Is a bid for South London allowed next year?
On 1 November 2013 23:44, James Forrester <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for info. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: James Forrester <[email protected]> > Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 > Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < > [email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we > will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. > > The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be > coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to > serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based > on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the > final selection is made in April 2014. > > This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a > strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania > Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the > community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures > and regions of the world. > > The main criteria are as follows: > > * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community > as we can make it; > * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and > activities; > * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or > want to learn; > * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late > March and early April; and > * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). > > If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard > (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 > November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. > > Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's > community for those that don't read these mailing lists. > > Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. > > [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 > [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids > [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury > > On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. > > Yours, > -- > James D. Forrester > [email protected] > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal > capacity) > > > > -- > 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, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
