Rather than just trying to find money randomly, it may be better to try and work out a budget first so we know what we need. How much does it cost to run a wikimania and what resources would be required?
Also some potential sponsors may not be able to provide money but would be able to provide some kind of service that we might need, eg if ucl donate their facilities for the conference that would represent a saving of £thousands compared to commercial conference facility rates.
Also I've had a look at last years sponsors, (at least) two of them have offices in the UK: Yahoo! and Afilias; might they be willing to go again?
On 03/09/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Take a look at this: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/Sponsorships and note the difference to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London/List_of_potential_...
Am I honestly just wasting my time?
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