Hi Folks,
I hope everyones having a great week. Plans for Wikimania are coming along well and
we'll be running a few events before the end of the year to get additional community
feedback.
I finally had a chance to meet with Kat Bavage at the office in Old Street today to talk
about approaching partners for Wikimania 2014, whether as sponsors of the event, giving us
in-kind support (such as a venue or equipment) or helping us market the event to its
potential audience and get the message out to the media.
We are drawing up a list of organisations we think we should be approaching (in existing
some pre-existing partners), broadly under the themes of 'Education',
'Cultural', 'Open Source', 'Financial', 'Tech',
'Public institutions', 'Media' and 'Outreach' (by which we mean
professional associations/networks for groups the movement is keen to engage with such as
women, older people and ethnic minority groups)
If you have ideas for organisations you think we might not have thought of but should
approach then it would be great if you could refer them to us. Any
institution/organisation with which you have a personal connection and would be prepared
to make an introduction would be helpful - in which case please email the details to
sponsors(a)wikimanialondon.org.
So do feel free spam us with links - either by dropping a message on Kat's talk page
on the UK wiki or reply here - whichever is easiest.
Have a great weekend.
Kind Regards,
James
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James Knight
james.knight1603(a)gmail.com
@JamesKnight1603
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshknight
www.originalcontentlondon.com
www.wikimanialondon.org