Congratulations to the London team for your successful bid and to the Arusha team for putting in a solid effort! I look forward to getting my UK groove on next year.
-greg aka varnent On 1 May 2013, at 1:28 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <jdforres...@gmail.com>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 >> jdforres...@gmail.com >> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal >> capacity) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> > > > > -- > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* > *www.sarahstierch.com* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
