[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

Mon Oct 8 21:24:43 BST 2012

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.

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.

Cheers

Andy  

From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bprangle at gmail.com] 
Sent: 08 October 2012 19:29
To: Andy Robinson; talk-gb-westmidlands
Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

Hi Andy

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.

Regards

Brian

On 8 October 2012 13:39, Andy Robinson <ajrlists at gmail.com> wrote:

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.

Cheers

Andy

From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bprangle at gmail.com] 
Sent: 08 October 2012 13:06
To: talk-gb-westmidlands
Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

Hi everyone

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,

Regards

Brian

SOTM 2013 Birmingham's the Place

Organising Team:

Team Leader: Brian Prangle (availability full time in run-up to Conference)

Local support (confirmed): Andy Robinson, Rob Nickerson, Mike Duffy, Matt
Williams, Rob Nickerson, Andy Mabbett,  Andrew McKenzie

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)

Other local support: 7 people to be contacted

Other Support: Not excluded - all assistance welcome from whoever has
already indicated they're willing to  assist with a function that can be
done remotely.

Venues:

3 Universities with multiple campuses 

20 Conference Venues (excluding ICC and NEC which would be too expensive)

2 Football Grounds and 1 Cricket Ground with conference facilities

Organisation Assistance:

1.      Birmingham Convention Bureau has the following FREE services

.         Venue Location

.         Social Programme Planning

.         Sourcing Hotel Accommodation

.         Allocation of bedrooms held specifically for the event

.         Real-time 24/7 online booking facility

.         Telephone, fax and email booking also available

.         Sourcing conference infrastructure

.         Online booking for local attractions, events and restaurants

2.      There are also other services which are chargeable such as:

PR support, visitor literature, welcome branding around the city, exclusive
discounts for restaurants and clubs.

Bid Preparation:

Meet Birmingham has  a bidding system for conferences and events providing
bespoke web based proposals. 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.

Accommodation:

Loads of capacity with every type from University student accommodation, 2
backpacker hostels, budget hotels, luxury hotels, guest houses, B&Bs

Transport:

1.      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

2.      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.

3.      Regular internal public transport by numerous bus providers, Metro,
black cabs and London Midland trains  with services until late at night.

Cultural/Entertainment Attractions:

.         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) 

.         More canals than Venice!

.         Jewellery Quarter (clubs, restaurants, great Victorian
architecture and loads of Jewellery makers and shops)

.         The Bullring ( for those who have a shopping addiction)

.         The Balti Triangle - loads of cheap baltis!

.         Entertainment districts at Broad Street , China Town and Star City

.         Endless pub crawls - at least a dozen regional real ales with some
really tasty ones from (or even in!) the Black Country.

.         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.

.         Mapping opportunities mostly across the Black Country - could be a
great opportunity to sample some of those real ales!

For those who have religious devotional duties most world religions have a
place of worship somewhere in Birmingham or the greater West Midlands

Local Sponsor Opportunities:

.         National Express (Head Office in Digbeth)

.         Digital Birmingham <http://www.digitalbirmingham.co.uk/>  (
sponsored this year's  Young Rewired State Festival  June 2012)

.         Walkit.com (located in Custard Factory)

.         Birmingham Social Media Cafe <http://birminghamsmc.com/>  

.         Amey (outsourced contractor for all of Birmingham's roads)

.         London Midland Railway

.         Chiltern Railways

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