[Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

[Gregory Varnum]

Congratulations to the London team for your successful bid and to the Arusha team for putting in a solid effort!  I look forward to getting my UK groove on next year.

-greg aka varnent


On 1 May 2013, at 1:28 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations to the London team, and great work on all parties for
> proposals. It's quite a task, and one that is at times just as emotional
> and intensive in actually planning Wikimania.
> 
> I look forward to lending a hand with London, and I really look forward to
> partying at the Tate Modern ;) (Can we get Kraftwerk to play the
> party...?[1])
> 
> 
> Sarah
> [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLVvju6WZ8
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM, James Forrester <jdforrester at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>> 
>> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
>> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
>> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
>> also put forward a solid effort.
>> 
>> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
>> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
>> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
>> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
>> and lower-cost options for attendees.
>> 
>> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
>> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
>> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
>> 
>> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
>> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
>> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
>> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
>> out clearer guidelines on these principles.
>> 
>> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
>> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
>> and hard work.
>> 
>> Yours,
>> 
>> James Forrester
>> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
>> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
>> --
>> James D. Forrester
>> jdforrester at gmail.com
>> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal
>> capacity)
>> 
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