I wasn't sure if this has been mentioned before. I couldn't see anything mentioned
previously in the archives. What sort of access to wireless internet is there?
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:24:22 +0100> From:
thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re:
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania Oxford 2010> > 2008/7/14 Tom Holden
<thomas.holden@gmail.com>:> > I've just heard back from the booking
officer at the town hall (an employee,> > not a councillor) with a quote. Obviously
if the Lord Mayor could help us> > then these figures would be revised
downwards.> >> > First bit of news is that the weekend of the 7th of August is
booked already> > (as is the 3rd of July), so we'd probably want to have it at
the very end of> > July instead.> >> > Second bit of news is that
there's a 20% discount if we book all of the> > public rooms, so on a 6 hour per
day basis he's quoting £10569 (compared to> > £2844 for just the main hall).>
> I honestly don't know if that's a big number or a small number, does>
anyone have anything to compare it to? Either way, it's good to have a> number!>
> > The final, and perhaps most important thing to note is that, and I quote:>
> "If your organisation is a registered charity I may be able to offer up to>
> 50% discount on the standard fee." I will e-mail back to see if he'll
accept> > Wikimedia's not for profit status, but I very much doubt he will. Is
this a> > sufficient motivation to do everything conceivably possible to hurry
our> > application for charitable status? Or perhaps to just commit to creating
a> > new charity solely for the running of Wikimania 2010.> > They might
accept foreign charities, it's certainly worth a try. If> there is any reason in
the world (the juries still out!) then creating> a new charity just for the conference
should be more work than> finishing sorting out the one we already have in the
pipeline.> Hopefully we'll hear something from WM UK soon...>
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