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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Internal-l] Wikimania 2007--the dollars and cents. Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:19:21 -0500 From: Danny Wool dwool@wikimedia.org Reply-To: Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription) internal-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: internal-l@lists.wikimedia.org

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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