Perhaps next year in sunny Goa? Dates?
On 13 October 2013 12:05, Steven Zhang <cro0016(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
Sent from my iPhone
On 13 Oct 2013, at 7:06 pm, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
<
srik.ramk(a)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(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> 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(a)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(a)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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