Hi If your considering using a University venue, financially it would be worth trying to find an academic/adminstrative unit that has an interest in OSM. If they were prepared prepared to support such an event and put costs/income through their accounts (hire of venues etc) I believe there are good savings to be made on VAT.
Regards Dudley > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:08:31 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013 > > On 27/09/12 20:27, Tim Waters wrote: > > Hi > > > > On 17 September 2012 18:00, Jonathan Harley <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Just to throw another venue idea into the mix, how about Warwick > > University? Advantages: it keeps winning awards as one of the best > > conference venues in the UK, and can offer a very full-service > > event where the venue will provide all the materials needed for > > the organisers as well as things like extra people to help do the > > running around (putting up signs etc). I work within walking > > distance and could act as venue liaison. Coventry isn't far from > > Nottingham which will host FOSS4G. Takes just over an hour on the > > train from London and is in the centre of the motorway network too. > > > > Traditionally SOTMs have been run by us, the volunteers, versus > > professional organizers. (In comparison the larger FOSS4G is run by > > professionals). I think this keeps costs down and in my opinion makes > > it a more friendly affair. I'm not sure if this is set in stone, but I > > think we should be prepared to run everything ourselves. > > > > Hi Tim, I agree completely. On the other hand, having organised a con > where a couple of organisers dropped out at a late stage it is nice to > have a contingency plan. Or perhaps you'd argue that if we don't have a > big enough team that we would not be able to cope if a couple of people > dropped out just before the event, we shouldn't bid. > > All of which begs the question - just how many volunteers do we need to > get a credible bid together? > > Jonathan. > > > -- > Dr Jonathan Harley : Managing Director : SpiffyMap Ltd > > [email protected] Phone: 0845 313 8457 www.spiffymap.com > The Venture Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry CV4 7EZ, UK > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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