And of course, thank you also to the Jury for your hard work! On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:09 PM, <[email protected]>wrote:
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania > 2013: Hong Kong (Butch Bustria) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:28:44 +0300 > From: stephen wanjau <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania > 2013: Hong Kong > Message-ID: > <CAMgBHWmuD7FCF-L8xufjkNjRzb-jjkZZJK-7_OmcUtxh0e5=d...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Congratulations to Hong Kong. > > This year it will be in the West and the next in the East. > > //Stephen > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Mateus Nobre <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Awesome!!! > > > > Congratulations! > > Hope to be there. > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, James Forrester <[email protected] > >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. > >> > >> There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well > >> as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the > >> bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We > >> determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders, > >> and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further > >> e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation > >> staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision. > >> > >> The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and > >> required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We > >> considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on > >> following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local > >> Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances. > >> We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially > >> because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local > >> Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner > >> organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their > >> good combination of venue and accommodation. > >> > >> The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off > >> a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community > >> to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who > >> have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a > >> partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have > >> found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also > >> identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to > >> share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can > >> use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the > >> other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future > >> year. > >> > >> We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a > >> very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for > >> their submissions. > >> > >> To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind > >> the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use > >> this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage > >> everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might > >> select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way. > >> Please, do join in the discussions. > >> > >> Yours, > >> > >> James Forrester > >> Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury > >> For the Wikimania 2013 Jury > >> > >> [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 > >> [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury > >> [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids > >> [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria > >> [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group > >> -- > >> James D. Forrester > >> [email protected] | [email protected] > >> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimania-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________ > > *M*ateus*N*obre > > Free knowledge, free software, free culture, open data. > > *Freedom, acessibility, autonomy, openess, independence, transparency. > > That's our way.* > > *And yours?* > > +55 (84) 8896 - 1628 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20120503/c881a8a0/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 08:45:19 +0100 > From: Katie Chan <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: "Wikimania general list \(open subscription\)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for > Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :) > > -- > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > - Heinrich Heine > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 18:34:36 +0800 > From: "Jeromy-Yu Chan (Jerry~Yuyu)" <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for > Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > Message-ID: > <CAGWBt9C3iZohRe3D8tw_7rPag8qKTLjUdyN-mrV=5mwarpc...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Halo Everyone > > (Firstly, short statement on behalf the team) > > Thank you for your congratulations, we honored that we are awarded to host > the 9th global Wikimedia Conference. > our team will work as best as we can, to facilitate such conference, and > meet your expectations. > > and we are lOOking forward to seeing you here in Hong Kong, and hope you > will enjoy the conference! > > > (then a longer part of personal thoughts) > > I recently read a story on Facebook: > Once upon a time, a boy behave badly in school, with very poor results > and his teacher told his father about the situation. > > Then the father tell his kids, if the boy can get 0 mark in the exam > then the boy can do whatever he wants > > But the boy found his way to get 0 marks, but actually he learnt all the > correct answer in order to write down the wrong answer > Then his father told him, actually the boy actually can finishes his school > works with flying colors > > <end of story> > > Actually the Hong Kong bid was similar situations, > even you ask me about the possibility having a Wikimania in Hong Kong > I would tell you that's impossible. > > Even when we start to "explore the possibility to have a Wikimania in HK" > I personally thinks that would be a process proving it is impossible > > but more and more supports comes, more volunteers willing to helps. > > Our fellow local team really fights bit and bit for support, > that's why they are so eager to get the bid, > because we all know that is not really easy to have such support > especially for group with almost every organizer is so young :) > > > Well, there is still a lot things to be done ahead > so better end my note here, and get back to work! > > A BIG thank you to everyone involved in the bidding process, especially to > all the bidding teams! > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :) > > > > -- > > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > > - Heinrich Heine > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > > > > -- > Jeromy-Yu Chan, Jerry > http://yuyu.be/txt > http://about.me/jeromyu > UID: Jeromyu > (on Facebook, Twitter, Plurk & most sites) > > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 > ???? ?? ??? ?????????? ????? ?? ??????? ??????? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20120503/ffc618bc/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 19:17:34 +0800 > From: Butch Bustria <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for > Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong > Message-ID: > <cagk+ddhmq8mpkt2j8g89svxp57e6awpo-k+etw99tmapen1...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello HK Team, > > In behalf of the Philippine Chapter (and your other Asian brothers and > sister chapters), we congratulate you for having a successful bid. > > We hope we could bring many Filipinos there as we are just two hours apart > by plane. > > We are also hoping the lessons from the Israel and DC hosting would help > you bring a better and more colorful event in August 2013. > > P.S. I hope you can open the scholarships as early as mid-December to > enable you to have a better time screening all applicants and announce it > in March so that participants would have a hassle free planning of their > iterinaries and for some -- visa applications. > > > -- > Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. > Wikimedia Philippines Inc. > > ------------------------------ > > > The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only > for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the > intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or > the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the > original message and attachments. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Jeromy-Yu Chan (Jerry~Yuyu) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Halo Everyone > > > > (Firstly, short statement on behalf the team) > > > > Thank you for your congratulations, we honored that we are awarded to > host > > the 9th global Wikimedia Conference. > > our team will work as best as we can, to facilitate such conference, and > > meet your expectations. > > > > and we are lOOking forward to seeing you here in Hong Kong, and hope you > > will enjoy the conference! > > > > > > (then a longer part of personal thoughts) > > > > I recently read a story on Facebook: > > Once upon a time, a boy behave badly in school, with very poor results > > and his teacher told his father about the situation. > > > > Then the father tell his kids, if the boy can get 0 mark in the exam > > then the boy can do whatever he wants > > > > But the boy found his way to get 0 marks, but actually he learnt all the > > correct answer in order to write down the wrong answer > > Then his father told him, actually the boy actually can finishes his > > school works with flying colors > > > > <end of story> > > > > Actually the Hong Kong bid was similar situations, > > even you ask me about the possibility having a Wikimania in Hong Kong > > I would tell you that's impossible. > > > > Even when we start to "explore the possibility to have a Wikimania in HK" > > I personally thinks that would be a process proving it is impossible > > > > but more and more supports comes, more volunteers willing to helps. > > > > Our fellow local team really fights bit and bit for support, > > that's why they are so eager to get the bid, > > because we all know that is not really easy to have such support > > especially for group with almost every organizer is so young :) > > > > > > Well, there is still a lot things to be done ahead > > so better end my note here, and get back to work! > > > > A BIG thank you to everyone involved in the bidding process, especially > to > > all the bidding teams! > > > > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :) > >> > >> -- > >> Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > >> - Heinrich Heine > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Wikimania-l mailing list > >> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Jeromy-Yu Chan, Jerry > > http://yuyu.be/txt > > http://about.me/jeromyu > > UID: Jeromyu > > (on Facebook, Twitter, Plurk & most sites) > > > > > > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 > > ???? ?? ??? ?????????? ????? ?? ??????? ??????? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > > -- > Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. > Wikimedia Philippines Inc. > > ------------------------------ > > > The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only > for the recipients named. 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