>>>>> "BC" == Bob Clancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BC> I work for a company near Kendall Square and the Kendall/MIT BC> T-stop (very near the Residence Inn). BC> Our building has some common rooms on one floor of our building BC> that are often used by various tennants in the buiding for things BC> such as company meetings. I've mentioned the idea of BC> yapc::boston(?cambridge?) to the person who might be able to make BC> a decision whether this space could be used, and he wants to BC> schedule a meeting with me in order to get more details. BC> First off, our space is maybe big enough to act as 3 good sized BC> classrooms, or as 1 large room. Security in our building is BC> tight, and the landlord might also say "no", so there are a lot of BC> bridges we must cross. yapc needs three rooms with 100+ seats in each for the track talks and one larger room with 300+ seats. BC> I also have to be clear that we'd need probably an equal amount BC> space outside of that in my building, but if we could use either BC> an auditiorium or 3 rooms in the building where we now hold the BC> Boston.pm meetings, BC> we might be able to make things work! (My builing is a 5-min walk BC> away from where Boston.pm meets, and the food court is in-between. and where will all the yapc attendees sleep? we still need to arrange cheap (dorm) lodging. i don't know if we can at mit but we should ask. some will stay at the nearby hotels so we also want to arrange block pricing there (if we even can!). BC> The person I asked wants me to set up a 30min meeting with him BC> where he can ask more questions, so I'd like to find out who on BC> the list I can talk to more privately in order to prepare for my BC> meeting and to present Boston.pm in the best possible light. (I BC> guess this means I've volunteering as a member of "the committee". BC> :-) Anyway, I guess Uri, Kenneth, John, and Kripa are the people I BC> should connect with to learn/investigate more. (Sorry if I left BC> anyone out or "volunteerede" anybody.) i will be glad to talk to you and i can could even be on a speaker phone at that meeting if i can schedule it if you want it. BC> Hopefully, the deadline for submitting a bid to yapc can be BC> extended, and together we can make something happen! I want BC> prepare and work out a strategy before meeting with the contact in BC> my company. there have been no site proposals submitted as of today so i will predict the deadline will be extended. :) and it may be that if only one proposal gets submitted, it will be accepted. this is a good time for us to get yapc here (with no competition!) so let's find a venue soon and start on a proposal. idea: what if we do the conference in kendall sq at this site and we use lesley's dorms for cheap lodging? they are only 2 stops on the red line and would eliminate most auto needs! i am such a genius sometimes! :) and i like yapc::cambridge over yapc::boston :) thanx, 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
