Congratulations to both the Hong Kong and London teams for tantalizing bids. I second the call for there to be some sort of London event next year -- the energy that goes into a great bid should not go to waste. [and the # of people interested in attending such events around the world keeps growing...]
I hope that reps from both of the finalist bid teams will make it to Wikimania this year in DC. SJ On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:15 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, James Forrester <jdforres...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce >> that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to >> the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly >> excellent job. > > Congratulations to Hong Kong! And also congratulations to London, who > had an excellent bid and team. I hope that London will still consider > using all their bid preparation to host a great event in the coming > year, and I am already looking forward to a fabulous Hong Kong > Wikimania! > > And, as always, thanks to all the bidders, participants, and jury > members -- a lot of work goes into the Wikimania process, and it is > greatly appreciated. > > -- Phoebe > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
