Hi nicole,
while I appreciate your dedication to this, I would suggest to fix the
*topics* rather than the whole schedule. The exact day & time for each
session is not important for planning the attendance, but postponing that
does leave a bit more flexibility to align for example with the board
availability and laying the focus on topics a bit more that are current.
Also, this is much easier :) Lets focus 5 or 6 big topics which can have 2
or 3 sessions each. Lets define desired outcomes for those topics.
Just a thought,
Lodewijk
2013/10/14 Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
Thanks a lot! And not only thanks for the decision but
also for all
the work the location committee has done in the decision making
process and for the learnings they provided.
We are looking forward to welcoming the international Wikimedia crowd
in Berlin next spring. Our event team will now further negotiate with
the venues and take care of the logistics.
Before chapters/affiliations can decide whom to send to Berlin, they
need to know which topics will be discussed. This means that we all
must fix the programme together before the end of the year. There is
an open call for a programme team on Meta, more support and input is
highly appreciated.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme_team
All the best,
Nicole
On 14 October 2013 09:46, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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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