Thomas, et al,
I agree! This is why the search for sponsors should be coordinated! As this
task is one of few location-unspecific tasks and one I have some experience
in, it would be one that I would be more than happy to help out with.
Ian
[[User:Poeloq]]
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Last time
around (two years ago?) when we were trying to put a UCL bid in
place (which, by the by, got absolutely no votes in the final
decision-making process after reaching the shortlist) we found that the
large organisations which might be anticipated to be able to offer
sponsorship (BT, IBM, etc) were unable to put anything in writing or even
give a verbal assurance until such time as we have been awarded the event
and/or would not let us state their name in any way in advance of being
awarded it. Horse and cart, etc.
I've never understood why individual bids are expected to contact
large international organisations for sponsorship. Shouldn't the WMF
do that and tell all the bids that they have $X to spend from
international sponsorship and if they need any more they should get
local sponsorship. Having half a dozen people all contacting the same
companies for sponsorship for the same event (just hosted in different
places) seems like a really bad system.
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