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

[Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive]

Congratulations to the London team..


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Chris Keating
<chriskeatingwiki at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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