Congratulations - Berlin is one amazing city. Some great bids were placed, too.
Looking forward to it! -Sarah On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all the team involved in the bidding and decision. We will have a > very nice conference in Berlin. > > Regards. > El oct 12, 2013 8:31 a.m., "Bence Damokos" <[email protected]> escribió: > > > Dear all, > > > > Following considerable deliberation it is with great pleasure that we > > announce that the Location Committee has selected Berlin as the location > > for the 2014 Wikimedia Conference. > > > > We received a total of four bids from Germany, India, Italy and Sweden. > In > > selecting the Berlin location we have taken into consideration the > > experience and capacity of the team; the travel time and cost for > > attendees; the cost of hosting the conference; and the facilities and > room > > configuration of the proposed venues. > > > > Throughout our deliberations we kept an open mind towards having the > > conference in a new location/country, and we have appreciated the compact > > solutions offered by having all participants close to each other or > staying > > at the same lodging; however, we felt that the Berlin bid provides – by a > > small margin – the best combination of price, distance and experience > this > > year. > > > > We thank all the organisations that have entered a bid for their time and > > effort and we hope that even if they were not selected this year, they > can > > make use of the experience when they organise other meetings that will > > further the Wikimedia mission. > > > > In closing, we would like to thank all Wikimedia organisations for > placing > > their trust in this process and committee, which was an interesting > > experience for all of us. In the hope that the Wikimedia organisations > keep > > the hosting choice an open process, we would like to propose a number of > > potential process improvements[1], and we would invite all the bidders > and > > other interested parties to provide their own feedback. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Asaf Bartov, Bence Damokos, Arnau Duran, Itzik Edri, Mike Peel, Osmar > > Valdebenito, Ilario Valdelli > > Wikimedia Conference 2014 Location Committee > > > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Bids/Learnings > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* *www.sarahstierch.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
