<div><br></div>I would like to offer myself for the local(same country) team. Although I'm based in Durham, previous SotMs have had the majority of local teams the other end of their country.<div>Looks like you have a strong number of volunteers, looking good.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For reference, the UK discussion that has been mentioned:</div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2013/Bids/UK">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2013/Bids/UK</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Happy Mapping,</div><div>Greg.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 October 2012 21:24, Andy Robinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajrlists@gmail.com" target="_blank">ajrlists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Brian, what is on the bid/uk page of the wiki currently is just the musings of individuals rather than a team cohesively actioning something. A bid may or may not come together from what’s there now but I think we can progress ours in parallel at this stage and perhaps others will hopefully join us. We don’t need any approval now. If we wish to make a bid then we can, though obviously our bid will look better if it has the support of the majority of the UK community. Likewise if others came up with a bid proposal that I felt was better than we could offer then I’d be happy to let that one progress rather than hours, though I would hope we can put something together that would nullify that.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">For now I would suggest new wiki page for our bid with a clear link to it somewhere at the top of the current bid/uk page. Once we have details up I’m happy to ask those who have contributed to the existing page if they would like to assist in a Brum bid or not.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Andy <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Brian Prangle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bprangle@gmail.com" target="_blank">bprangle@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 October 2012 19:29<br><b>To:</b> Andy Robinson; talk-gb-westmidlands<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Andy<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Are you intending that we bypass the existing wiki page and gaining consensus from the UK community? Or do the two in parallel? I can see that gaining consensus would be messy and time consuming unless we force the pace but I think one country one bid would be far stronger - for instance we wouldn't be competing for UK sponsors, and there'd be more people with more contacts to get things done.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Brian<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">On 8 October 2012 13:39, Andy Robinson <<a href="mailto:ajrlists@gmail.com" target="_blank">ajrlists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Looks good for starters Brian. I don’t think we are restricted to one country one bid so we should just get on and move forward if we want ours to be the one that gathers pace.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cheers</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Andy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Brian Prangle [mailto:<a href="mailto:bprangle@gmail.com" target="_blank">bprangle@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 October 2012 13:06<br><b>To:</b> talk-gb-westmidlands<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Hi everyone<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">As agreed at our October meeting - here's a proposed text for inclusion on the UK SOTM bid wiki page. Thoughts/amendments appreciated before it's published. Ignore the formatting it's a cut and paste from Word. I've ignored the issue of timing as that's common to wherever the UK community decides on who should bid,<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Brian<u></u><u></u></p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>SOTM 2013 Birmingham’s the Place</b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organising Team:</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Team Leader</b>: Brian Prangle (availability full time in run-up to Conference)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Local support (confirmed)</b>: Andy Robinson, Rob Nickerson, Mike Duffy, Matt Williams, Rob Nickerson, Andy Mabbett, Andrew McKenzie<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Team has academic, public sector and commercial experience with a range of contacts and possessing technical skills from awesome to normal (skewed towards the latter)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other local support</b>: 7 people to be contacted<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other Support: </b>Not excluded – all assistance welcome from whoever has already indicated they’re willing to assist with a function that can be done remotely.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Venues:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">3 Universities with multiple campuses <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
20 Conference Venues (excluding ICC and NEC which would be too expensive)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">2 Football Grounds and 1 Cricket Ground with conference facilities<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organisation Assistance:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Birmingham Convention Bureau has the following FREE services<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Venue Location<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Social Programme Planning<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Sourcing Hotel Accommodation<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Allocation of bedrooms held specifically for the event<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Real-time 24/7 online booking facility<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Telephone, fax and email booking also available<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Sourcing conference infrastructure<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Online booking for local attractions, events and restaurants<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>There are also other services which are chargeable such as:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">PR support, visitor literature, welcome branding around the city, exclusive discounts for restaurants and clubs.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><strong>Bid Preparation:</strong><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Meet Birmingham has a bidding system for conferences and events providing bespoke web based proposals.</span></strong><b> </b>The Digital Bid System allows users to create and submit bids electronically with the inclusion of image, film, audio, maps and other interactive elements. Event organisers receiving the bid will be sent a link and access details allowing them to view the proposal securely via the internet. The system can also translate the bid into a PDF document.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Accommodation:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Loads of capacity with every type from University student accommodation, 2 backpacker hostels, budget hotels, luxury hotels, guest houses, B&Bs<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b>Transport:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Central for most of UK, with good motorway and rail links (80 mins London Euston and 90 mins Manchester Picadilly). Canal links for those who want to arrive by boat. National Cycle Routes 5 & 54. If you want to walk here the European E2 route passes close by ( Heart of England Way and Staffordshire Way) or the Grand Union Canal Walk gets you here from London<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Birmingham Airport has direct links to most of Europe and US (Newark), Islamabad, Turkmenistan(!), and Dubai via Emirates Airlines for Africa, Asia and Australia. Budget Airlines are Ryanair and Flybe.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Regular internal public transport by numerous bus providers, Metro, black cabs and London Midland trains with services until late at night.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Cultural/Entertainment Attractions:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Day visits to the “Shakespeare Experience” at Stratford on Avon or to the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Ironbridge or to Bletchley Park ( all probably more attractive to international visitors) <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>More canals than Venice!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Jewellery Quarter (clubs, restaurants, great Victorian architecture and loads of Jewellery makers and shops)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>The Bullring ( for those who have a shopping addiction)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>The Balti Triangle – loads of cheap baltis!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Entertainment districts at Broad Street , China Town and Star City<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Endless pub crawls – at least a dozen regional real ales with some really tasty ones from (or even in!) the Black Country.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Birthplace of Heavy Metal rock music - from Black Sabbath unquestionably the founding fathers of heavy Metal and Judas Priest whose twin guitar attack paved the way for multitudes of similar acts to Napalm Death who unleashed grindcore onto an unsuspecting world.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Mapping opportunities mostly across the Black Country – could be a great opportunity to sample some of those real ales!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">For those who have religious devotional duties most world religions have a place of worship somewhere in Birmingham or the greater West Midlands<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Local Sponsor Opportunities:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>National Express (Head Office in Digbeth)<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><a href="http://www.digitalbirmingham.co.uk/" target="_blank">Digital Birmingham</a> ( sponsored this year’s Young Rewired State Festival June 2012)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Walkit.com (located in Custard Factory)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><a href="http://birminghamsmc.com/" target="_blank">Birmingham Social Media Cafe</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Amey (outsourced contractor for all of Birmingham’s roads)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>London Midland Railway<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Chiltern Railways<u></u><u></u></p>
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