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|Includes, venue hire, techincal facilities, hot and cold buffet lunch and two lots of tea and biscuits.
|Includes, venue hire, techincal facilities, hot and cold buffet lunch and two lots of tea and biscuits. Day delegate rate of £39 pounds per person for three days.
|This calculated on the commercial day delegate rate of £39 pounds per person for three days.  
|Commercial rate will be reduced for the foundations charity status. Based on a maximum of 1000 attendees.  
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Revision as of 15:04, 10 August 2009

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

Budget

Category Items Description Total cost Notes
GBP (£) USD ($)
Venue Includes, venue hire, techincal facilities, hot and cold buffet lunch and two lots of tea and biscuits. Day delegate rate of £39 pounds per person for three days. Commercial rate will be reduced for the foundations charity status. Based on a maximum of 1000 attendees.
3 days
Accommodation Several large rooms * 4 days
Technical Facilities 4 days
Insurance for 700 attendees
Catering 700 attendees * 3 days
Promotional Materials for 700 attendees
Conference Materials for 700 attendees
Organization team
Scholarships 40 full scholarships
Speakers 10 speakers
Party General party 500 attendees
VIP party 70 VIP
Contingencies
Total amount to be raised

calculated assuming 1 GBP = 1.42 USD (16th March '09)