If the first step is working out a rough budget. Step zero is establishing whether we have a team of people wanting to make this happen, then logically step minus one is creating a signup page http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_bid for all those enthusiasts to sign up at.
So having done step minus one I shall pause and wait for the rush. WSC On 27 July 2011 18:42, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 July 2011 13:11, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm 100% sure that the chapter would part-fund a UK wikimania - but it would >> need to be in conjunction with external sponsors. The money would come from >> the appropriate year's budget, though, not the current one (which covers >> spending between 1 Feb 2011 and end Jan 2012). Funding to support the >> creation of the bid over the next 6 months (e.g. travel to meet potential >> sponsors, scout out venues, etc.) would fall under the current budget, if >> this would be of use. > > I disagree. Something as big as Wikimania should be saved up for. The > first step in putting together a bid would be working out a rough > budget, including costs during the bidding process. You can then work > out how much of that it is reasonable to pay out of general chapter > funds and how much we need to fundraise specifically for (most likely > through corporate sponsorship, although there are a few other > options). The bit we're going to pay for out of chapter funds can then > be saved up for over several financial years. The current underspend > could be re-allocated to be the first installment if the board wished > to do that. > > The one big problem with this is what happens if we have an > unsuccessful bid. I think we would need to take steps to ensure that > doesn't happen. At the very least, we can talk to other European > chapters and make sure there are no competing European bids by getting > them to support our bid (that could be anything from a letter of > support to a pledge to contribute £X). Less formally, we can start > letting people know of our intention to bid (maybe even handing out > leaflets and badges and things at Wikimania 2012) and try to get > people to view 2014 as our year even before the bidding starts. > > I know it's not exactly in the spirit of the thing to go out of our > way to avoid any real competition in the bidding process, but with > such a short timescale from the winning bid being announced to the > conference starting, we don't have much choice if we want a large > amount of corporate funding. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
