Congrats everyone! I'm looking forward to a summer visit to Georgetown....
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Iván Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to all the team! > > 2011/4/12 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 >> > > > > -- > *Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso > libre a la suma total del conocimiento humano. > Eso es lo que estamos haciendo <http://es.wikipedia.org>. * > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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