[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin, 5 November, 2006

[Ray Saintonge]

valdelli at bluemail.ch wrote:

>As I have said in the previous emails, I hope that the organization 
>of following Wikimanias will not ask to have sponsors in advance 
>because to say at sponsors that a town has not been chosen will avoid 
>in the future to ask other support from them.
>
I think this is really a matter of how organizers talk with their 
potential sponsors.  Some level of commitment from sponsors should be 
required to satisfy the selection committee that local organizers have 
more available than wishful thinking.  It also needs to be made 
absolutely clear to sponsors that their support is conditional on their 
city being awarded Wikimania.  Sponsors need to understand that similar 
efforta are being made in other cities.  Until Wikimania has been 
awarded it would be unethical for a local organizing committee to accept 
anything from the potential sponsor other than a letter of conditional 
commitment.

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