Hi Alan,

I'm not sure what the status is, but I for one have been following this thread, but haven't had much to say. I'm still interested in MWC but haven't heard much in the way of updates lately either.

As for Wikimania, I don't know enough about it to comment intelligently. Having an organizing body (like MWC) might make a coordinated bid a little easier, no?

Cheers,
Brian

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> Do we have anyone available to us that has participated in a successful bid
> for Wikimania and organization of the event?
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> 2010/1/18 Ray Saintonge <saintonge@telus.net>
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> > Andrew Leung wrote:
> > > But it will definitely affects how much funding or promise we can
> > > secure *right now*
> > >
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> > How?  We don't need the funding for right now.  As for promises, the
> > government already has experience in cutting previously promised funding.
> >
> > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > > > Andrew Leung wrote:
> > > > > Exactly, currently the only serious contender is Montreal's bid so
> > > > > there's definitely room for Toronto's bid. These 2 bids are not
> > > > > mutually exclusive to each other. Speaking of the government, does
> > > > > anyone know if (and how) the discussions about funding will be
> > > > > affected when our legislature got prorogued?
> > > >
> > > > The proroguing would have no effect at all. We are talking about a
> > > > Wikimania that would take place in the summer of 2011. Thus any funding
> > > > would be a part of appropriations for the government fiscal year ending
> > > > March 31, 2012. The budget for that year would only be tabled in early
> > > > 2011. Will Harper still be in power then?
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> > > > Ray
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> It is prorogued. :)
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> Seriously, I think this discussion about Wikimania 2011 is the current
> existence of WMC.
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