Nice work! Would it still be valuable to get a letters
of support
similar to the letter from the National Archives? We were getting
close to getting one from the Library of Congress, but these things
take time when they need to bubble up.
Ed,
A letter of support would still be great. Would be especially useful if LOC
mentioned anything specific they'd like to do, at least offer tours?
I'm still working on a letter or two from the university.
-Katie
//Ed
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/e/e0/Wikimedia_letter_of_support…
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:41 AM, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2011/3/22 aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com>om>:
> The Wikimania bid deadline passed at 8pm this evening. Our bid is
> submitted, with Georgetown University selected as the most suitable and
> available venue and dates of July 11-15, 2012.
>
> Here is our bid page:
>
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
>
> Our bid is the only one of the four that has both a venue + budget --
both
> critical requirements of a bid.
>
> Big thanks to James (harej) for coordinating the bid, Racepacket for
> coordinating the venue, Djembayz, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Kirill,
> Metabrarian, AutoGyro, Sadads, Swatjester, MissVain, and everyone else
who
have
helped put the bid together.
Great work, all of you! I do want to point out that although the
deadline for submission has passed, bidding cities are allowed (and
expected) to revise their bid in response to feedback from the jury
and the community. So although DC has a clear head start, I wouldn't
call it a slam dunk just yet.
As a jury member, I obviously can't help develop a particular bid; I
do, however, freely offer my advice to anyone, so let me know if there
are any questions I can answer.
All the best,
Austin
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