On 7/31/08, Tom Holden thomas.holden@gmail.com wrote:
Balliol is just for accommodation and social spaces. People from the OII are going to get in contact with its master imminently to see how they could help. We will however need at least one other college for accommodation though, which the OII is also investigating for us. A £50 per person per night figure sounds like the upper bound at the moment (fingers crossed).
Thanks for all your work Tom, and this update. Though this accommodation situation is another thing I would identify as already being a point of concern. One of the criticisms of this year was that attendees' accommodation was scattered across different places, meaning that social potential was compromised. Of course, it was still liveable with :-) - but just to point out that it would probably be a "perceived weakness" of the bid. If there is any way of accommodating people all together, and as near to the venue as possible, that would be best. These practical questions are the things most likely to swing a bid IMHO, more than partnerships with prestigious organisations (even though these are of course *great*).
Cormac
Sure, both fair points. We certainly want one of the city centre colleges, and if we need multiple then getting neighbouring ones would be ideal (e.g. Balliol + Trinity or Balliol + St. Johns). The centre of Oxford is in any case pretty tiny. Nowhere is really more than 10 mins from anywhere else.
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Cormac Lawler Sent: 31 July 2008 17:50 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Report back from meeting at the OII + Help request
On 7/31/08, Tom Holden thomas.holden@gmail.com wrote:
Balliol is just for accommodation and social spaces. People from the OII are going to get in contact with its master imminently to see how they could help. We will however need at least one other college for accommodation though, which the OII is also investigating for us. A £50 per person per night figure sounds like the upper bound at the moment (fingers crossed).
Thanks for all your work Tom, and this update. Though this accommodation situation is another thing I would identify as already being a point of concern. One of the criticisms of this year was that attendees' accommodation was scattered across different places, meaning that social potential was compromised. Of course, it was still liveable with :-) - but just to point out that it would probably be a "perceived weakness" of the bid. If there is any way of accommodating people all together, and as near to the venue as possible, that would be best. These practical questions are the things most likely to swing a bid IMHO, more than partnerships with prestigious organisations (even though these are of course *great*).
Cormac
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Cormac Lawler wrote: | | | On 7/31/08, *Tom Holden* <thomas.holden@gmail.com | mailto:thomas.holden@gmail.com> wrote: | | Balliol is just for accommodation and social spaces. People from the | OII are going to get in contact with its master imminently to see | how they could help. We will however need at least one other college | for accommodation though, which the OII is also investigating for | us. A £50 per person per night figure sounds like the upper bound at | the moment (fingers crossed). | | | Thanks for all your work Tom, and this update. Though this accommodation | situation is another thing I would identify as already being a point of | concern. One of the criticisms of this year was that attendees' | accommodation was scattered across different places, meaning that social | potential was compromised. Of course, it was still liveable with :-) - | but just to point out that it would probably be a "perceived weakness" | of the bid. If there is any way of accommodating people all together, | and as near to the venue as possible, that would be best. These | practical questions are the things most likely to swing a bid IMHO, more | than partnerships with prestigious organisations (even though these are | of course *great*). | | Cormac
And if you must house the staff in a completely different venue (which, if housed with board and advisory board, may be the case) please make sure it's a short (2-3 minute) walk from the dormatories... Or just stick me in with the attendees...
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Well for anyone on whom we're really lavishing the VIP treatment I was thinking either the Randolph or Malmaison. The Randolph is right next to Balliol, Malmaison's less central (in the old prison) but it has a greater variety of room prices.
For the tier below VIPs which I presume you fall into, I don't think using college accommodation would be that unreasonable. Balliol's Jowett Walk buildings are modern, clean, well furbished and have en suite showers so are probably more than adequate. They're 5 mins from main college. There are also some en suite rooms in Balliol's front quad though they may be a little small. I imagine other colleges will also have some en suite rooms so I expect we'll manage something with the staff in basically the same buildings as everyone else.
Tom
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Cormac Lawler wrote: | | | On 7/31/08, *Tom Holden* <thomas.holden@gmail.com | mailto:thomas.holden@gmail.com> wrote: | | Balliol is just for accommodation and social spaces. People from the | OII are going to get in contact with its master imminently to see | how they could help. We will however need at least one other college | for accommodation though, which the OII is also investigating for | us. A £50 per person per night figure sounds like the upper bound at | the moment (fingers crossed). | | | Thanks for all your work Tom, and this update. Though this accommodation | situation is another thing I would identify as already being a point of | concern. One of the criticisms of this year was that attendees' | accommodation was scattered across different places, meaning that social | potential was compromised. Of course, it was still liveable with :-) - | but just to point out that it would probably be a "perceived weakness" | of the bid. If there is any way of accommodating people all together, | and as near to the venue as possible, that would be best. These | practical questions are the things most likely to swing a bid IMHO, more | than partnerships with prestigious organisations (even though these are | of course *great*). | | Cormac
And if you must house the staff in a completely different venue (which, if housed with board and advisory board, may be the case) please make sure it's a short (2-3 minute) walk from the dormatories... Or just stick me in with the attendees...
- -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator
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