Dear all,
The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have selected Washington, D.C., USA
as the location for Wikimania 2012[0]. The DC team presented an imaginative and exciting
bid[1] that the jurors found impressive. As before, all the bids to host Wikimania had
strong points in their favour and making this decision was difficult. We will send
detailed feedback to each of the bids, but for now we know the winning team will
appreciate the community's support and help in making a great Wikimania in 2012. The
jury particularly thanks the other finalist in the process, the South African team[2] for
their excellent work, and encourages them to bid again in the near future.
If you have never been to a Wikimania before I would urge you to consider attending. This
year the conference will be in Haifa, Israel[3], and promises to be an excellent event.
Wikimania is always a great way to meet members of our global community and help improve
the movement, and Washington DC looks to be a worthy successor.
Our congratulations to the Washington DC team and many thanks to all of the bidders for
working so hard. I encourage all bidders to use the fantastic energy they have put into
their bids by hosting smaller continental or regional events, and considering another bid
for Wikimania in the future.
The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the Wikimania process with
the community.
[0] Jury, process&
timeline:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012
[1] DC
bid:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
[2] SA bid:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch
[3] Wikimania
2011:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
Yours,
The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting]
* James Forrester
* Joseph Seddon
On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury:
* Ting Chen
* Austin Hair
* Richard Knipel
* Deror Lin
* Patricio Lorente
* Abbas Mahmoud
* Takashi Ota
* James Owen
* Achal Prabhala
* Liam Wyatt
* Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor]
* Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor]
* Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor]
* Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor]