On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com>wrote:
> On 9 July 2012 22:47, Nick Burch <nick.bu...@alfresco.com> wrote: > > > > we're doing a venue visit on Thursday > > 26th July > > Great! > > > For those not able to be there - what do you want to know about the > venue? > > My (immediate and incomplete) list... > > - Room layouts (preferably with a plan) - Possible room configurations > Knowing more about the possibility to sub-divide these huge rooms into smaller rooms or sections would be very helpful. My observation at ApacheCON Vancouver was that most sessions had approximately 20 - 30 attendees with some exceptions of course. These 100 person rooms seem too large to be practical, IMHO....unless all you're content is keynote/general sessions... :) - Food options (in house only, outside allowed, options) > - Capacity of room > Same concern/query as above. > - Internet capacity (actual not claimed - my experience is they are > often wildly different - especially when hit with 300 bandwidth hungry > hackers) > - audio/visual provision > - power provision > - accessibility (don't assume that the building being accessible will > mean all rooms are) > - registration area > - reception/relaxing area > > and/or hacking areas, which in Apache may be all of the same; i.e. relaxing=hacking=meeting people. ...so this area needs to be stocked with water, coffee, and biscuits / fruit if possible. > > Were the previously shared photos > > and floor plans enough? > > Possibly, I don't recall ever reviewing them. > > Ross >
