On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Katie Filbert wrote: > I think the bid is very promising and would be happy to come to Denver > > Being strawman here, putting some issues and questions out... > > Take a look at Haifa's Wikimania bid page, and perhaps fill in some more > details like what they provided > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa > > Especially, visas are going to be a concern. What is the team going to do to > help facilitate getting visas and dealing with inevitable troubles
Meh - it's just as big a problem in Europe. A bunch of people were denied. > > Also more specifics about venue... sounds like it's up in the air? Which is > the most likely or best option of those listed? What buildings would we be > in?what kind of space is there for plenary sessions? Social space? The dates > for the conference are September--- during the fall semester. Will this be a > problem? Is the venue available for the dates? > > Sponsorships... Do we have any sponsors committed yet? Maybe ad contigency of > a winning bid? I think you should help answer these questions. > Travel - SOTM has previously been held in Europe, which make it easier for > OSM volunteers in Europe (much larger community) to attend. Could we this > year raise some sponsorship money to fund scholarships to bring OSM > volunteers to SOTM who otherwise cannot afford to attend. Previous > scholarships were only for people from developing countries, which is good > but let's do more. Wikimedia funds 40-50 volunteers to attend Wikimania, plus > people funded by wikimedia chapters, and that makes the conference more > inclusive > > Also take a look at last years SOTM bids for Barcelona that proposed doing > FOSS4G and SOTM back to back. What were the reasons why the committee decided > against it? For Denver, make sure to address any concerns that there might > be about this > > Katie > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:12 PM, "Coast, Hurricane" > <hurricane.co...@mapquest.com> wrote: > >> Hey North American OSMers, >> >> The Bids for State of the Map must be final by October 15th. >> >> Much work has been done on the Denver Bid page, but it still can use some >> spit and polish :) >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver >> >> Go ahead and give it a 5 minute look over and add your special touch >> >> More pictures (venues)? >> More names on the ‘who’s involved’. Remember you don’t have to be in Denver >> to help out! >> >> Let’s have a winning bid and host the 5th Annual SOTM in our ‘home’. >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Steve stevecoast.com _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
