Nice work! Would it still be valuable to get a letters of support
similar to the letter from the National Archives? We were getting
close to getting one from the Library of Congress, but these things
take time when they need to bubble up.

//Ed

[1[ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/e/e0/Wikimedia_letter_of_support.pdf

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:41 AM, Austin Hair <adhair@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/22 aude <aude.wiki@gmail.com>:
>> The Wikimania bid deadline passed at 8pm this evening.  Our bid is
>> submitted, with Georgetown University selected as the most suitable and
>> available venue and dates of July 11-15, 2012.
>>
>> Here is our bid page:
>>
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
>>
>> Our bid is the only one of the four that has both a venue + budget -- both
>> critical requirements of a bid.
>>
>> Big thanks to James (harej) for coordinating the bid, Racepacket for
>> coordinating the venue, Djembayz, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Kirill,
>> Metabrarian, AutoGyro, Sadads, Swatjester, MissVain, and everyone else who
>> have helped put the bid together.
>
> Great work, all of you! I do want to point out that although the
> deadline for submission has passed, bidding cities are allowed (and
> expected) to revise their bid in response to feedback from the jury
> and the community. So although DC has a clear head start, I wouldn't
> call it a slam dunk just yet.
>
> As a jury member, I obviously can't help develop a particular bid; I
> do, however, freely offer my advice to anyone, so let me know if there
> are any questions I can answer.
>
> All the best,
>
> Austin
>
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