At 10:09 +0100 13/9/05, Dan Grey wrote:
Reading has just told me that we would be able to use
the JANET
high-speed internet network after all (despite their literature saying
the exact opposite). So that puts it right back in the frame... if
anyone is still interested in going for this :-).
Costs (all ex VAT):
Standard single room including breakfast: £25 ppn
Morning+afternoon tea/coffee/biscuits and buffet lunch: £28.60 ppd
Dinner: £11 ppd
24hr delegate rate (includes all of above): £64 ppn
400 seat LT with full AV: £700/day (0900-1800)
244 seat LT with full AV: £350/day
124 seat LT with full AV: £300/day
Smaller rooms ( <50 seats), full AV: £100/day (no VAT applicable)
Free poster exhibition space
All on one single compact campus. The 400 seater is wonderful theatre,
recently refurbished (I've been in it). Transport is very good - high
speed rail to London, Manchester & beyond, direct 40min coach to
Heathrow, direct train to Gatwick (90mins, iirc).
Thoughts? We should at least submit this as a bid, yeah? (I see no
reason why we can't make more than one bid per country, if people have
other plans.)
I think this all looks excellent. I will put the
prices for all rooms up on the page today. They
are very similar.
No VAT for room hire, but VAT applies to bed and
breakfast accommodation. Yes, VAT is the like
that. Crazy huh?
Is the 400 seater the largest that Reading has to offer?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning
suggests "400-600 people".
I guess the people who want to support the UK
bids can offer two venues (Reading and East
London) and work on both until one gets
eliminated.
As noted elsewhere, these bids could roll forward
to 2007 very easily, if Toronto wins.
Gordon
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