Congratulations to the London team, and great work on all parties for proposals. It's quite a task, and one that is at times just as emotional and intensive in actually planning Wikimania. I look forward to lending a hand with London, and I really look forward to partying at the Tate Modern ;) (Can we get Kraftwerk to play the party...?[1]) Sarah [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLVvju6WZ8 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* *www.sarahstierch.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Many congratulations to the London bid team! London will be a great venue, and see you all here next summer :-) On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.varnum(a)gmail.com UK wrote: emotional jdforrester(a)gmail.com > > > > >> Dear Wikimedians, > >> > >> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and > >> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to > >> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who > >> also put forward a solid effort. > >> > >> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward > >> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the > >> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid > >> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget > >> and lower-cost options for attendees. > >> > >> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core > >> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding > >> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees. > >> > >> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep > >> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit > >> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited > >> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting > >> out clearer guidelines on these principles. > >> > >> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time > >> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions > >> and hard work. > >> > >> Yours, > >> > >> James Forrester > >> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury > >> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury > >> -- > >> James D. Forrester > >> jdforrester(a)gmail.com > >> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal > >> capacity) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > *Sarah Stierch* > > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* > > *www.sarahstierch.com* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l