Hi Andy Are you intending that we bypass the existing wiki page and gaining consensus from the UK community? Or do the two in parallel? I can see that gaining consensus would be messy and time consuming unless we force the pace but I think one country one bid would be far stronger - for instance we wouldn't be competing for UK sponsors, and there'd be more people with more contacts to get things done.
Regards Brian On 8 October 2012 13:39, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks good for starters Brian. I don’t think we are restricted to one > country one bid so we should just get on and move forward if we want ours > to be the one that gathers pace.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Andy**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 08 October 2012 13:06 > *To:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid**** > > ** ** > > Hi everyone**** > > ** ** > > As agreed at our October meeting - here's a proposed text for inclusion on > the UK SOTM bid wiki page. Thoughts/amendments appreciated before it's > published. Ignore the formatting it's a cut and paste from Word. I've > ignored the issue of timing as that's common to wherever the UK community > decides on who should bid,**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > ** ** > > Brian**** > > ** ** > > *SOTM 2013 Birmingham’s the Place***** > > **** > > *Organising Team:***** > > **** > > *Team Leader*: Brian Prangle (availability full time in run-up to > Conference)**** > > *Local support (confirmed)*: Andy Robinson, Rob Nickerson, Mike Duffy, > Matt Williams, Rob Nickerson, Andy Mabbett, Andrew McKenzie**** > > Team has academic, public sector and commercial experience with a range of > contacts and possessing technical skills from awesome to normal (skewed > towards the latter)**** > > **** > > *Other local support*: 7 people to be contacted**** > > **** > > *Other Support: *Not excluded – all assistance welcome from whoever has > already indicated they’re willing to assist with a function that can be > done remotely.**** > > **** > > **** > > *Venues:***** > > 3 Universities with multiple campuses **** > > 20 Conference Venues (excluding ICC and NEC which would be too expensive)* > *** > > 2 Football Grounds and 1 Cricket Ground with conference facilities**** > > **** > > *Organisation Assistance:***** > > * ***** > > 1. Birmingham Convention Bureau has the following FREE services**** > > · Venue Location**** > > · Social Programme Planning**** > > · Sourcing Hotel Accommodation**** > > · Allocation of bedrooms held specifically for the event**** > > · Real-time 24/7 online booking facility**** > > · Telephone, fax and email booking also available**** > > · Sourcing conference infrastructure**** > > · Online booking for local attractions, events and restaurants**** > > **** > > 2. There are also other services which are chargeable such as:**** > > PR support, visitor literature, welcome branding around the city, > exclusive discounts for restaurants and clubs.**** > > *Bid Preparation:***** > > *Meet Birmingham has a bidding system for conferences and events > providing bespoke web based proposals.** *The Digital Bid System allows > users to create and submit bids electronically with the inclusion of image, > film, audio, maps and other interactive elements. Event organisers > receiving the bid will be sent a link and access details allowing them to > view the proposal securely via the internet. The system can also translate > the bid into a PDF document.**** > > *Accommodation:***** > > Loads of capacity with every type from University student accommodation, 2 > backpacker hostels, budget hotels, luxury hotels, guest houses, B&Bs**** > > *Transport:***** > > 1. Central for most of UK, with good motorway and rail links (80 > mins London Euston and 90 mins Manchester Picadilly). Canal links for those > who want to arrive by boat. National Cycle Routes 5 & 54. If you want to > walk here the European E2 route passes close by ( Heart of England Way and > Staffordshire Way) or the Grand Union Canal Walk gets you here from London > **** > > 2. Birmingham Airport has direct links to most of Europe and US > (Newark), Islamabad, Turkmenistan(!), and Dubai via Emirates Airlines for > Africa, Asia and Australia. Budget Airlines are Ryanair and Flybe.**** > > 3. Regular internal public transport by numerous bus providers, > Metro, black cabs and London Midland trains with services until late at > night.**** > > *Cultural/Entertainment Attractions:***** > > · Day visits to the “Shakespeare Experience” at Stratford on > Avon or to the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Ironbridge or to Bletchley > Park ( all probably more attractive to international visitors) **** > > · More canals than Venice!**** > > · Jewellery Quarter (clubs, restaurants, great Victorian > architecture and loads of Jewellery makers and shops)**** > > · The Bullring ( for those who have a shopping addiction)**** > > · The Balti Triangle – loads of cheap baltis!**** > > · Entertainment districts at Broad Street , China Town and Star > City**** > > · Endless pub crawls – at least a dozen regional real ales with > some really tasty ones from (or even in!) the Black Country.**** > > · Birthplace of Heavy Metal rock music - from Black Sabbath > unquestionably the founding fathers of heavy Metal and Judas Priest whose > twin guitar attack paved the way for multitudes of similar acts to Napalm > Death who unleashed grindcore onto an unsuspecting world.**** > > · Mapping opportunities mostly across the Black Country – could > be a great opportunity to sample some of those real ales!**** > > For those who have religious devotional duties most world religions have a > place of worship somewhere in Birmingham or the greater West Midlands**** > > *Local Sponsor Opportunities:***** > > · National Express (Head Office in Digbeth)**** > > · Digital Birmingham <http://www.digitalbirmingham.co.uk/> ( > sponsored this year’s Young Rewired State Festival June 2012)**** > > · Walkit.com (located in Custard Factory)**** > > · Birmingham Social Media Cafe <http://birminghamsmc.com/> **** > > · Amey (outsourced contractor for all of Birmingham’s roads)**** > > · London Midland Railway**** > > · Chiltern Railways**** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2677 / Virus Database: 2591/5816 - Release Date: 10/07/12* > *** >
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