It seems like no one has suggested New Orleans yet, so I'm just going to toss that out there.
-Johnny On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Franklin Einspruch <franklin.einspr...@gmail.com> wrote: > You might also have a look at Providence, RI. There's an airport, it's > an hour from Boston by car, and they have an active tech community > there: > > http://rinexus.com/ > http://providencegeeks.org/ > http://www.pbn.com/Schillings-38-Studios-signs-lease-at-One-Empire-Plaza,52603 > > Good restaurants abound and entertainment options are at least extant > if not quite as rich as Portland, OR. Venues are likely to be far > cheaper than Boston. > > - Franklin > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Steve Holden <holden...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 9/28/2010 1:19 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >>> On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 22:51 -0400, Steve Holden wrote: >>>> I'd just like to briefly report back on the inquiries Nancy and I have >>>> been making into East coast venues for DjangoCon 2011. >>> >>> just curious - why a hotel? In India we hold such conferences in >>> universities/colleges - they provide all facilities free of cost (except >>> accomodation - although some make their guest houses available for the >>> VIPs), and in fact, compete with each other to offer hosting. We have >>> just finished Pycon India where we got three state of art auditoriums >>> free of cost. >> >> The choice of venue was made in advance for this year - effectively we >> took over an existing contract. This is the first time anyone has >> suggested a non-hotel venue. >> >> I haven't really heard much support for a university venue from the >> community at large. They have both advantages and disadvantages. Of >> course PyCon used a university location for the first three years. After >> we outgrew the original location the conference's size made it difficult >> to find university locations large enough (according to the people who >> made the choices - I only chaired for three years). >> >> It would be best not to cast the net too wide, given that a year ahead >> is a relatively short planning time frame for a conference of this size. >> >> regards >> Steve >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > Art, writing, journal: http://einspruch.com > Comics: http://themoonfellonme.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
