Dear all,
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The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for Wikimania 2011. The Haifa team presented a compelling, detailed bid[1] that the Wikimania jurors were very impressed by. As usual, all of the Wikimania bids had good points, and it was a very difficult decision. Detailed feedback will be sent to all bids. Public discussion of the bids and the Wikimania process is also welcome, and we know the winning team will appreciate the community's support and help in making a great Wikimania.
We also apologize for the lateness of this announcement. We invested a lot of time in careful consideration of all points. I am happy to answer questions about the process.
Congratulations to the Haifa team and many thanks to all of the bidders for working so hard. I personally encourage all bidders to use the energy that has been put into these bids by hosting smaller regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the future.
Phoebe Ayers James Forrester Cary Bass Jury moderators (non-voting)
On behalf of the Wikimania jury: Mariano Cecowski Austin Hair Benjamin Mako Hill Teemu Leinonen Delphine Menard James Owen Joseph Seddon Stu West
[1] Bid: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa [2] jury, process & timeline: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
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Congratulations to the Haifa team! And congratulations as well to the New York, Montreal, and Toronto bid teams -- it takes tremendous effort to put together a compelling bid.
I hope that you can all take advantage of the interest you have built over the course of the bids to organize other community and social and academic events.
SJ
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:50 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
(I am really happy to send a message on a completely new topic :) )
The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for Wikimania 2011. The Haifa team presented a compelling, detailed bid[1] that the Wikimania jurors were very impressed by. As usual, all of the Wikimania bids had good points, and it was a very difficult decision. Detailed feedback will be sent to all bids. Public discussion of the bids and the Wikimania process is also welcome, and we know the winning team will appreciate the community's support and help in making a great Wikimania.
We also apologize for the lateness of this announcement. We invested a lot of time in careful consideration of all points. I am happy to answer questions about the process.
Congratulations to the Haifa team and many thanks to all of the bidders for working so hard. I personally encourage all bidders to use the energy that has been put into these bids by hosting smaller regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the future.
Phoebe Ayers James Forrester Cary Bass Jury moderators (non-voting)
On behalf of the Wikimania jury: Mariano Cecowski Austin Hair Benjamin Mako Hill Teemu Leinonen Delphine Menard James Owen Joseph Seddon Stu West
[1] Bid: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa [2] jury, process & timeline: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
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On 11 May 2010 11:50, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for Wikimania 2011.
Congratulations to the Haifa team! I attended Wikimedia Israel's Wikipedia Academy last year; it was terrific, and I'm confident they'll do a great job with Wikimania.
And thanks to the jury and its moderators: Mariano, Austin, Mako, Teemu, Delphine, James, Joseph, Stu, Phoebe, James & Cary. I know we all appreciate your hard work. (James definitely had some late nights, and I will be curious to see if he volunteers for the jury again next year ;-)
Thanks, Sue
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Sue Gardner wrote:
And thanks to the jury and its moderators: Mariano, Austin, Mako, Teemu, Delphine, James, Joseph, Stu, Phoebe, James & Cary. I know we all appreciate your hard work. (James definitely had some late nights, and I will be curious to see if he volunteers for the jury again next year ;-)
He probably just needs reassurance that he won't be laboring under a cloud, even if he does some of his best work there.
Ray
On 12 May 2010 20:18, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Sue Gardner wrote:
And thanks to the jury and its moderators: Mariano, Austin, Mako, Teemu, Delphine, James, Joseph, Stu, Phoebe, James & Cary. I know we all appreciate your hard work. (James definitely had some late nights, and I will be curious to see if he volunteers for the jury again next year ;-)
He probably just needs reassurance that he won't be laboring under a cloud, even if he does some of his best work there.
I defer to Ævar on that matter. :-)
J.
The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for Wikimania 2011.
Ther was a young jolly man from Haifa Who logged in to get the best airfare The Internet said, "At once, you had to stop by in Gdansk but you wouldn't mind that, either?"
Congratulations from the 2010 team!
On 13 May 2010 09:41, Marcin Cieslak saper@saper.info wrote:
The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for Wikimania 2011.
Ther was a young jolly man from Haifa Who logged in to get the best airfare The Internet said, "At once, you had to stop by in Gdansk but you wouldn't mind that, either?"
I appreciate the effort, but none of those rhymes work in my accent... ;)
Congrats to the Haifa team, though!
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