On 27/07/2011 10:57, Thomas Morton wrote:
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until the end of this
year, if I am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount
of time to put together a bid for that...? No rush of course, just
wondering on the reason :)
Tom
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 27/07/2011 10:57, Thomas Morton wrote:
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until the end of this
year, if I am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount
of time to put together a bid for
Looks like work has started... for example in Sydney.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Bids/Sydney
And here is the checklist
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/checklist
Gordo
On 26/07/2011 16:47, WereSpielChequers wrote:
I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit
My two cents would be that the big events should not be allowed to drive
out the more grassrootsy things.
^^ This. On the other hand - hosting Wikimania might a) raise the profile of
Wikimania UK in non-Wikimedia circles (i.e. lead to more grass roots
opportunity) and b) be an
Re:
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until the end of this year, if I
am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount of time to put
together a bid for that...? No rush of course, just wondering on the reason
:)
There are a several reasons why I would prefer that we did
On 27 July 2011 10:57, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote:
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until the end of this year, if I
am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount of time to put
together a bid for that...? No rush of course, just wondering on the
It will take at least a year to put together a good bid, especially if
we want to line up sponsors in advance of the bidding. (If we put a
large budget in the bid with no evidence that we'll be able to fund
it, we don't stand a chance. If we try to do a low-budget conference
in the UK, we'll
On 27 Jul 2011, at 13:04, Thomas Morton wrote:
It will take at least a year to put together a good bid, especially if
we want to line up sponsors in advance of the bidding. (If we put a
large budget in the bid with no evidence that we'll be able to fund
it, we don't stand a chance. If we try
The money would come from the appropriate year's budget, though, not the
current one (which covers spending between 1 Feb 2011 and end Jan 2012).
Oh, of course, however any spare money from the underspend will carry over
to the next budgets - was just suggesting this could be a future outlet
Apparently there was a 2010 bid to host it in Oxford as well:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford which got
shortlisted to the final three.
Tom
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On 27/07/2011 11:38, WereSpielChequers wrote:
Another reason is that holding back and not bidding for 2013 would
give us time to develop a Wikimania team by getting them involved in
helping make 2012 and 2013 successful.
Good plan. We can also have a look at previous bids that failed.
BTW, I
I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit like the Olympics or the
Eurovision song contest, a dubious honour that saps more from the host
organisation than it generates. That said if there are a keen group of
people who want to organise a UK Wikimania I have no objection to it
being here in
On 26 July 2011 16:47, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
I rather fear that hosting Wikimania is a bit like the Olympics or the
Eurovision song contest, a dubious honour that saps more from the host
organisation than it generates. That said if there are a keen group of
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