On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.p...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> As it stands, Montreal would appear to be the better place to put forward. > Unofficially this is the year for North America to receive the nod, so we > can't afford to have two or three competing bids. Montreal has several > advantages right now that I am not seeing from Toronto or Ottawa. > I think it's too early in the bidding process, at this point, to discount any city. I've worked on a few of the Toronto bids in the past, and while I'd love to see Toronto bid and win, if Montreal's bid is stronger and beats out a Toronto bid, I'd be happy to assist where I could with their bid. I'd hope that the Montreal folks would have the same feelings -- getting a Wikimania in Canada would be a big win, no matter which venue wins. > Coren has noted that funding may be available from government sources for > Montreal which would be a plus when the jury looks at the bid. The less > Wikimedia has to pay, the better. Another area to look into is getting > special rates on airfare from a major carrier, which the tourism bureau may > be able to help secure. These advantages, combined with the bilingual area, > make Montreal appealing. The Wikimedians in Toronto and Vancouver would be > able to assist in arranging transportation from their respective areas. > > No one in Ottawa has come forth, and Toronto has been a perennial bid. > Toronto has some real strengths, and has been recognized for them by previous WM juries. The real question is if there comes together a viable team to actually do the grunt work of putting a bid together and can follow through with the event. On the Ottawa side, I'm not sure. Is anyone on the list from Ottawa? While it could probably make a respectable run, we would need at least a few local people who were interested in running it, and so far that hasn't happened. Gerald
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