I'm sorry, guys, I think I'm guilty of not reading up properly on this - apparently the £40,000 is just for the *bid*? Clarification from someone at WMUK please?
I think surely that's an estimate on total cost that's been misquoted... Joe On 25 August 2012 21:25, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 August 2012 21:13, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Joseph Fox <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> To be honest I'm rather offended that the UK bid is being written off >>> while it's still 2014. I agree with you, but London is far from the >>> cheapest city in the world, as I'm sure you're aware - money will be >>> required. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> >> Who said it should be written off? I just think that if the bid is >> developed by a professional with a big budget, >> > > That's not a good way to describe the situation. I was unaware which list > we were talking on - assuming that it was the UK discussion list where > people are aware of the setup we have. > > rather than by actual Wikimedians, that's an indication that (as Tom >> Morton suggested) there isn't an active group of Wikimedians who support >> it. >> > > Far from it; there are a lot of active Wikimedians deeply involved in the > process. But, as noted, volunteers tend to flit around and miss deadlines :) > > Ed, who is the guy involved, has put a lot of his own (volunteer) time in > so far - he is reallyu into the process, and brings experience and contacts. > > But this is really a little too specific for a public list. I'd welcome a > discussion about bid budgets etc. but without reference to one (of several) > entirely undecided budget idea. > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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