Even though Brisbane has been eliminated now, I too would like to state that I find the delay to be dispiriting. While I appreciate that the Jury are undoubtedly busy and that there are surely circumstances of which I am not aware, all four bid teams managed to meet the deadlines as requested, so it is a bit disappointing that the Jury/Foundation repeatedly were not able to meet their own.
I don't want to be the perennial complainer, and this is not directed at any particular person involved in the whole process, but perhaps better organisation and a clearer sense of direction is needed for the next Wikimania bid process that is undertaken? Best Wishes, Craig Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: "phoebe ayers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patricio Lorente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Delphine Ménard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; "Lista de la Comision Directiva de Wikimedia Argentina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:04 AM Subject: [personal] Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2009 - deadline > Patricio (and the rest of the bid team), > > On behalf of the jury and moderators, I am very sorry it has taken so > long. My apologies also for not sending out a note to the bid teams > letting you know about the delay. As has been the case the last three > years, the bids are *very* strong and the jury has had a lot to > consider and discuss (as anyone who has followed all the various > Wikimania discussions the last few years can imagine!) > > We are working on a decision announcement now, and I hope to post it soon. > > -- Phoebe > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Patricio Lorente > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear friends: >> >> We are writting this email in behalf of >> Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern because of the lack >> of news about the jury decision and even about when this decision may >> be taken. >> >> This is not just a personal concern and is not >> only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are being requested from >> potential sponsors and media and we are delaying this meetings because >> we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing is that we can't tell >> them at least when are we going to know the decision. The Director of >> our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we are going to use it >> or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda. And so on. We think >> the Toronto team may have the same problems. >> >> The last deadline finished twelve days ago, >> and since then we had no news. We don't want to disturb nor to hurry >> up the jury discussion, but it would be of great help if the jury >> could establish a final date. If this is done, at least part of the >> uncertainty will disappear. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Patricio Lorente Presidente >> Enrique Chaparro (Vicepresidente) >> Wikimedia Argentina >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
