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'''Country:''' {{w|United Kingdom}}

'''City:''' {{w|Manchester}}

'''Venue:''' {{w|Manchester University}}

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'''Planned attendance:''' Any Wikimedian!

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{{Header4|Location: ''Manchester, United Kingdom''}}
=====History & Culture=====
{{Header2|Conference: ''Venue''}}
=====University Place=====
University Place is Manchester University's newest conference venue. Located at the centre of Europe's largest urban higher education precinct, this fantastic venue is highly suited to hosting an international conference like Wikimania. The largest of the rooms is a 1000 seat auditorium. This auditorium is complete with both audio-visual and computer facilities for delivering presentations. The ground floor for the auditorium also has wifi reception but it should be feasible to increase the wifi strength with signal boosters to reach the rest of the facility.

Some general information includes: 
* 1,000 seat semi-circular auditorium  (divisible into two theatres of 600 and 270)
* Additional 24 flat-floored seminar rooms accommodating 20-120 delegates
* 500 sq m exhibition area and adjacent marquee space
* 400 seat restaurant
* Wi-fi access to exhibition, restaurant and auditorium areas
* On site audio visual aids and professional technicians on site
* Adjacent to Roscoe and Schuster buildings offering a further 6 lecture theatres seating from 150-474
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=====Manchester University=====
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{{Header2|Conference: ''Parties''}}
=====VIP Party=====
=====Attendee Party=====
{{Header3|Transport: ''Getting to the United Kingdom''}}
<blockquote>''International travel to the United Kingdom is extensive. Access to the UK is provided by 30 international airports providing travel to 200 destinations, 8 ports with international passenger ferry services to Europe, and a rail link to mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel.''</blockquote>

=====Train (via Belgium and France)=====

Eurostar high-speed trains run between London (St Pancras International), Ebbsfleet and Ashford through the Channel Tunnel to Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels. During the summer an additional weekly train operates to Avignon and during the winter a weekly service runs a ski service direct to the French Alps. Through tickets and connections are available in Lille, Paris and Brussels from many European cities to most large UK cities.

Journey times average two hours fifteen minutes to and from Paris, and one hour fifty minutes to Brussels. A second class return from Paris to London costs between €85 and €230. While it can be cheaper to fly from London to Paris using a low-cost airline, bear in mind that the journeys to the airports can be expensive and time-consuming.

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=====Air=====

{{Header3|Transport: ''Getting to Manchester''}}

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Manchester and North West England are served by [[w:en:Manchester Airport|Manchester Airport]]. The airport is the busiest in terms of passenger traffic in the UK outside London, serving 21.06&nbsp;million passengers in 2008. Airline service exists to 190 destinations in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It has the second highest number of international destinations globally with only Amsterdam having more international destinations. A second runway was opened in 2001 and there have been continued terminal improvements.

The transport connections between the airport and the center of manchester are excellent. The airport has a main rail line connection, multiple bus connections, many taxi's and a proposed tram connection.
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Manchester is well served by train. In terms of passengers, [[w:en:Manchester Piccadilly Station|Manchester Piccadilly]] was the busiest English train station outside London in 2005 and 2006. Local operator [[w:en:Northern Rail|Northern Rail]] operates all over the north of England, and other national operators include [[w:en:Virgin Trains|Virgin Trains]]. The [[w:en:Liverpool and Manchester Railway|Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] was the first passenger railway in the world. Greater Manchester has an extensive countywide railway network, and two mainline stations. Manchester city centre is also serviced by over a dozen rail-based park and ride sites. In October 2007, the government announced that a feasibility study had been ordered into increasing the capacity at Piccadilly station and turning Manchester into the rail hub of [[w:en:Northern England|the north]].


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{{Header3|Transport: ''Getting around Manchester''}}

=====Bus=====
=====Metrolink=====
=====Metroshuttle=====
=====Taxi=====

Manchester became the first city in the UK to acquire a modern light rail tram system when the [[w:en:Manchester Metrolink|Manchester Metrolink]] opened in 1992. The present system mostly runs on former commuter rail lines converted for light rail use, and crosses the city centre via on-street tram lines. The {{convert|23|mi|km|abbr=on}}-network consists of three lines with 37 stations (including five on-street tram stops in the centre). An expansion programme is underway.

The city has one of the most extensive bus networks outside London with over 50 bus companies operating in the [[w:en:Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester]] region radiating from the city and the city also operates a three route [[w:en:Zero-fare public transport|zero-fare]] bus service called [[w:en:Metroshuttle|Metroshuttle]] which carries commuters around Manchester's business districts.

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File:Manchester Piccadilly station approach - April 11 2005.jpg|[[Manchester Piccadilly Station]]
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{{Header1|Organisation: ''Timeline''}}
*Rough draft budget - June-August 2009
*Venue Viewing - Late Summer 2009
*Creation of Budget, Bid documents, venue selection, approaching potential sponsors etc - 2010/2011
*Start working on bid page and forming wikimedia volunteer bid team - Summer 2011
*Bidding officially opens - January 2012
*Bidding closes and winner announced - May 2012
*Conference - July/August 2013

{{Header1|Organisation: ''Expenses budget''}}

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{{Header1|Organisation: ''Sponsorship''}}

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