But we're not at the Olympic level yet. Wikimania, after considering scholarships and staff travel, barely reaches a couple million dollars. And the bidding process is pretty unsophisticated for a conference that has become as large as it has.
On Aug 26, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > I guess any bid has to be realistic, and in line with the standards of the > day. We are currently between The Olympics and The Paralympics, where there > were 70,000 volunteers to drive down costs (called "Games Makers") of running > the London 2012 Games. And we assume that the London 2012 bid was funded..... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_bid_for_the_2012_Summer_Olympics > > As for Wikimania bid costs (that is up to the bid being won) expenses would > be a good start. > > And that other figure (of around £40K) perhaps could be a "no win, no fee" > deal? > > Gordo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
