Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-30 Thread Finne Boonen
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Thank you, Claudia and everyone else that has volunteered for the jury. :-) Following up on one of the points you mentioned: Since so many members of the jury this time around are also employees of a Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-30 Thread Ellie Young
For clarity sake, I am the only person who is paid by the WMF as conference coordinator. Everyone else on the jury is a volunteer. My major task here is to herd the jury :-) Ellie PS If anyone else wants to volunteer for helping with Wikimania 2015, please email me! We are always

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
Hey Manuel, Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who? Correct me, but beside Richard Sydmonds - all the members of this year jury are new? there is not continuity in the jury? Itzik *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 |

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Muzammil Wikipedian
Hi, Like Itzik I too would like to know how the jury was selected. Also, it will be great if someone could shed light on the profiles of the members. Regards, Muzammil (User:Hindustanilanguage) At 29 Sep 2014 08:17:50 + (UTC) from Itzik - Wikimedia Israel it...@wikimedia.org.il:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Joseph Fox
It looks like at least two are London organisers, and two are Mexico organisers (correct me if I’m wrong on that one). One is (of course) Ellie, Daniel is an Australian Wikipedian of more than eight years, and a cursory Google reveals Finne Boonen is a Dutch attendee of three previous

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Stuart Prior
Hi Itzik/Muzammil/Joseph, Some people won't need to but I can introduce myself if it saves time. I was the Wikimania Liaison for Wikimania 2014 here in London. I worked on the conference for 11 months, covering logistical aspects and working closely with the London bid team to make sure that

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Claudia Garád
josephfoxw...@gmail.com To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding Message-ID: etpan.54293c25.6b8b4567.1...@bellevue.home Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 It looks

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Joseph Fox, 29/09/2014 13:01: It looks like at least two are London organisers, and two are Mexico organisers (correct me if I’m wrong on that one). One is (of course) Ellie, Daniel is an Australian Wikipedian of more than eight years, and a cursory Google reveals Finne Boonen is a Dutch

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Finne Boonen
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like at least two are London organisers, and two are Mexico organisers (correct me if I’m wrong on that one). One is (of course) Ellie, Daniel is an Australian Wikipedian of more than eight years, and a cursory

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Ivan Martínez
Dear Joseph: nobody from Mexico 2015 team and/or mexican wikimedian are on the jury. Esteban is argentinian. Regards. 2014-09-29 14:22 GMT-05:00 Finne Boonen hen...@gmail.com: On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like at least two are London

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Joseph Fox
My bad! best, Joe On 29 September 2014 at 09:22:16 pm, Ivan Martínez (gala...@gmail.com) wrote: Dear Joseph: nobody from Mexico 2015 team and/or mexican wikimedian are on the jury. Esteban is argentinian. Regards. 2014-09-29 14:22 GMT-05:00 Finne Boonen hen...@gmail.com: On Mon, Sep 29, 2014

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks to the jury members for volunteering! Lodewijk 2014-09-29 22:36 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com: My bad! best, Joe On 29 September 2014 at 09:22:16 pm, Ivan Martínez (gala...@gmail.com) wrote: Dear Joseph: nobody from Mexico 2015 team and/or mexican wikimedian are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Symonds
I'll be volunteering! On 29 Sep 2014 23:06, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Thank you, Claudia and everyone else that has volunteered for the jury. :-) Following up on one of the points you mentioned: On 29 Sep 2014, at 16:49, Claudia Garád claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at wrote: My name

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Esteban Zarate
Hello, I am Esteban Zarate. I'm an argentinian teacher. In wiki project I am admin on eswiki, eswikinews, eswikibooks and commons. I am board member of Wikimedia Argentina. I attended Wikimania on 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Thanks 2014-09-29 19:34 GMT-03:00 Richard Symonds

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Stuart Prior
Mike, Yes, this is volunteering. I really loved working on Wikimania and wanted to stay involved in subsequent Wikimanias and this was a good way to do it. Regards S On 29 September 2014 23:45, Esteban Zarate jezar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am Esteban Zarate. I'm an argentinian teacher.

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-20 Thread Manuel Schneider
Dear Wikimedians, Wikimania is the global, annual conference of the Wikimedia movement, organised by the Wikimedia community. Organizing team and location are chosen by a jury in a public bidding process. Due to the growing requirements and complexity for this growing conference the Wikimania