Purely because "that's what we did last year", I concentrated on looking at UCL and contacting them. UCL is, however, not the only campus university in London [1]. I was thinking, is it too lateto start looking about at others? Can we keep our options open even after our bid is"official" from Thursday?
For anyone who has had trouble finding the London bid page to update it - ahem - it's here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/London
Kind regards,
On 8/28/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Purely because "that's what we did last year", I concentrated on looking at UCL and contacting them. UCL is, however, not the only campus university in London [1].
UCL is nice and central and right next to Euston station which makes it very easy to get to. Imperial college is also another possibility. It's in a very nice part of london and right next to the three big museums and very close to the royal albert hall. It isn't served by a mainline railway station but is on the tube. Kings college is on the river. It's in a very busy part of london. Queen mary and Westfield is in the east end. Slightly rough area. I'd say we should probably go with UCL unless they say no.
Theresa
On 8/28/07, Theresa Knott theresaknott@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/28/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Purely because "that's what we did last year", I concentrated on looking at UCL and contacting them. UCL is, however, not the only campus university in London [1].
UCL is nice and central and right next to Euston station which makes it very easy to get to. Imperial college is also another possibility. It's in a very nice part of london and right next to the three big museums and very close to the royal albert hall. It isn't served by a mainline railway station but is on the tube. Kings college is on the river. It's in a very busy part of london. Queen mary and Westfield is in the east end. Slightly rough area. I'd say we should probably go with UCL unless they say no.
Theresa
FWIW, the contact at UCL last year was Sam Kuper - I'm copying him into this mail, though I'm not sure if he's still there and/or interested in pursuing a bid for next year.
Cheers,
Cormac
At 18:04 +0100 28/8/07, Theresa Knott wrote:
On 8/28/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Purely because "that's what we did last year", I concentrated on looking at UCL and contacting them. UCL is, however, not the only campus university in London [1].
UCL is nice and central and right next to Euston station which makes it very easy to get to. Imperial college is also another possibility. It's in a very nice part of london and right next to the three big museums and very close to the royal albert hall. It isn't served by a mainline railway station but is on the tube. Kings college is on the river. It's in a very busy part of london. Queen mary and Westfield is in the east end. Slightly rough area. I'd say we should probably go with UCL unless they say no.
Theresa
Queen Mary College in a "slightly rough area"? Well, maybe, but I live in the same area currently, and spent 7 years at Queen Mary (staff and student).
The student rooms on offer are beside the Regents Canal, and as I recall, fully wifi'ed up.
Gordo
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