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Subject: [Internal-l] Wikimania 2007--the dollars and cents.
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:19:21 -0500
From: Danny Wool <dwool(a)wikimedia.org>
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Hello,
Wikimania '07 may seem far off, but from an organizational point of
view, it's right around the corner.
The Taiwan team has done a great job, but now it's time for the
community to step in to make this the best Wikimania yet. While much of
Wikimania's costs are covered, we still need help to raise enough money
to ensure that this is truly an international event, with
representatives from all of our communities.
With that in mind, the Board has asked me to work with the Taiwanese
team to raise the necessary funds, and to coordinate the international
effort to get things rolling. I believe that this should be an
international effort, and sponsors should be found from around the
world. While I will coordinate this effort, I need *you* to help. If you
have ideas or know of people/organizations/corporations that might be
interested in sponsoring some part of Wikimania, please let me know. If
I can do anything to help you approach these people and groups, please
let me know too.
Let's face it. I am not as multilingual as some of you, and it would be
silly of me to approach companies in Europe, South America, or Asia when
we have perfectly capable people in each of these areas--you! I will
work locally on obtaining sponsorships, but I will also coordinate the
efforts elsewhere. This is especially important, so that different
people do not contact the same organization again and again and again.
With a coordinated strategy, we can do really well.
Please email me any ideas you may have, or post them here for further
discussion. I look forward to hearing from you.
Danny (isme)
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