Well with the charity discount Oxford Town Hall would be £6000 for the 3
days (plus £4 * 500 * 3 for lunch perhaps to make the comparison fair =
another £6000). But £34 * 500 * 3 = £51000 > £12000... (Without the charity
discount itd be another £6000, which is still less than half of your
Manchester quote.)
Seems rather more expensive than I was expecting Manchester to be. Are you
sure youre not paying for services usually provided to us by volunteers?
Tom
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Cormac
Lawler
Sent: 28 July 2008 12:31
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Manchester?
On 7/27/08, Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think sending off a few exploratory e-mails would hurt though, if
only so we had a benchmark to compare Oxford's costs against.
I made enquiries about Manchester last year (for Wikimania '09) and I got
the following quotes: Renold building - £34 (plus VAT) per person per day
(including lunch); en-suite B&B accommodation £38.50 (plus VAT) pp pd (in
university halls). University Place [1] is similarly priced (however,
accommodation may not be available on-or-adjacent-to site).
I'm also a postgrad student at the University of Manchester, and am more
than willing to make further investigations. I've also attended all four
Wikimanias so far, so I have some understanding of what is required.
Cheers,
Cormac
[1]
http://www.conference.manchester.ac.uk/meetingmanchester/meetingandaccommoda
tionfacilities/maincampusoxfordroad/scanbuilding/