Congratulations to the Washington DC team! There is no doubt that this year it was the best bid. :-)
-- Daniel // Leinad 2011/4/13 James Owen <[email protected]>: > Dear all, > > The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have selected > Washington, D.C., USA as the location for Wikimania 2012[0]. The DC team > presented an imaginative and exciting bid[1] that the jurors found > impressive. As before, all the bids to host Wikimania had strong points in > their favour and making this decision was difficult. We will send detailed > feedback to each of the bids, but for now we know the winning team will > appreciate the community's support and help in making a great Wikimania in > 2012. The jury particularly thanks the other finalist in the process, the > South African team[2] for their excellent work, and encourages them to bid > again in the near future. > > If you have never been to a Wikimania before I would urge you to consider > attending. This year the conference will be in Haifa, Israel[3], and promises > to be an excellent event. Wikimania is always a great way to meet members of > our global community and help improve the movement, and Washington DC looks > to be a worthy successor. > > Our congratulations to the Washington DC team and many thanks to all of the > bidders for working so hard. I encourage all bidders to use the fantastic > energy they have put into their bids by hosting smaller continental or > regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the future. > > The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the Wikimania > process with the community. > > [0] Jury, process& timeline:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012 > [1] DC bid:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C. > [2] SA bid: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch > [3] Wikimania 2011:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011 > > Yours, > > The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting] > * James Forrester > * Joseph Seddon > > On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury: > * Ting Chen > * Austin Hair > * Richard Knipel > * Deror Lin > * Patricio Lorente > * Abbas Mahmoud > * Takashi Ota > * James Owen > * Achal Prabhala > * Liam Wyatt > > * Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor] > * Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor] > * Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor] > * Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor] > _______________________________________________ > 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
