香港成功申辦一三年的維基國際年會，恭喜！ HW ----- 轉寄的郵件 ---- 寄件人︰ Osmar Valdebenito <[email protected]> 收件人︰ Wikimania general list (open subscription) <[email protected]> 副本(CC)︰ [email protected] 傳送日期︰ 2012年05月3日 (週四) 8:02 AM 主題︰ Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
Congratulations to Hong Kong! El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <[email protected]> escribió: > >On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce >that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to >the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly >excellent job. > >There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well >as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the >bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We >determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders, >and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further >e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation >staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision. > >The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and >required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We >considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on >following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local >Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances. >We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially >because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local >Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner >organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their >good combination of venue and accommodation. > >The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off >a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community >to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who >have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a >partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have >found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also >identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to >share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can >use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the >other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future >year. > >We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a >very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for >their submissions. > >To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind >the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use >this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage >everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might >select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way. >Please, do join in the discussions. > >Yours, > >James Forrester >Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury >For the Wikimania 2013 Jury > >[0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 >[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury >[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids >[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria >[4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group >-- >James D. Forrester >[email protected] | [email protected] >[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > >_______________________________________________ >Wikimania-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikizh-l 邮件列表 [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikizh-l
