At least for the moment it makes sense if Kaihsu and I focus on the Oxford
centric jobs (e.g. dealing with the OII/venues/accommodation/local
sponsorship) but I really need someone to take the lead on looking for big
national corporate sponsors.
I already seem to be spending about half my day on the bid, so it would be
good if someone could take this task off my hands. (It's pretty damn crucial
that someone does it.) It basically just entails firing off lots of emails
explaining what Wikimania is, why we need money, how they might benefit,
what we'd like to get them from.
It would also be good if someone could start work on improving our
presentation. E.g. knocking up a banner, perhaps making a dedicated sub-page
of our bid to show sponsors explaining who we are, what Wikimania is etc.,
tidying up the main bid page.
A final task for someone else (I'll do this eventually if no one else
volunteers) is to start knocking up a Gantt chart working backwards from the
bid date. Copying Buenos Aires's chart would be a good start.
Tom