>>>>> "MJD" == Mark J Dulcey <[email protected]> writes:
MJD> Plenty of spaces available for the various smaller sessions; Sloan has MJD> the advantage of having a bunch of them in one place but if we don't MJD> care about that there are many more good lecture rooms. (I know of MJD> some in buildings 4 and 6 for example.) The hardest scheduling part MJD> would be a larger theater for any mass gatherings like keynote MJD> speeches; for those you probably need the big rooms like 26-100, MJD> 10-250, and the like, and they're in limited supply. MJD> We need a bit more definition to the problem. How many people are MJD> likely to show up? How many conference tracks would there be? Those MJD> two things help figure out how many people we need to be able to seat MJD> in one place at one time. For a look at what happened last year check MJD> http://yapc10.org/yn2009/schedule -- but I don't know the numbers. we researched all this a couple of years ago. mit would be affordable but more expensive than other sites. it would require maybe more commercial sponsorship but that is also doable with many boston companies using perl. this is another issue but not as important atm. MJD> And there is the question of conference dinners if we want to get MJD> involved with that. You can get Tech Catering to cater events but it's MJD> expensive and the food isn't very good; there are other caterers you MJD> can work with for casual meals on campus but mostly they don't do MJD> sit-down dinners. And I don't know of a lot of good spaces on-campus MJD> for a large sit-down dinner during the summer. (The otherwise suitable MJD> Walker Dining Hall lacks air conditioning.) Given that it's MJD> Boston/Cambridge we could just not bother and organize expeditions to MJD> Central Square and the like. i have given that some thought and not come up with a good answer. the banquet doesn't have to be on campus and where it could be is a question. not many places can host 300-400 in a sit down dinner. MJD> Has anybody ever looked into the question of dorm spaces? Can we even MJD> get them, and if so how affordable would they be? mit has a conferences office and they rent out mccormick hall for them. dunno the pricing anymore. not super cheap but ok enough. and there are a few hotels nearby for some. and maybe local people can host some guests. we have a large local group so that may work a bit. but again, the issue is mit sponsorship and this letter. and there will be competition. i know of one group looking to host it. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
