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Congratulations to Hong Kong on your successful bid.
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> 1. Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
> (James Forrester)
> 2. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
> (Osmar Valdebenito)
> 3. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
> (Shujen Chang)
> 4. Re: Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
> (Nicholas Bashour)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 00:52:05 +0100
> From: James Forrester <jdforrester [at] gmail>
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
> <wikimania-l [at] lists>, wikimedia-l [at] lists
> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013:
> Hong Kong
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> 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.]]
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:02:19 -0400
> From: Osmar Valdebenito <osmar [at] wikimediachile>
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
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> Cc: wikimedia-l [at] lists
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania
> 2013: Hong Kong
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> Congratulations to Hong Kong!
>
> El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <jdforrester [at] gmail> escribi?:
>
> 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.]]
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> From: Shujen Chang <i [at] blue>
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania
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> Congratulations!
> On May 3, 2012 7:53 AM, "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.]]
>>
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> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:08:40 -0400
> From: Nicholas Bashour <nicholasbashour [at] gmail>
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
> <wikimania-l [at] lists>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania
> 2013: Hong Kong
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> Congratulations from Wikimedia DC and the Wikimania 2012 organizing team. We look forward to working with you through the transition from Wikimania 2012 :)
>
> Sincerely,
> Nicholas Michael Bashour
> President
> Wikimedia District of Columbia
> Washington, DC, USA
>
> Am 02.05.2012 um 19:52 schrieb James Forrester <jdforrester [at] gmail>:
>
>> 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.]]
>>
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