[Wikimedia-DC] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 Awarded to Washington, DC

[Sarah Stierch]

WAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Where's the celebration party? =)


On 4/12/2011 8:41 PM, aude wrote:
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> From: *James Owen* <jowen at wikimedia.org <mailto:jowen at wikimedia.org>>
> Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM
> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 Awarded to Washington, DC
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" 
> <wikimania-l at lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimania-l at lists.wikimedia.org>>
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> 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]
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