I would be willing to be involved with a Toronto bid. I live in the city, downtown.
On January 19, 2010 at 12:00 PM wikimedia-ca-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
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1. Re: Fwd: Montreal wikimania bid (Andrew Leung) 2. Toronto's bid (Andrew Leung) 3. Re: <throat clearing> So, what is the status of Wikimedia Canada? (Alan Walker)
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:46:38 -0500 From: Andrew Leung andrewcleung@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] Fwd: Montreal wikimania bid To: wikimedia-ca@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: SNT125-W6535B38B70CBC9B3DF188FD2650@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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?
Andrew
"Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
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
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_bidd... 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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