Just got another reply from the Lord Mayor who has apparently been given the
following advice from the leader of the council:
"I agree that it is a good thing to support, but I'm afraid that it probably
falls outside the rules on reductions in room hire costs. They would have to
apply for a specific grant - and I doubt whether that would fly either. They
should be advised to look for a sponsor - eg Sophos or RM"
Unfortunate. Though we may as well have a go for a grant anyway I guess.
Tom
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tom Holden
Sent: 14 July 2008 17:19
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania Oxford 2010
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).
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.
Tom
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