I have created a comparison of the bid with the judging criteria at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford/Criteria and
have flagged up some areas which may need further information or
clarifications.
Best Wishes
Mickey
2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
> As many of you may be aware, f
Completely agree with this
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:01:23 +
> From: thomas.dal...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience
>
> 2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
> > For the time being, simply give estimated costs i suppose. Exac
2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
> As many of you may be aware, from saturday onwards I will be off the coast
> of scotland
> with no likely internet access, poor 3G and irregular mobile signal.
You lucky man!
> I need to know who has had experience with events like wikimania, who has
> attened wikimani
2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
> For the time being, simply give estimated costs i suppose. Exact prices arnt
> much help due to reasons you give.
Even estimates are very difficult. I suggest we give costs for what it
would be this summer (and make it clear that that's what they are) and
let people mak
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:47:36 +
> From: andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience
>
> 2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
>
>
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Cost_of_living
>
> Wh
2009/3/19 joseph seddon :
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Cost_of_living
What sort of things are you needing for this? General "Oxford is in
the SE of England, so is relatively expensive", etc, or...? Amsterdam
has some standard prices; Gdansk doesn't seem to mention
As many of you may be aware, from saturday onwards I will be off the coast of
scotland
with no likely internet access, poor 3G and irregular mobile signal.
I need to know who has had experience with events like wikimania, who has
attened wikimania
or similar free knowledge/open source b
2009/3/19 Thomas Dalton :
> If you really want to know all the ugly details (and don't say I
> didn't warn you!), see:
> http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc35.asp
I've just been reading through that guidance again myself, and
actually we might be ok. The conference would probably f
2009/3/19 Michael Bimmler :
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>>
>> In the UK, charities aren't legally allowed to take significant
>> business risks.
>
> See, that's one of the points which I didn't know and I'd be interested in
> reading more about it. Is there guidan
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> In the UK, charities aren't legally allowed to take significant
> business risks.
See, that's one of the points which I didn't know and I'd be interested in
reading more about it. Is there guidance available on what constitutes
significan
2009/3/19 Michael Bimmler :
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>> Yes, I think WMF has handled it all in the past, but I think it might
>> be easier if we do it. The WMF won't get the same charitable benefits
>> that we do.
>
> Understood and I defer to the judgment of other
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
>
> Yes, I think WMF has handled it all in the past, but I think it might
> be easier if we do it. The WMF won't get the same charitable benefits
> that we do.
Understood and I defer to the judgment of others on whether it would be
easier
2009/3/19 Michael Bimmler :
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>>
>> If we win the bid, there are all kinds of legal stuff we'll have to
>> sort out - if everything will be done through us (rather than WMF),
>> which I think is likely, we will need to open a trading subs
2009/3/19 Paul Williams :
> My earlier comment was purely in jest
Yeah, I got that from the emoticon - you're alright!
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> If we win the bid, there are all kinds of legal stuff we'll have to
> sort out - if everything will be done through us (rather than WMF),
> which I think is likely, we will need to open a trading subsidiary.
Do we know how other Wikimania
Concur. Something like this could bring benefits all round.
- Chris
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/3/18 Steve Bowbrick :
> > Question: would it be appropriate for one or more BBC people with an
> > interest in collaboration to come along to the AGM? If so, should we
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/3/18 Tom Holden :
>
> I know some people think I am being overly formal and strict about
> this kind of stuff, but the AGM of a limited company, particularly a
> charitable one, is a serious event and needs to be handled properly.
> This
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