[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 announcement

[Samuel J Klein]

Congratulations to the Haifa team!  And congratulations as well to the
New York, Montreal, and Toronto bid teams -- it takes tremendous
effort to put together a compelling bid.

I hope that you can all take advantage of the interest you have built
over the course of the bids to organize other community and social and
academic events.

SJ


On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:50 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> (I am really happy to send a message on a completely new topic :) )
>
> The Wikimania jury has selected Haifa, Israel as the location for
> Wikimania 2011. The Haifa team presented a compelling, detailed bid[1]
>  that the Wikimania jurors were very impressed by. As usual, all of
> the Wikimania bids had good points, and it was a very difficult
> decision. Detailed feedback will be sent to all bids. Public
> discussion of the bids and the Wikimania process is also welcome, and
> we know the winning team will appreciate the community's support and
> help in making a great Wikimania.
>
> We also apologize for the lateness of this announcement. We invested a
> lot of time in careful consideration of all points. I am happy to
> answer questions about the process.
>
> Congratulations to the Haifa team and many thanks to all of the
> bidders for working so hard. I personally encourage all bidders to use
> the energy that has been put into these bids by hosting smaller
> regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the
> future.
>
> Phoebe Ayers
> James Forrester
> Cary Bass
> Jury moderators (non-voting)
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania jury:
> Mariano Cecowski
> Austin Hair
> Benjamin Mako Hill
> Teemu Leinonen
> Delphine Menard
> James Owen
> Joseph Seddon
> Stu West
>
> [1] Bid: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa
> [2] jury, process & timeline: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011
>
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