[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

[Sarah Stierch]

Congratulations - Berlin is one amazing city. Some great bids were placed,
too.

Looking forward to it!

-Sarah


On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Ivan Martínez <galaver at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to all the team involved in the bidding and decision. We will have a
> very nice conference in Berlin.
>
> Regards.
> El oct 12, 2013 8:31 a.m., "Bence Damokos" <bdamokos at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Following considerable deliberation it is with great pleasure that we
> > announce that the Location Committee has selected Berlin as the location
> > for the 2014 Wikimedia Conference.
> >
> > We received a total of four bids from Germany, India, Italy and Sweden.
> In
> > selecting the Berlin location we have taken into consideration the
> > experience and capacity of the team; the travel time and cost for
> > attendees; the cost of hosting the conference; and the facilities and
> room
> > configuration of the proposed venues.
> >
> > Throughout our deliberations we kept an open mind towards having the
> > conference in a new location/country, and we have appreciated the compact
> > solutions offered by having all participants close to each other or
> staying
> > at the same lodging; however, we felt that the Berlin bid provides – by a
> > small margin – the best combination of price, distance and experience
> this
> > year.
> >
> > We thank all the organisations that have entered a bid for their time and
> > effort and we hope that even if they were not selected this year, they
> can
> > make use of the experience when they organise other meetings that will
> > further the Wikimedia mission.
> >
> > In closing, we would like to thank all Wikimedia organisations for
> placing
> > their trust in this process and committee, which was an interesting
> > experience for all of us. In the hope that the Wikimedia organisations
> keep
> > the hosting choice an open process, we would like to propose a number of
> > potential process improvements[1], and we would invite all the bidders
> and
> > other interested parties to provide their own feedback.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Asaf Bartov, Bence Damokos, Arnau Duran, Itzik Edri, Mike Peel, Osmar
> > Valdebenito, Ilario Valdelli
> > Wikimedia Conference 2014 Location Committee
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Bids/Learnings
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*Sarah Stierch*
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