I would be willing to be involved with a Toronto bid. I live in the city, downtown.


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> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:46:38 -0500
> From: Andrew Leung <andrewcleung@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] Fwd: Montreal wikimania bid
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> Guys, let's not get off the track. There is no way that we will finalize Wikimedia Canada discussion before March 29 (the day when bidding ends). Instead of focusing on items that may not even materialize, can we go back to the discussion on Toronto's bid?
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> Andrew
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> > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:48:49 +0100
> > From: notafishz@gmail.com
> > To: wikimedia-ca@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] Fwd: Montreal wikimania bid
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> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 22:31, Alan Walker <fastalan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Delphine, what do you believe are the key elements of executing a successful
> > > Wikimania?
> >
> > lol, that's a _very_ broad question :)
> >
> > You really want to look at this:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Official_requirements_for_bidding_cities
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Judging_criteria
> > and read it carefully.
> >
> > This basically says it all.
> >
> > On a personal point of view, what makes a successful Wikimania is:
> > - the people (try and get as many scholarships as possible so that you
> > can get as many cool people in as possible)
> > - the venue (a place where people not only "meet", but also "gather",
> > ie. a place where they get together after sessions and deep in the
> > night. Conference venue and accommodation should be as close as
> > possible from one another)
> > - the program (try thinking about topics even if the program committee
> > will have a final say, it mobilizes speakers and attendees around a
> > "theme" - it also helps for sponsors, because it focuses your and
> > their attention).
> >
> >
> > That's about it.
> >
> > Also maybe, try and put your money in the right place.
> > Nobody needs super mega fancy accommodation (although a real bed and
> > different "levels" of accommodation in the surroundings are a must
> > have), but they all need working wifi, even when 500 geeks are
> > connected.
> > Nobody needs super duper confortable cushioned conference chairs, but
> > the projectors and sound must work flawlessly
> >
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> >
> > Delphine
> >
> >
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> Just restarting the Toronto's Wikimania 2011 bid discussion since there were too many debates about stuff that won't happen within foreseeable future and carried the main topic way off the track. So far we have 3 interested individuals who wants to work on a Toronto bid. They are:
> Me
> GeraldAlanAnyone else interested? Please leave your name down.
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> Andrew
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> From: Alan Walker <fastalan@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] <throat clearing> So,        what is the
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> Well you can ditch requirement 1 if you want to try and lead it.  I am not
> personally giving a time commitment again unless I am meeting face to face
> with a core group who is going to lead this.  I went through this already
> and I'm not interested in doing that again.  I think volunteers can be
> remote, but the core group needs to be serious.
>
> 2010/1/18 John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
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> > On 1/19/10, Alan Walker <fastalan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >....
> > > I am willing to be a part of this team, but before I'm willing to get
> > > involved again, I need to know I have at least 4 other serious people in
> > the
> > > GTA who are willing to step up.  I define serious as willing to:
> > > 1)  Meet roughly 6 times per year in person.
> >
> > I would ditch this requirement, as it will hold up incorporation.
> >
> > Use Skype or IRC.  It is tedious holding a meeting this way, but it is
> > much easier to arrange regular virtual meetings.
> >
> > I've never met, in person, half of the interim committee of Wikimedia
> > Australia.
> >
> > > 2)  Willing to donate between 200 and 500 dollars or raise a similar
> > amount
> > > by some form of fundraising
> >
> > Offer lifetime memberships and get commitments.
> >
> > You don't need to offer "benefits" other than the opportunity of
> > helping the chapter get off the ground.
> > You don't need to be a charitable organisation, although it would be
> > nice; people will pay anyway.  I doubt that intl donors will benefit
> > anyway.
> >
> > > 3)  An understanding that we are not forming a HUGE multinational
> > > corporation, but a small Canadian based charity to get things started in
> > > Canada that will be managed and governed by a local group of people.
> >  This
> > > does not mean that things cannot become more complex as it grows, but I
> > am
> > > looking to keep it simple to get it started.
> >
> > Amen.  From little things, big things grow.
> >
> > Think where you would be now if Wikimedia Canada had started small a
> > few years ago!
> >
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