New subject: Wikimania 2010 - Manchester?

27 Jul 2008

Queen Mary, University of London, have written back to me. They said 
that they could not accommodate a conference of this size in July or 
August due to regular bookings (I believe that they take in Open 
University summer school bookings).

I sent them this specification:-

...

     * Dates should be from the beginning of July to mid August and 
should include a weekend.
     * The maximum number of participants should be 500 people, the 
minimum 300.
     * The venue must provide accommodation within walking distance 
of the conference grounds, preferably with lots of hanging out 
spaces where Wikimaniacs can get together informally.
     * The venue must have seminar/conference rooms that can hold up 
to 100 people and no less than 30 people at one time for the 
sessions. It should provide at least one main hall that can hold up 
to 500 people. Count on having around 5/6 simultaneous tracks in the 
program. (i.e. the venue must accommodate 500 people at any time in 
5/6 rooms).

Regards,

Gordo

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Wikimania 2010 (proposal to Queen Mary College)