Congratulations to the London team, and great work on all parties for proposals. It's quite a task, and one that is at times just as emotional and intensive in actually planning Wikimania.
I look forward to lending a hand with London, and I really look forward to partying at the Tate Modern ;) (Can we get Kraftwerk to play the party...?[1]) Sarah [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLVvju6WZ8 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM, James Forrester <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and > evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to > London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who > also put forward a solid effort. > > We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward > proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the > Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid > for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget > and lower-cost options for attendees. > > The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core > budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding > ways to reduce the cost for community attendees. > > We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep > aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit > of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited > resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting > out clearer guidelines on these principles. > > The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time > investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions > and hard work. > > Yours, > > James Forrester > Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury > For the Wikimania 2014 Jury > -- > James D. Forrester > [email protected] > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal > capacity) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* *www.sarahstierch.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
