English subtitles for clip: File:Wikimedia Summit 2020 Grant Report, Video 4.webm

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Cornelius: So, Jana, any closing words?

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Jana: We, at Wikimedia Germany in general,
but the Wikimedia Summit [team] in particular,

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were incredibly sad about not being able

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to welcome more than 200 Wikimedians
from around the world in Berlin.

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This conference is definitely
one of our highlights of the year,

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and hours, weeks, months
of preparation went into it.

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However – and this something you learn
quite quickly when organizing events –

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participants’ health and safety always come first.

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The COVID-19 global health crisis was in sight,

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and it became clear within a couple of days

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that things would develop quickly and dangerously
over the weeks leading up to the Summit.

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Wikimedia Germany’s and the Wikimedia Foundation’s
decision to cancel was not an easy one.

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We assessed the risks,
discussed these among leadership,

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and after a couple of days, on February 28,
made the best and only decision possible:

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to cancel the event.

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Ironically, when writing this report
and with the benefit of hindsight,

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we ask ourselves: Why did it even take us
a couple of days to discuss and decide?

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And you, Cornelius, what would you add?

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C: Originally, we planned
to host a virtual Summit,

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and quite some time and effort went
into researching how we could manage that.

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However it became clear
that a virtual Wikimedia Summit

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could not really replace
the physical Summit entirely this year.

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Instead, a series of events will be hosted
to have the space to discuss 

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what would have been discussed in Berlin.

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To reduce the level of complexity,

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and to be able to design such
a series of events from scratch,

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we decided to let go of the idea of hosting

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one of the events under the framework
and brand of the Wikimedia Summit.

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We hope that even in a difficult
situation such as this,

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the organizations and groups
[attending] the Wikimedia Summit 

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will together find ways to discuss our future

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and make plans for how to implement
the recommendations of the Movement Strategy Process.

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Wikimedia Deutschland looks forward
to hosting the Wikimedia Summit 2021 again,

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and to welcoming our friends
from all over the world in Berlin next year,

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if the global health situation allows.

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Thank you very much for joining us
in this video and see you soon!