>funding isn't the primary mit issue. it is finding a school >sponsor. they would be responsible for all potential expenses which is a >big risk unless they are doing their own conference. so we have to sell >them on the history of yapc always breaking even, the benefits of >hosting it, the CS points, etc. Which takes time (=money). Time's not the only reason YAPC::Boston hasn't happened in the past, but in previous recountings it has sounded like a major factor. Something else that might help would be to have plan of which rooms one would like to use, and especially trying to make use of some the lesser known/desirable spaces like Barton Theater, the lecture halls in building 34, La Sala de Puerto Rico, etc. Everyone wants Stata and Sloan, but if we can make due with other spaces it ought to make it easier to okay... easier scheduling around other events, and lower value/cost spaces (and therefore diminished risk) since there's less competition?
Didn't the Media Lab used to do the small languages conference? They seem to be having a resurgence with the new building and all. Maybe they could be conned into co-sponsoring it? ;-) (Barton's in the Media lab building too) (If only one could count on New England weather, there's Stata's amphitheater) -- Free map of local environmental resources: http://CambridgeMA.GreenMap.org -- MOTD on Prickle-Prickle, the 11st of Discord, in the YOLD 3176: D'ec'ed'e, mort, fichu. C'est un ex-perroquet. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
