Bulk of the chapters are in Europe, so it's generally seen as cheaper for most chapters, and more convenient for them. I agree with your sentiment.
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On 13 Oct 2013, at 7:06 pm, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.ramk@wikimedia.in wrote:
As one of the team for the India bid, I must say I'm a bit disappointed in this decision. It seems like this event will never leave Europe.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.comwrote:
Congratulations - Berlin is one amazing city. Some great bids were placed, too.
Looking forward to it!
-Sarah
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Ivan Martínez galaver@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all the team involved in the bidding and decision. We will
have a
very nice conference in Berlin.
Regards. El oct 12, 2013 8:31 a.m., "Bence Damokos" bdamokos@gmail.com
escribió:
Dear all,
Following considerable deliberation it is with great pleasure that we announce that the Location Committee has selected Berlin as the
location
for the 2014 Wikimedia Conference.
We received a total of four bids from Germany, India, Italy and Sweden.
In
selecting the Berlin location we have taken into consideration the experience and capacity of the team; the travel time and cost for attendees; the cost of hosting the conference; and the facilities and
room
configuration of the proposed venues.
Throughout our deliberations we kept an open mind towards having the conference in a new location/country, and we have appreciated the
compact
solutions offered by having all participants close to each other or
staying
at the same lodging; however, we felt that the Berlin bid provides –
by a
small margin – the best combination of price, distance and experience
this
year.
We thank all the organisations that have entered a bid for their time
and
effort and we hope that even if they were not selected this year, they
can
make use of the experience when they organise other meetings that will further the Wikimedia mission.
In closing, we would like to thank all Wikimedia organisations for
placing
their trust in this process and committee, which was an interesting experience for all of us. In the hope that the Wikimedia organisations
keep
the hosting choice an open process, we would like to propose a number
of
potential process improvements[1], and we would invite all the bidders
and
other interested parties to provide their own feedback.
Best regards,
Asaf Bartov, Bence Damokos, Arnau Duran, Itzik Edri, Mike Peel, Osmar Valdebenito, Ilario Valdelli Wikimedia Conference 2014 Location Committee
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Bids/Learnings
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