On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]>wrote:
> > As for Wikimania and Ramadan (thanks to Phoebe for bringing this up) >> actually, the presence of the mosque is not as troublesome as the fact of >> having to fast (no eating or driniking) from sun rise to sunset, and do >> additional spiritual rituals, while you need to attend sessions, analyze and >> concentrat for a whole day. >> > > Hi all -- it's a good point but I don't want to take credit for something I > didn't say; the Ramadan issue was raised by WereSpielChequers, who was > having trouble sending to the list, so I forwarded his email for him. > > Also, as the (non-voting) facilitator of last year's jury, along with Cary > and James Forrester, I'm glad to answer questions about the process in > general if I can; but it's really not very exotic -- the group reviews the > bids closely, discusses the evidence, and then discusses/argues until they > reach consensus on the bid that they think, out of the options, will lead to > the most successful Wikimania. This is pretty much the process that's been > used every year, with varying degrees of community controversy around the > results. Despite controversy, to my knowledge there haven't been many > proposals to date for alternative methodologies. > And not to prolong this thread any longer than necessary, but I think it's worth stating explicitly that the jury tries very hard to base their decisions on the requirements listed under the judging criteria and official requirements: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Judging_criteria In the juries I have been involved in (2007-2011), jury members have taken these requirements very seriously, holding the organizing team and their proposed facilities to high standards, while not ignoring the travel and local laws criteria; however, politics, religion etc. have no part in the decision. As I have stated before, I think that choosing the Wikimania location is a very difficult decision to make, because there are indeed so many factors that go into it. Here is what I as facilitator asked the jury to do: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Jury -- phoebe
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