Congratulations for Washington! Looking forward to an exciting Wikimania in the U.S.! :)
Best Juliana 2011/4/13 Daniel ~ Leinad <[email protected]> > 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 >
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