Charlottesville does have an airport but no jet aircraft access. The
closest large airport is Richmond, VA and is only a 45 min drive from there,
no need to go to DC.
Even with C'villes population there are more than 3 of us here (and I'm an
imported Texan, from a litle island in the Gulf of Mexico).
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Quarto-vonTivadar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: FUSEBOX DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE 2000
> > Why not have it in an easily accessible city?
>
> although I *do* know where Charlottesville is, and the place is really
> beautiful, I think the above question has some merit. Esp since it is
> nominally scheduled to be a 1-day event. I presume the idea is to have as
> many people as possible attend, right?
>
> so there are no airports into Charlottesville? The currently proposed
> solution, "fly to Washington-Dulles, drive 2-3 hours from there" means a
> minimum commitment of 4-5 hours of travel time each way. By having the
> conference someplace that is easily accessed, perhaps DC itself, or even
> right near the Dulles Airport or such, you're saving lots and lots of
> manhours of work. The cost? a "2-3 hour drive" on the part of the 3
> developers in the city with the highest population per capita of FuseBox
> developers. :)
>
> Now if being near DC means a cost involved in renting a conference area
then
> I'd like to ask how much people are willing to pay to save 100-200
attendees
> 2-3 hours each. I'm figuring that even charging people $50 for the
> conference means it is cheap since their time is worth a hell of a lot
more
> than $50/6=$9/hour.
> But if the just-finished DC conference can manage to find space to hold it
> without large additional costs maybe we all can too. Furthermore
attendance
> costs can be deducted and justified a hell of a lot easier than "lost"
work
> time. :)
>
> I tell you what, have it in DC and *I*'ll pay the 3 Charlottesville
> developers $9/hour to travel 3 hours to the event.!
>
>
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