Forwarded to list. If you have other ideas put them on the
coordination page linked from m:Wikimania 2008/Bids/London
Regards
On 9/5/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Got any contacts at London stations, Heart, Magic, Capital? It
> suddenly occurred to me listening to Heart just now, all local
> stations love those local event things, send their cruiser crew people
> round and stuff. Maybe they could help our London bid.
> Gary
>
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I would suggest that when anyone discusses sponsorship with an organisation
they discuss whether this would also be available in 2009. I don't want to
be pessimistic but after seeing the Atlanta bid I wonder whether we have
started too late for 2008.
Chris Brooking
On 9/4/07, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> At 12:26 +0100 2/9/07, Gary Kirk wrote:
> >Can people please take a look at m:Wikimania
> >2008/Bids/London/Coordination and on the list of potential business
> >sponsors linked there start adding your ideas and what exactly the
> >sponsorship is needed for, as frankly I have no idea.
> >Cheers,
> >
> >--
> >Gary Kirk
>
>
> I will add my name to this page:
>
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London/Coordination
>
>
> Gordo
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Can people please take a look at m:Wikimania
2008/Bids/London/Coordination and on the list of potential business
sponsors linked there start adding your ideas and what exactly the
sponsorship is needed for, as frankly I have no idea.
Cheers,
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Gary Kirk
The Wikipedia Story is on BBC Radio 4:
Tuesday 24 July 2007 11:30-12:00 (Radio 4 FM)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/efv21/
<quot>
Clive Anderson looks at one of the world's fastest growing websites,
the online encyclopedia to which anybody can contribute. Is Wikipedia
a valuable source of human knowledge or a symptom of the spread of
mediocrity and the devaluation of research?
</quot>
Gordo
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There's a meetup being organised for *somewhere* in the UK... input would be
appreciated if you're interested in meeting some of your fellow Wikipedians
:) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UK for info. Thanks.
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Alex (Majorly)
On 31/08/2007, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could people please make a note, somewhere, of what - if anything -
> they can and are doing to help - even just awaiting a reply, or
> researching, or something. Maybe on a /Tasks subpage of our bid on
> meta. I am currently thinking about nearby places to University
> College London, our venue - ie Regents Park and ZSL London Zoo - and
> corporate bodies who might help.
Atlanta has a page set up for people to coordinate their sponsorship contact
(see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/Sponsorships),
which looks like a good idea to me, as it would avoid twenty different
people contacting the same organisation
On 8/31/07, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> At 13:41 +0100 31/8/07, Gary Kirk wrote:
> >I had a look about funding and perhaps people could take a look at
> >lotteryfunding.org.uk and awardsforall.org.uk
>
>
> I am not sure either of these would work. The UK Chapter is in the
> process of becoming a charity, and hence would not have much of a
> balance sheet to show in 2008. Hence, funding agencies such those
> about would like to give money, but not so much money (ten or
> hundreds of thousands??) to such a new charity (less than one year
> old).
>
> Other sources are better (corporate sponsors).
I don't imagine this would be a problem. The Wikimedia Foundation is a
charity registered in Florida, and Wikimedia UK is, as you say, on its
way to becoming a charity soon. Having said this, I imagine (with
absolutely no evidence to back it up) that corporate sponsors are most
likely to give a quick response - at least to indicate possible
interest. Does anyone have experience of the time taken to apply for
funding from funds of the state and its agencies?
Cormac