[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

[Steven Zhang]

Bulk of the chapters are in Europe, so it's generally seen as cheaper for most chapters, and more convenient for them. I agree with your sentiment.

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> On 13 Oct 2013, at 7:06 pm, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <srik.ramk at wikimedia.in> wrote:
> 
> 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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