As discussed with some contributors, it appears that overlapping the FUDCon with another event could lead to less efficient meeting. Therefore, we have updated our bid.
Actually we plan to have the Saturday in collaboration with the Open World Forum. This is the last OWF day, and would be our first. Huge contributors would be around and probably interested by our schedule. We should have a time slot allowed in their big auditorium, and some rooms dedicated. Then we want to continue in an other location (still in Paris), were we used to meet every fist Saturday of the month, it is a huge building whose purpose is to explain sciences. We would be there for two days, Sunday and Monday. That would be silent, with wifi and wired connection! The bigger room has 130 seats, but we are in the process to get the auditorium for free (which is around 5000€ per day). There are also building a fablab in this venue, that's a really interesting place for the Open Source community. Because we have already talked a lot with the OWF organization team and we strongly think that this is great opportunity for us, we didn't want to change the date (only slipped few days). Sharing their last day will let us being with their marketing/communication team and spread the word to many contributors. Some will probably enjoy staying longer to came at our FUDCon and hack with us. I also get new accommodation quotes, down to 81€ per night for a twin, just few steps to the venue. Do we have any deadline to decide for the location? Keeping accommodation for so long without insurance to them that we are going to book is not so easy. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Paris_2012 -- Kévin Raymond (shaiton) GPG-Key: A5BCB3A2 _______________________________________________ fudcon-planning mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning
