In fact, we found that many hotels and venues do book out a year in advance, but we're lucky that Wikimania is run in August, which is traditionally the low season.
*Edward Saperia* Creative Director Original Content London<http://www.originalcontentlondon.com> email <[email protected]> * facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> * twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> * 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 25 March 2014 19:45, Nicholas Michael Bashour <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, there are a lot of benefits to having 2 years to plan, mostly in > terms of fundraising. Venues are not usually booked out that far in > advance, but things like negotiating discount codes with airline groups, > for example (like Star Alliance), needs to be done at least one year in > advance. Also, most foundations and donors lock commitments in early, so > having a relationship built for a year before making the ask makes > fundraising easier. > > Best, > > Nicholas > > > 2014-03-24 20:52 GMT-04:00 Ed Saperia <[email protected]>: > >> But fundamentally bidding to run a Wikimania is now a massive commitment. >> We discovered that one year is mostly too short for effective fundraising; >> large event pledges are usually made more than a year out. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 25 Mar 2014, at 06:37, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Will this make it harder for volunteers (e.g. chapters without a >> professional staff or resources to hire one) to plan? A two year timeline >> for bids and planning is a long, long time for a volunteer commitment. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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