I've moved your page to
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/UK/London to allow for
other UK bids till we decide where we want to be. I've also incorporated
Gary Kirk's party venue suggestions from
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/UK/London. I seem to
remember a much more complete London bid existing somewhere but perhaps I'm
just thinking of the 08 bid (Gary?). It would be worth copying across still
relevant info from
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2007/London since these pages
have a lot more detail than the 2009 page seems to have.
I've also moved across the Oxford bid from last year to
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/UK/Oxford and updated
it slightly. Quite why we didn't go official with one of the two bids last
year I'll never know. There is a little bit of a danger that people will
think I'm a joke after the somewhat embarrassing "we missed the submission
deadline" emails I had to send to various officials last year but, well,
fingers crossed for short memories. I know Gary was also rather disenchanted
with the process after last year's farce, so anything we could do to avoid
that would be great (and Gary, if you have the strength, your help would be
much appreciated).
If we're going to make this work though we really need the full support of
Wikimedia UK. We have a lot greater chance of getting sponsorship if emails
come from the "Director, Wikimedia UK", particularly if that's followed by
"Registered charity number ...". It will also significantly increase our
chances of winning if we're backed by a mature chapter. We rather seem to be
stagnating at the moment, though I accept there's a lot to be done and there
may be a lot being done behind the scenes. If it's any use I'm happy to take
over any of the executive positions, e.g. treasurer for which I'm reasonably
qualified I guess.
Tom
(User:Cfp)
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wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Al Tally
*Sent:* 07 July 2008 01:25
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*Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania London 2010
Anyone interested in helping work on a Wikimania bid for London in 2010?
See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/London
Apparently the odds are on Europe or North America winning, so we have a
chance. Let's get Wikimania to the UK!
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We also need to decide fast and early where we are going to bid to host, as
trying to maintain 2 or 3 bids is highly detrimental to the quality of them.
We want one, hard working team working on a single bid.
My personal vote is in for London.
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