I've moved your page to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/UK/London to allow for other UK bids till we decide where we want to be. I've also incorporated Gary Kirk's party venue suggestions from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/UK/London. I seem to remember a much more complete London bid existing somewhere but perhaps I'm just thinking of the 08 bid (Gary?). It would be worth copying across still relevant info from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2007/London since these pages have a lot more detail than the 2009 page seems to have.
I've also moved across the Oxford bid from last year to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/UK/Oxford and updated it slightly. Quite why we didn't go official with one of the two bids last year I'll never know. There is a little bit of a danger that people will think I'm a joke after the somewhat embarrassing "we missed the submission deadline" emails I had to send to various officials last year but, well, fingers crossed for short memories. I know Gary was also rather disenchanted with the process after last year's farce, so anything we could do to avoid that would be great (and Gary, if you have the strength, your help would be much appreciated).
If we're going to make this work though we really need the full support of Wikimedia UK. We have a lot greater chance of getting sponsorship if emails come from the "Director, Wikimedia UK", particularly if that's followed by "Registered charity number ...". It will also significantly increase our chances of winning if we're backed by a mature chapter. We rather seem to be stagnating at the moment, though I accept there's a lot to be done and there may be a lot being done behind the scenes. If it's any use I'm happy to take over any of the executive positions, e.g. treasurer for which I'm reasonably qualified I guess.
Tom
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From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Al Tally
Sent: 07 July 2008 01:25
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania London 2010
Anyone interested in helping work on a Wikimania bid for London in 2010? See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/London
Apparently the odds are on Europe or North America winning, so we have a chance. Let's get Wikimania to the UK!
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Al Tally
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