You can blame it on me! I had thought I had posted the announcement over the holidays but it was sitting on my drafts mail folder.
Ellie > On Jan 22, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Christopher Cooper <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Iolanda, > > Thank you for your thoughtful and swift response. > > I'm not particularly critical of the bid team for being open about the > result, since there are good reasons to get the news out there and it would > be unreasonable to expect a bid team to keep their win or loss a secret for > any period of time. > > I think the answer here is for the official announcement of the jury's > decision to be as prompt as possible; this doesn't seem to have been an issue > in previous years. The decision to award Wikimania 2015 to Mexico City was > also done with the condition that further WMF vetting was required, and this > isn't a problem, as long as it is noted in the announcement and on the > updated pages. > > Kind regards, > Christopher > >> On 22/01/2015 10:21, Iolanda Pensa wrote: >> thanks Christopher! >> I perfectly understand your point in the communication. I decided to give >> the news on twitter (and then to share it on facebook where the Esino Lario >> community is very present) because I needed two things >> 1. to make sure people got excited about it and kept their enthusiasm. we >> have been waiting a lot for this answer and it arrived after the expected >> date (it was postponed). I had around 200 people asking me every day about >> it; i needed to tell them as soon as possible to not consume the enthusiasm >> and making sure they are on it. >> 2. to fundraise. the very same day (December 24th - and I can assure you >> that with two children 5 and 6 years old is not really the best day) I >> delivered an application for 200'000 euro to be used to involve people in >> the region in wikimedia activities for 2 years, and to have more funds for >> the infrastructures. The deadline was December and i needed to tell them we >> have been selected immediately and i could not wait later on to communicate >> the information. >> >> Of course Esino will be visited by Ellie and Garfield and the decision is >> provisional. At the same time it is important to say that we had already a >> site visit in July 2014 (Deror and Manuel Schneider) with a positive >> evaluation, and our bid provide full information in a realistic and correct >> way. Of course it would be better to announce the winning after May 2015 >> (after the confirmation), but this would delay the project and now we need >> fundings, partners and people to get involved to make it. Esino is an >> extremely complex situation to have a conference and we want to make sure it >> happens and it happens well. This at the end is the role we have. >> >> I wanted to provide you and explication because I do understand and respect >> your point. I hope the explanation can clarify why I did it; I really wanted >> to let you know that I didn't do it for pride and joyful enthusiasm (which I >> have but i could wait for the official announcement); i did it because we >> need to move and move fast: start working in making Wikimania Esino starting >> and get the necessary attention from the stakeholders (we are currently >> negotiating with the Lombardy Region for a program of agreement which needs >> to get done now or we can't get all the resources for the event). >> my warm regards >> iolanda / iopensa >> >> >>> Il giorno 21/gen/2015, alle ore 21:04, Christopher Cooper >>> <[email protected]> ha scritto: >>> >>> May I offer my congratulations to Esino Lario on winning the bid. I >>> personally backed Manilla for various reasons, but it was a fair contest, >>> and I look forward to going to Italy in 2016. >>> >>> I have noted though that there was some confusion caused by it becoming >>> public knowledge via Twitter that Esino Lario had won, despite there having >>> been no official announcement. I think in future years the decision should >>> be formally announced and pages updated before tweets etc. are made. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Christopher >>> >>>> On 20/01/2015 23:24, Ellie Young wrote: >>>> Dear Wikimedians, >>>> >>>> On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2016 selection Jury Committee, we >>>> have accepted the proposal from the Esino Lario Italy team. The >>>> Wikimania Esino Lario team is composed mainly of volunteers. It is >>>> promoted by Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH in partnership with Esino >>>> Lario city council, Ecomuseo delle Grigne, Pro Loco Esino Lario, Parco >>>> Regionale della Grigna Settentionale and the Esino Lario local >>>> associations and community. nThe proposal will be further vetted by the >>>> WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we hope to confirm the >>>> award. Please join us in congratulating Wikimania Esino Lario! >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario >>>> >>>> We would also like to thank the team from Manila, Philippines for their >>>> efforts in putting together excellent proposal. As a volunteer-led >>>> movement, it is hugely encouraging to have so many who want to support >>>> Wikimania. The bidding process requires a substantial time investment, and >>>> we are most grateful for every team’s hard work. >>>> >>>> For those of you who are considering hosting in future years, we expect to >>>> issue the Request for Proposals for 2017 in September. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator >>>> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
