Thank you very much Thomas! And likewise, commiserations to the Bristol bid team.
I've already emailed Daria to arrange a meeting :) If anyone wishes to get involved with our final bid preparations or to start looking at ways they can volunteer if London should be chosen, please get in touch: [email protected] Ed Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:54:11 +0100 > From: Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > To: wikimediauk-l <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists > for Wikimania 2013 > Message-ID: > <CALTQcceojwWzmJZHjS8JoHXtQG2PN1G6=1yv6f97ntrdqdr...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations to the London bid team for making the short list! > Commiserations to the Bristol bid team - I'm sure your hard work won't > be in vain, there will be other opportunities to make use of all the > contacts and relationships you've built up. > > Now that were is only one UK bid in the running, can we expect to see > more support from WMUK? I'm sure the London team would benefit from > Daria's help with fine tuning anything that the jury might be > concerned about. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lodewijk <[email protected]> > Date: 22 April 2012 20:34 > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists for Wikimania 2013 > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > it is my pleasure to announce that the jury has been able to come up > with?an intermediate result - and I would like to share with you the > fact that?two finalist bids have been selected. All bids have been > examined and?discussed at three public IRC meetings and several > private conversations,?and we?have come to the conclusion that we will > now focus our attention on the two?bids with in our opinion the > highest potential: Hong Kong and London (in?alphabetical order). > > We were blessed this year with a strong field of bids, and I would > like to?extend our sincere thanks to the bidding teams of Bristol, > Naples and?Surakarta for their extensive and well worked out bids - > but also the?effort they put into answering our extensive enquiries. I > think all three?bids had very good qualities and their strong points > and with work could?make a wonderful and very competing bid in a > future year. > > This decision has been made based on the primary evaluation of the bid > quality, with a special focus to suitability of the Venue, > Accommodation?and the reliability and viability of the local team (did > we have the?feeling they were up for the task). We will not be sharing > an extensive?reasoning at this point for each bid - but I think we can > give feedback?after the final decision about the winning bid has been > made, in private?communication. > > So what is next? The two candidates will be reviewed more extensively, > we?will assess the risks and whether they will actually be able to > live up to?the promises more thoroughly. We may be needing a few days > extra compared?to the original timeline, but hopefully not too much. > > With kind regards, for the Wikimania 2013 jury, > > Lodewijk Gelauff > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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