Excellent news! A huge thanks to the Location Committee and congratulations to the entire Berlin team!
– Patricio On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Bence Damokos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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>
