[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

As one of the team for the India bid, I must say I'm a bit disappointed in
this decision. It seems like this event will never leave Europe.


On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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> *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian*
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-- 
Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Treasurer,
Wikimedia Chapter [India]

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