Have you guys seen adoptahacker.com? I'm sure that Jon Wegener and the team at New Work City would be happy to help with finding places for visitors to stay (as in couches/extra rooms).
In terms of getting hotel rooms sponsored, we might be able to VCs to offer sponsorship for this (though we should at least reach out to Charlie O'Donnell @ First Round Capital to get his take on this). -- Dana Spiegel sociableDESIGN +1 917 402 0422 d...@sociabledesign.com On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > On 9/28/2010 9:44 AM, Dana Spiegel wrote: >> Steve, >> >> This seems totally reasonable. >> >> Looking at this from a different perspective, given that there are a >> large and increasing number of python-based startups in NYC, would it >> make a difference re: which city was chosen if we (in NYC) were able >> to solicit sponsorships from VCs and tech firms here (in NYC)? >> > It might, though the sponsors would need to commit in advance. > > The main issue would be the cost of accommodation, which can be very > high in the city. Do you think you could get sponsors to offset those > costs? I'm finding it difficult to imagine how that could practically be > done. > > regards > Steve > >> On Sep 28, 8:54 am, Steve Holden <holden...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Without wishing to seem non-responsive, can I just point out that we >>> can't keep extending the search indefinitely. First of all, we need to >>> make a decision reasonably quickly.Secondly, these venue searches take >>> time. While it costs nothing to "toss something out there", there *are* >>> costs involved with investigating available venues. >>> >>> Consequently I am unlikely to look at any particular place unless it is >>> clearly supported by a number of people. And having had Chicago, New >>> York and Washington DC in our sights I am not inclined to extend that >>> list without a strong indication of support from a broad cross-section >>> of the community. >>> >>> I hope nobody takes this the wrong way. >>> >>> regards >>> Steve >>> >>> On 9/28/2010 8:48 AM, Rev. Johnny Healey wrote:> It seems like no one has >>> suggested New Orleans yet, so I'm just going >>>> to toss that out there. >>> >>>> -Johnny >>> >>> -- >>> DjangoCon US 2010 September 7-9http://djangocon.us/ >> > > > -- > DjangoCon US 2010 September 7-9 http://djangocon.us/ -- 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.
