All, On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia

I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania 2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wikimania_2018_team> led Douglas Scott with support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we hope to confirm the award. This past Fall there were a total of four teams <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018> that expressed interest in hosting in 2018. We would also like to thank the people from South Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing the possibilities. As a volunteer-led movement, it is very encouraging to have so many who want to support Wikimania. Please join us in congratulating the South African team. If any of you would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please contact Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com Sincerely, Ellie Young WMF Events Manager On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation ​ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Very exciting! Can't wait to see everyone in Cape Town. A big thank you to those who submitted considerations from Yerevan, Perth, and Bangkok! On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Christophe Henner &lt;chenner(a)wikimedia.org wrote: > Congratulations everyone :) > Le 10 janv. 2017 11:24 AM, "James Heilman" &lt;jmh649(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit : > A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South > Africa in 2018 :-) > James > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young &lt;eyoung(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > wrote: > > All, > > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia > Foundation, > > I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having > Wikimania > > 2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team > > <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wikimania_2018_team> led Douglas Scott > with > > support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be > > further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we > > hope to confirm the award. > > > This past Fall there were a total of four teams > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018> that expressed interest discussing encouraging > > to have so many who want to support Wikimania. > > > Please join us in congratulating the South African team. If any of you > > would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please > > contact Douglas > > Scott douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com > > > Sincerely, > > > > Ellie Young > > > WMF Events Manager > > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation > > > ​ > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wmfall mailing list > Wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>