<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">It looks like at least two are London organisers, and two are Mexico organisers (correct me if I’m wrong on that one). One is (of course) Ellie, Daniel is an Australian Wikipedian of more than eight years, and a cursory Google reveals Finne Boonen is a Dutch attendee of three previous Wikimanias and open-source advocate.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">It all comes down to who applies and what the Committee are looking for in a jury.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Joe</div> <br><p style="color:#000;">On 29 September 2014 at 11:21:51 am, Muzammil Wikipedian (<a href="mailto:muzammil.wikipedian@asia.com">muzammil.wikipedian@asia.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div bgcolor="" style=""><div></div><div>
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Like Itzik I too would like to know how the jury was selected.
Also, it will be great if someone could shed light on the profiles
of the members.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Muzammil (User:Hindustanilanguage)</p>
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At 29 Sep 2014 08:17:50 +0000 (UTC) from Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
<itzik@wikimedia.org.il>:</p>
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<div>Hey Manuel,
<div>Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and
by who?</div>
<div>Correct me, but beside Richard Sydmonds - all the members
of this year jury are new? there is not continuity in the
jury?</div>
<div>Itzik</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Manuel
Schneider <span><<a href="mailto:manuel.schneider@wikimedia.ch" target="_blank">manuel.schneider@wikimedia.ch</a>></span>
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Dear Wikimedians,<br>
<br>
Wikimania is the global, annual conference of the Wikimedia
movement,<br>
organised by the Wikimedia community. Organizing team and location
are<br>
chosen by a jury in a public bidding process.<br>
<br>
Due to the growing requirements and complexity for this
growing<br>
conference the Wikimania Committee decided to revise the
bidding<br>
timeline to give more time to prepare the conference.<br>
<br>
Here it is:<br>
* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bid_selection_timeline" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bid_selection_timeline</a><br>
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== Jury ==<br>
The Wikimania Committee is pleased to announce the jury for
Wikimania 2016:<br>
<br>
Richard Symonds<br>
Stuart Prior<br>
Claudia Garad<br>
Esteban Zarate<br>
Daniel Bryant<br>
Finne Boonen<br>
Ellie Young<br>
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== Accepting Bids ==<br>
We invite anyone in our community to submit a proposal for
Wikimania<br>
2016 on Meta Wiki:<br>
* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids</a><br>
<br>
Please consult the timeline and Judging Criteria that are posted
at:<br>
* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids</a><br>
<br>
The deadline for bids is November 15, 23:59 UTC. You should setup
a<br>
bidding page and contact Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator
before<br>
the deadline. She will help you prepare your bid. All bids which
have<br>
been confirmed until November 15 will be considered by the jury,
others<br>
will be dismissed.<br>
<br>
Subsequently there will be a two week period where the community
can<br>
comment and offer feedback on the proposal.<br>
<br>
In December your team must be available for conference calls with
the<br>
jury, after deliberations the host for Wikimania 2016 will be
announced<br>
by the end of 2014.<br>
<br>
On behalf of the Wikimania Committee with regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
Manuel<br>
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