK team :) A well deserved win.
kindest regards Andrew
On 3 May 2012 13:57, Mardetanha mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
congratulations to you all Mardetanha
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Ragib Hasan ragibhasan@gmail.com wrote:
On behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh, I extend our congrats to Wikimedia HK and the organizers. Having the event in HK will also be very good for Wikimedia Bangladesh members, since HK is just a short hop from Bangladesh too. Hope to see you guys in Wikimania 2013.
Regards,
Ragib
User:Ragib on bn and en Wikimedia Bangladesh
-- Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Director, UAB SECRETLab Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294
http://secret.cis.uab.edu http://www.ragibhasan.com
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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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Congratulations to Team Hong Kong! I'll have some dim sum this weekend in your honor ;)
I look forward to seeing a great Wikimania in 2013!
--Kul
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:52 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 :)
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
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@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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