
nh at nhasive
May 2, 2012, 11:27 PM
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
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Congrtz Hong kong team! On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Mateus Nobre <mateusfnobre [at] gmail>wrote: > Awesome!!! > > Congratulations! > Hope to be there. > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, James Forrester <jdforrester [at] gmail > >wrote: > > > 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 > > jdforrester [at] wikimedia | jdforrester [at] gmail > > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > Wikimania-l [at] lists > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________ > *M*ateus*N*obre > Free knowledge, free software, free culture, open data. > *Freedom, acessibility, autonomy, openess, independence, transparency. > That's our way.* > *And yours?* > +55 (84) 8896 - 1628 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l [at] lists > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Best Regards, *Nurunnaby* *Chowdhury* *Hasive* *User: nhasive* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l [at] lists Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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