Manchester Wikimania Bid

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)