Congratulations to WMUK & London! Wish all the success for Wikimania 2014.
Cheers Tonmoy On May 2, 2013 4:07 AM, "Charles Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations WMUK and the London 2014 team! Thanks also to the Arusha > bid - hopefully there will be another opportunity in the future! > > Regards, > > Charles / User:Chuq > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Markus Glaser <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Congratulations, London and WMUK! Looking foward to a Wikimania in a city > > I already lived in ;) And my respect and many thanks to Arusha / > Tanzania. > > I would have loved to go to Africa this time and I really think the > > Movement should make some efforts to make something like this happen in > the > > future. > > > > Best, Markus > > > > Am 01.05.2013 22:22, schrieb Patricio Lorente: > > > > Congratulations, London! See you there! > >> > >> Patricio > >> > >> 2013/5/1 Dhaval S. Vyas <[email protected]>: > >> > >>> Congratulations UK! So happy with the news, after all wikimania is > >>> coming at > >>> our doorstep... > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Katie Chan < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid. > >>>> > >>>> Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 1 May 2013 18:10, 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. 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