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

[Markus Glaser]

Congratulations, London and WMUK! Looking foward to a Wikimania in a 
city I already lived in ;) And my respect and many thanks to Arusha / 
Tanzania. I would have loved to go to Africa this time and I really 
think the Movement should make some efforts to make something like this 
happen in the future.

Best, Markus

Am 01.05.2013 22:22, schrieb Patricio Lorente:
> Congratulations, London! See you there!
>
>                                 Patricio
>
> 2013/5/1 Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas at gmail.com>:
>> Congratulations UK! So happy with the news, after all wikimania is coming at
>> our doorstep...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Katie Chan <katie.chan at wikimedia.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 May 2013 18:10, 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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Markus Glaser
WCA Council Member (WMDE)
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.