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<br><div>WMSE is one of the strongest and most creative chapters and I'm sure Wikimania 2019 will be an amazing event!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:12pt"></p><div style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:left"> </span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="550" style="font-size:12.8px;width:412.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top:1pt solid rgb(208,208,208);border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(208,208,208);border-right:none;padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 7.5pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:540px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="66" style="width:49.25pt;padding:0cm"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/infra.co.il/uc?id=0B9iobJg3Vpp0MjI2T3Q4dkc3bGc&export=download"></td><td width="1" style="width:1pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid rgb(184,184,184);padding:0cm"></td><td width="473" valign="top" style="width:354.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 11.25pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt"><font color="#484848"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Itzik Edri</b></span></font></p><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;line-height:14px">Chairperson</div><a href="mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il" target="_blank"><font size="1">itzik@wikimedia.org.il</font></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(154,154,154);background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr style="line-height:18px"><td style="padding:0px"><a href="tel:+972-54-5878078" target="_blank">+972-54-5878078</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:459px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p></div><p dir="rtl"></p>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:58 AM, Ellie Young <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eyoung@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">eyoung@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5862992848575431981gmail-docs-internal-guid-997b44e6-6dfa-ae9f-4c9c-c79f0ddc780e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, I am pleased to announce that we have decided to have Wikimania located in Sweden in 2019. The </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2019_bids/Sweden" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">proposal</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the Wikimedia Sweden chapter was accepted. The committee appreciates and values the long standing interest of Wikimania Sweden to host an event, and we believe that hosting Wikimania will be an opportunity to boost Wikimedia projects there with a specific focus on public art, a field in which the Swedish Sverige team has been particularly active. The exact location of the conference will be confirmed at a later date.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Wikimania Committee reviewed and discussed </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2019" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">four very strong proposals</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to host Wikimania in 2019. We would also like to thank the proposers from Sweden, Armenia, Perth, and Prague for all their efforts in putting together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing the possibilities. It is very encouraging to have so much interest from our community from individuals who wish to lead and contribute to Wikimania.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join us in congratulating the Wikimedia </span><a href="https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikimedia Sverige!</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ellie Young</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WMF Events Manager</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation</span></p></b><br class="m_-5862992848575431981gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> </div></div>
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