On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Alan Walker fastalan@gmail.com wrote:
Do we have anyone available to us that has participated in a successful bid for Wikimania and organization of the event?
I agree, it would be good to find an advisor from Frankfurt/Cambridge/Taipei/Alexandria/Buenos Aires, someone that can help provide perspective into the process.
Perhaps just as pertinent, how many of us have actually gone to a Wikimania, to know what it's truly like?
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Andrew Leung andrewcleung@hotmail.com wrote:
Last time I recalled seeing a supporting letter from Toronto mayor David Miller. But I guess there's no point this time around because he will not seek re-election this year so your guess for next mayor is as good as mine.
That was just a support letter, a welcome mat, nothing more. I arranged for that through Tourism Toronto, and other than Miller signing it (as far as I know, it was his ink on the page), I don't know if it was even the staff of the mayor office who wrote it, I believe it was the staff of the tourism department.