Conference Committee/Planning meeting 1/Notes: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:46, 14 May 2012

Hong Kong won. London lost!

Jury is risk averse James F: London was: "Close second" and had a "Bold and ambitious plan"

Chapter support was lukewarm even when there were two UK bids, but nothing really improved after that. But it was noted that WMUK had provided the support that the bid team had asked for.
UK chapter has money, but HK chapter dedicated a lot more trustee time towards the bid
Chapter needs to detail specific commitments
Need to focus on attendees who would be at the lower end of the budget spectrum: get hostels/budget hotels/uni dorms etc. early on
Jury liked the Barbican venue - good and well contained
The high cost leads to a much higher fundraising target requirement than some of its competitors. Some of the worry about what happens if the target isn't met might have been lowered if the bid were able to show how the budget could be modified in such a situation.

Bid team didn't turn up to IRC meeting etc.
Venues were too spread out - multiple venues not good.
Crazy expensive to get there - very few direct flights from outside of UK (London, Manchester etc don't have this problem). The lower cost of the location is not enough to compensate for the increase in cost of getting there.
One Jury had to ask the same question 7 different times and still failed to get a satisfactory answer.

Much of the 2013 bid text is reusable
Strengths and weaknesses of bid:
University dorms would have been worthing getting

210 beds within a few minutes walk

~1k beds around London bridge which is a couple stops away

Very good choice of venue; interesting, lots in the venue

Good cultural events program

Pre-conference events; not much on it in the bid because it wasn't part of the bid criteria

Many accomodation choices

London First has a person who is specifically in charge of uni accomodation for conferences
Manchester? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Wikimania_Bid
Good transport links
Nottingham?
Brighton?
Birmingham?

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 * Need to focus on attendees who would be at the lower end of the budget spectrum: get hostels/budget hotels/uni dorms etc. early on
 * Jury liked the Barbican venue - good and well contained
+* The high cost leads to a much higher fundraising target requirement than some of its competitors. Some of the worry about what happens if the target isn't met might have been lowered if the bid were able to show how the budget could be modified in such a situation.
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