Do we have anyone available to us that has participated in a successful bid for Wikimania and organization of the event?

2010/1/18 Ray Saintonge <saintonge@telus.net>
Andrew Leung wrote:
> But it will definitely affects how much funding or promise we can
> secure *right now*
>

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?
> >
> > Ray
> >


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