>>>>> "KAG" == Kenneth A Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KAG> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 14:16, Kripa Sundar wrote: >> To make further enquiries, we (those of us who are volunteers/followers) >> need to know the following information at least: >> >> * what part of the year | June 2006 KAG> Late June to early July, I think. (After commencement, well before KAG> OSCON.) >> * how many days | Three days >> * how many people | 300-400 >> * how many simultaneous tracks | three >> * what equipment will be needed | whiteboards; projectors; internet access; >> | phone conference lines; parking permits KAG> http://www.yapc.org/venue-reqs.txt has the full list. The key KAG> thing missing from above is a venue to hold dinner for everyone. KAG> Toronto did this with the cruise. We should steal that idea: KAG> Boston Light and back would be great. they did get the cruise sponsored. no way they (or we) could afford it without outside funds. KAG> I poked around MIT's conference site. They have everything we need KAG> (even a couple of large hotels right next to campus), but we need KAG> 1) An official sponsor. SIPB might qualify, at a stretch. Some tenured KAG> faculty member would probably work better. KAG> 2) Some way to convince them not to charge us their usual rates. i bet 2) is impossible to get around. mit sells out their conference space and makes good money on it. no way they would let a cheapo conference in unless we had a major champion inside. and i doubt there are perl hackers in the positions we need. but we have to ask around. so anyone with connections to the tute should talk yapc up with them. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
