> It seems that several people have shown a willingness to research > much of what we will need.
Here is some more information regarding information links, venue voting weights, and sponsorship. As I mentioned before, I'm going to try and work on some price ranges for hotels around the possible venues. Resource Links: YAPC site - http://www.yapc.org/ Venue Requirements - http://www.yapc.org/venue-reqs.txt 2006 Voting Details - http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/yapcna_voting_details.html YAPC Venue Weights and voting criteria - http://yapc.org/yapc-crit.txt Chicago bid - http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/chicago_2006_yapc_bid.html#more Boston bid - http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/boston_2006_yapc_bid.html#more Vancouver bid - http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/vancouver_2006_yapc_bid.html#more Here is a breakdown of the voting/venue weights. The seven YAPC committee members vote on these with, I believe, a 1 to 10 score. I'm guessing that the 1 to 10 score is multiplied by the points for each area to get the final tally. Facilities (100) Internet Access from Conference Location (100) Internet Access from Accommodations (100) Affordable Dorms and Hotels (90) Estimated Costs (90) Public Transportation (60) Readily Accessible Location (Planes, Trains, & Automobiles) (50) New Location (50) Tourist Activities (50) Quality of Host Committee (40) So, facilities, Internet access, and cost/affordability are the "top" key point areas. I know that sponsorship was mentioned earlier, so here is some of what I could find out about previous YAPC sponsors. Sponsorship: 2006 in Chicago - LiveText - Big Nerd Ranch - Google - ITA Software - Performics - Sxip - O'Reilly & Associates - Apress.com - Stonehenge Consulting - The Grant Street Group - Acxiom - Allant Group - No Starch Press - CombineNet - PlainBlack - ActiveState 2005 in Toronto - IBM Toronto Software Lab - Linux Professional Institute - O'Reilly Media - Onsight - Pearson Education - Eventix - Stonehenge Consulting - IndigoSTAR Software - Sxip Identity - Openflows Networks Ltd. - Manning Publications - Apress - Transgaming Technologies 2004 in Buffalo - University at Buffalo - UB Academic Computing Services - Apple Computer - ActiveState - Addison-Wesley - Fontango - O'Reilly - Sams Publishing - Stonehenge Consulting 2002 in Saint Louis - O'Reilly and Associates - Addison-Wesley - ActiveState Corp. - Stonehenge Consulting - Manning Publications _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
