For 2008 the mayor's office put me off on to VisitLondon, who I spoke to a
few times on the phone but we really have very different methods and I
didn't feel they could help us. Certainly not with funding or providing
assistance anyway. I will phone the mayor's advisor on culture again though.
Cheers.
On 15/12/2007, Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've just sent another email to my Google UK contact letting her know
that we are now bidding for 2009. She said she forwarded my email about
sponsorship for our 2008 bid, but I never heard back from whoever she
forwarded it to. Maybe second time lucky though.
I also just sent an email to the director of the Oxford Internet Institute
and the master of Balliol (who set up the OII) to see if they would be
interested in cooperating with us on this. I'm not optimistic but it seemed
worth a shot. (I'm a Balliol post-grad student so the master is at least
vaguely aware of my existence...)
Good luck with Jim Knight. Have you contacted the mayor's office as well?
They may just be interested.
Fingers crossed.
Tom
*From:* wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Gary Kirk
*Sent:* 15 December 2007 04:51
*To:* Wikimedia UK mailing list
*Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2009: assistance from the government?
Jim Knight, the schools minister briefly wrote to me saying he "looks
forward to hearing more" - I explained a little, and pointed him to someone
in his office who I had emailed. I have heard back from neither as yet, and
the next time I would expect to would be Monday, I assume. *crosses fingers*
:)
The UK/London bid page is at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/UK by the way, people :)
I have updated it slightly and added to the London bid page. Please take a
look and improve.
Cheers,
--
Gary Kirk
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