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[[File:Olympic village during construction (London Stratford, June 2011).jpg|thumb|The London Olympic village in June 2011 (whilst still under construction).]] | |||
Our sponsors want us to be the first event held in the Olympic Village after the 2012 London Olympics. | Our sponsors want us to be the first event held in the Olympic Village after the 2012 London Olympics. | ||
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=== Olympic Village === | ==== Olympic Village ==== | ||
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The Olympic village has many hotels on site with 17,320 beds in total. There are a wide variety of buildings from luxury to budget. | The Olympic village has many hotels on site with 17,320 beds in total. There are a wide variety of buildings from luxury to budget. | ||
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=== Getting to the United Kingdom === | === Getting to the United Kingdom === | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 17 November 2011
In a nutshell
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Venue: Olympic Village
- Proposed dates: 31st July - 4th August
- Planned attendance: Any Wikimedian!
- Contact:
Introduction
Our city
Our community
Our team
Conference
Venue
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Our sponsors want us to be the first event held in the Olympic Village after the 2012 London Olympics.
Special events
Parties
Wikimania traditionally hosts two parties, one for attendees (capacity of 250-350) and one for sponsors and VIPs (capacity 40-60).
- Attendees party(ies) propositions
- (location, how to get there, what's cool and relaxed about it)
- Sponsor party(ies) proposition
- (location, how to get there, what's chic and high profile about it)
Logistics
Accomodation
Olympic Village
Hotels
The Olympic village has many hotels on site with 17,320 beds in total. There are a wide variety of buildings from luxury to budget.
Hostels
Getting to the United Kingdom
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.
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.
Ferry
Air
Getting to London
Bus
Metrolink
Metroshuttle
Taxi
Financial
Budget
Sponsorship
Sponsorship Levels
Confirmed Sponsors
Potential Sponsors
Visa, Google, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mozilla, BT or Telefonica
Miscellaneous
Currency
Climate
Telecommunications
Timeline
- Rough draft budget - December 2011
- Venue Viewing - December 2011
- Creation of Budget, Bid documents, venue selection, approaching potential sponsors etc - Now-January 2012
- Start working on bid page and forming wikimedia volunteer bid team - Yesterday - We have User:EdSaperia, User:Panyd, User:HJ Mitchell, User:Marek69 and User:ErrantX working on this
- Bidding officially opens - January 2011
- Bidding closes and winner announced - May 2012
- Conference - July/August 2013