Wikimania 2006 to be held in Boston
After delaying their decision for a week, the Wikimania planning committee made its choice between two cities as potential hosts for Wikimania 2006. In a narrow vote, Boston was picked over Toronto, the other finalist bid.
The decision was announced on Saturday by Delphine Ménard, Chapter Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation. The vote was 5-4 in favor of Boston, with one member of the panel abstaining. The jury to select the host site originally had 11 members, including the Board of Trustees and the team that put together Wikimania 2005. Of the latter group, however, sj withdrew from the panel because he was organizing the Boston bid.
Boston and Toronto had been chosen as finalists earlier this month (see archived story). They beat out bids from London and Milan in the first round of the competition. For the final deliberations, sj's place on the jury was taken by Fuzheado.