I was just looking at the Wikimania 2006 articles, and was reminded about the prospect that "Wikimedia UK" would be the organizing body for a future conference. It would be nice to host the conference in 2007 in the UK!
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Gordon Joly wrote:
I was just looking at the Wikimania 2006 articles, and was reminded about the prospect that "Wikimedia UK" would be the organizing body for a future conference. It would be nice to host the conference in 2007 in the UK!
Indeed
I beleive there were comments that London was too expensive compared to other cities and others weren't internationally connected enough. So we'd need to put a good bid together, possibly for somewhere like Glasgow or Birmingham. If London then it would have to be somewhere between Heathrow/Gatwick/Stanstead (possibly) and Central London that had good links to the capital and the airport. Althoguh I suspect those are going to be prime (==expensive) conference venues...
At 22:25 +0000 1/2/06, Chris McKenna wrote:
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Gordon Joly wrote:
I was just looking at the Wikimania 2006 articles, and was reminded about the prospect that "Wikimedia UK" would be the organizing body for a future conference. It would be nice to host the conference in 2007 in the UK!
Indeed
I beleive there were comments that London was too expensive compared to other cities and others weren't internationally connected enough. So we'd need to put a good bid together, possibly for somewhere like Glasgow or Birmingham. If London then it would have to be somewhere between Heathrow/Gatwick/Stanstead (possibly) and Central London that had good links to the capital and the airport. Althoguh I suspect those are going to be prime (==expensive) conference venues...
-- Chris 'Awkward' McKenna
I thought the Queen Mary bid was very competitive, and the costs cheaper than many of the alternative (e.g. Reading).
I am sure that Boston will be cheap (not!)...
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Gordon Joly wrote:
I thought the Queen Mary bid was very competitive, and the costs cheaper than many of the alternative (e.g. Reading).
I am sure that Boston will be cheap (not!)...
I don't remember how much teh relative prices of Reading/Queen Mary were. Also when comparing cities liek London/Boston you can't take into account the cost of getting there as its vastly different. Getting to Boston for those living west of the pond (and probably eastern asia as well) will be cheaper than getting to europe. The situation will be reversed for them getting to Lodon of course - which is why this year's wikimania isn't in Europe.
On Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 12:09 am, Chris McKenna wrote:
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Gordon Joly wrote:
I thought the Queen Mary bid was very competitive, and the costs cheaper than many of the alternative (e.g. Reading).
You know, I read that as a Wikimania on a cruise ship - (took me a few seconds to realise that the Queen Mary is in permanent dock).
How's incorporation going? I presume that as I wasn't going to be a trustee, you didn't need me to sign anything. If you want my name as an initial subscriber to the memos and articles, feel free.
Scott
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On 04/02/06, Scott Keir scottkeir@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
How's incorporation going? I presume that as I wasn't going to be a trustee, you didn't need me to sign anything. If you want my name as an initial subscriber to the memos and articles, feel free.
We've signed the paperwork, Alison puts it in on Monday. (I have to meet her probably tomorrow maybe today to give her the cash to do so.) Then we put papers into the charity commissioner and, er, wait. Then we get word we can be a charity, then we make BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! But not till then.
- d.
At 14:23 +0000 4/2/06, David Gerard wrote:
On 04/02/06, Scott Keir scottkeir@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
How's incorporation going? I presume that as I wasn't going to be a trustee, you didn't need me to sign anything. If you want my name as an initial subscriber to the memos and articles, feel free.
We've signed the paperwork, Alison puts it in on Monday. (I have to meet her probably tomorrow maybe today to give her the cash to do so.) Then we put papers into the charity commissioner and, er, wait. Then we get word we can be a charity, then we make BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! But not till then.
Bigger than this announcement?
:-)
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