[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimania 2010?

[Craig Franklin]

I'm not sure, but I'll send a few exploratory emails and see if there's much 
interest.

As many of our big sponsors are located in SE Queensland (ie: Brisbane City 
Council, University of Queensland), I suspect they will not be all that 
interested in sponsoring and supporting an event outside of Brisbane or SE 
Queensland (we may be able to get away with Gold Coast, which is a large 
city in its own right, and within easy driving range of Brisbane itself, but 
it's not all that accessible from Europe/North America, despite having its 
own International Airport).

Basically, what I was getting at, is that if we really want to have a decent 
chance of success, we need to begin doing this *now*, rather than waiting 
until a month before the deadline.

With regard to the "Brisbane, where's that?" comment, I imagine that the Bid 
Evaluation team will be aware enough of the location of the city, 
particularly from us having bid before, that this will not be a problem. 
Brisbane has pretty much all of the advantages of Sydney and Melbourne 
(accessible, cosmopolitan), along with its own distinct advantages (good 
climate, proximity to tourist attractions, low costs).  Also, in all my 
years interacting with foreigners both on and offline, nobody has had any 
trouble with recognising Brisbane as a city in Australia.  I don't think 
that geographic obscurity is going to be that much of a problem, and it may 
even be an advantage, with Brisbane being seen as a more "exotic" location 
than Sydney or the usual "world city" suspects.

Regards,
Craig F.




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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela" <beesley at gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia-au" <wikimediaau-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:48 AM
Subject: [personal] Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimania 2010?


> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Craig Franklin <craig at halo-17.net> wrote:
>> I've just been contacted by one of our sponsors for Brisbane's Wikimania
>> 2009 bid, wondering if and when we're thinking of beginning a bid.
>> Obviously, it would be good if we could wait until Incorporation is
>> finalised and we have a fully functional board, but I strongly feel that 
>> if
>> we want to have a good chance, we should start now.
>
> Do you think they would also be happy to sponsor a small event? It
> would be useful to have a WMAU conference before holding something
> bigger like Wikimania.
>
> Angela
>
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