香港成功申辦一三年的維基國際年會，恭喜！
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主題︰ Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
Congratulations to Hong Kong!
El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> escribió:
>
>On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce
>that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to
>the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly
>excellent job.
>
>There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well
>as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the
>bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We
>determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders,
>and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further
>e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation
>staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision.
>
>The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and
>required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We
>considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on
>following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local
>Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances.
>We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially
>because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local
>Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner
>organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their
>good combination of venue and accommodation.
>
>The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off
>a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community
>to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who
>have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a
>partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have
>found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also
>identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to
>share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can
>use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the
>other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future
>year.
>
>We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a
>very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for
>their submissions.
>
>To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind
>the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use
>this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage
>everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might
>select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way.
>Please, do join in the discussions.
>
>Yours,
>
>James Forrester
>Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury
>For the Wikimania 2013 Jury
>
>[0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013
>[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury
>[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
>[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria
>[4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group
>--
>James D. Forrester
>jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com
>[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
>
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