Organization of WikiMania 2007 in Alexandria

Introduction

Wikimania is a regular conference for users of the wiki projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. The first conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 4-8, 2005. The second conference will be held in w:Boston, USA, in mid-2006.

Wikimania 2007, the third annual Wikimedia Conference, is being planned for the middle of 2007. Bids are currently being developed; the city contest to select a city venue officially opens on August 15.

Alexandria is introduced by Evan to host Wikimania 2007 among 11 city.

Objectives

• We need to support and facilitate hosting Wikimania in Alexandria by completing the Official requirements for bidding cities on Alexandira bidding page before 10 of September.

We need this info added as fast as possible

• Accommodation:

try to organize the data avaliable here into the bid page on meta-wiki, what we need is the price rates, total number of rooms and type (S/D), plz try to organize the data here first and then copy it when it's done over to the official bid page. I know it's hard but we need this info by Saturday (morning if possible):

• 2005 prices from the library
• 5 & 4 star hotels
• more hotels
• touregypt check the right-hand sidebar.

Timeline for Bidding

• August 15th: City contest opens officially
• September 10th 2006: End of the first round. All cities willing to participate should have a bid in place. No city will be accepted after that date. Candidates may work on their bid until the 15th.
• September 15th 2006: Shortlist
• Sept 15th- Sept. 23rd: Shortlist candidates answer jury's question and finalize their bid
• September 24th 2006: General meeting and final vote

Agenda

What	Who	More Info
Accommodation prices		for ~ 400-500 people /night/person
Contact with Alex. Library		for hosting conferences and sponsor
Air flights costs		from as much as various places around the world
Local sponsorship opportunities		ex: Internet company could offer a wireless network installed into the conferences hall