[Wikimedia-l] Transparency about Wikimania costs

[Itzik Edri]

The venue was given by the municipality as part of their sponsorship.

The chapters just gave scholarships in 2011, not financial support.

Itzik

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On Oct 12, 2012 3:07 PM, "Delirium" <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:

> On 10/12/12 12:40 AM, Itzik Edri wrote:
>
>> Just want to inform that WMIL published Wikimania 2011 budget breakdown:
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimania_2011/Budget<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Budget>
>>
>
> Thanks for the information; it's quite useful to see these kinds of things.
>
> Two minor questions about the numbers. I don't see an item for conference
> venue rental/fees, which is often a major cost. Was Wikimania given free
> use of the venue? Or is that part of another category, such as Logistics?
> And, I see "support by chapters" listed as 0, but <http://wikimania2011.**
> wikimedia.org/ <http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/>> lists 5 chapters as
> sponsors.
>
> -Mark
>
>
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