User talk:Steve Virgin

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Bristol wikimania bid/other orgs

Hi Steve,

I was looking at the list of organisations at Bristol Wikimania Bid - I know you've already said you've contacts in, and contacted Bristol City Council. A number of the potential sponsors are in South Glos, and Trevj has, not unreasonably, added South Glos Council to the list.

Can you confirm that SGC are yet to be contacted? If so, I work in SGC at the interface between the elected Cllrs and the corporate leadership, which involves daily working with the leaders of all 3 political groups, Chief Exec, Deputy CX and all department heads. I would be happy to raise this with them, and see if they would in principle like to support a Bristol bid. Considering South Glos' position with a large knowledge/high-tech sector, I'd imagine they will be supportive, but obviously budgets etc are tight at the moment. They will want to know what 'support' would involve - do you have any thinking on this based on your discussions with Bristol, and the resources a council can offer? --Saalstin 11:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)(from en:wiki)

A little further afield (but still mentioned in the bid) is Bath. So B&NES may be worth contacting too. -- Trevj 08:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

If you can suggest people to talk to and ways to contact them I think your idea is fabulous - can you let me know? Steve Virgin 13:09, 2 December 2011 (UTC)