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

[Chris Keating]

Many congratulations to the London bid team! London will be a great venue,
and see you all here next summer :-)


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.varnum at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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> >
> > --
> > --
> > *Sarah Stierch*
> > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian*
> > *www.sarahstierch.com*
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