Congratulations to all the teams! And to the Esino Lario team: This is no easy task, but I have confidence you'll do a great job. I look forward to Wikimania '16 already!
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > You can blame it on me! I had thought I had posted the announcement > over the holidays but it was sitting on my drafts mail folder. > > Ellie > > > > > On Jan 22, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Christopher Cooper < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Iolanda, > > > > Thank you for your thoughtful and swift response. > > > > I'm not particularly critical of the bid team for being open about the > result, since there are good reasons to get the news out there and it would > be unreasonable to expect a bid team to keep their win or loss a secret for > any period of time. > > > > I think the answer here is for the official announcement of the jury's > decision to be as prompt as possible; this doesn't seem to have been an > issue in previous years. The decision to award Wikimania 2015 to Mexico > City was also done with the condition that further WMF vetting was > required, and this isn't a problem, as long as it is noted in the > announcement and on the updated pages. > > > > Kind regards, > > Christopher > > > >> On 22/01/2015 10:21, Iolanda Pensa wrote: > >> thanks Christopher! > >> I perfectly understand your point in the communication. I decided to > give the news on twitter (and then to share it on facebook where the Esino > Lario community is very present) because I needed two things > >> 1. to make sure people got excited about it and kept their enthusiasm. > we have been waiting a lot for this answer and it arrived after the > expected date (it was postponed). I had around 200 people asking me every > day about it; i needed to tell them as soon as possible to not consume the > enthusiasm and making sure they are on it. > >> 2. to fundraise. the very same day (December 24th - and I can assure > you that with two children 5 and 6 years old is not really the best day) I > delivered an application for 200'000 euro to be used to involve people in > the region in wikimedia activities for 2 years, and to have more funds for > the infrastructures. The deadline was December and i needed to tell them we > have been selected immediately and i could not wait later on to communicate > the information. > >> > >> Of course Esino will be visited by Ellie and Garfield and the decision > is provisional. At the same time it is important to say that we had already > a site visit in July 2014 (Deror and Manuel Schneider) with a positive > evaluation, and our bid provide full information in a realistic and correct > way. Of course it would be better to announce the winning after May 2015 > (after the confirmation), but this would delay the project and now we need > fundings, partners and people to get involved to make it. Esino is an > extremely complex situation to have a conference and we want to make sure > it happens and it happens well. This at the end is the role we have. > >> > >> I wanted to provide you and explication because I do understand and > respect your point. I hope the explanation can clarify why I did it; I > really wanted to let you know that I didn't do it for pride and joyful > enthusiasm (which I have but i could wait for the official announcement); i > did it because we need to move and move fast: start working in making > Wikimania Esino starting and get the necessary attention from the > stakeholders (we are currently negotiating with the Lombardy Region for a > program of agreement which needs to get done now or we can't get all the > resources for the event). > >> my warm regards > >> iolanda / iopensa > >> > >> > >>> Il giorno 21/gen/2015, alle ore 21:04, Christopher Cooper < > [email protected]> ha scritto: > >>> > >>> May I offer my congratulations to Esino Lario on winning the bid. I > personally backed Manilla for various reasons, but it was a fair contest, > and I look forward to going to Italy in 2016. > >>> > >>> I have noted though that there was some confusion caused by it > becoming public knowledge via Twitter that Esino Lario had won, despite > there having been no official announcement. I think in future years the > decision should be formally announced and pages updated before tweets etc. > are made. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Christopher > >>> > >>>> On 20/01/2015 23:24, Ellie Young wrote: > >>>> Dear Wikimedians, > >>>> > >>>> On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2016 selection Jury Committee, > we have accepted the proposal from the Esino Lario Italy team. The > Wikimania Esino Lario team is composed mainly of volunteers. It is > promoted by Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH in partnership with Esino > Lario city council, Ecomuseo delle Grigne, Pro Loco Esino Lario, Parco > Regionale della Grigna Settentionale and the Esino Lario local associations > and community. nThe proposal will be further vetted by the WMF staff in the > coming months, after which time we hope to confirm the award. Please join > us in congratulating Wikimania Esino Lario! > >>>> > >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario > >>>> > >>>> We would also like to thank the team from Manila, Philippines for > their efforts in putting together excellent proposal. As a volunteer-led > movement, it is hugely encouraging to have so many who want to support > Wikimania. The bidding process requires a substantial time investment, and > we are most grateful for every team’s hard work. > >>>> > >>>> For those of you who are considering hosting in future years, we > expect to issue the Request for Proposals for 2017 in September. > >>>> > >>>> Sincerely, > >>>> > >>>> Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator > >>>> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- "Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre a la suma total de todo el conocimiento humano. 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