Hey Manuel, Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who?
Correct me, but beside Richard Sydmonds - all the members of this year jury are new? there is not continuity in the jury? Itzik *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Wikimania is the global, annual conference of the Wikimedia movement, > organised by the Wikimedia community. Organizing team and location are > chosen by a jury in a public bidding process. > > Due to the growing requirements and complexity for this growing > conference the Wikimania Committee decided to revise the bidding > timeline to give more time to prepare the conference. > > Here it is: > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bid_selection_timeline > > == Jury == > The Wikimania Committee is pleased to announce the jury for Wikimania 2016: > > Richard Symonds > Stuart Prior > Claudia Garad > Esteban Zarate > Daniel Bryant > Finne Boonen > Ellie Young > > == Accepting Bids == > We invite anyone in our community to submit a proposal for Wikimania > 2016 on Meta Wiki: > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids > > Please consult the timeline and Judging Criteria that are posted at: > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids > > The deadline for bids is November 15, 23:59 UTC. You should setup a > bidding page and contact Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator before > the deadline. She will help you prepare your bid. All bids which have > been confirmed until November 15 will be considered by the jury, others > will be dismissed. > > Subsequently there will be a two week period where the community can > comment and offer feedback on the proposal. > > In December your team must be available for conference calls with the > jury, after deliberations the host for Wikimania 2016 will be announced > by the end of 2014. > > On behalf of the Wikimania Committee with regards, > > > Manuel > -- > Manuel Schneider - Chief Information Officer > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Lausanne, +41 (21) 340 66 22 - www.wikimedia.ch > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>