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 -----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Cary Bass Sent: 31 July 2008 18:14 To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Report back from meeting at the OII + Help request -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cormac Lawler wrote: | | | On 7/31/08, *Tom Holden* &lt;thomas.holden(a)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 Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Phone: 415.839.6885 x 601 Fax: 415.882.0495 E-Mail: cary(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l