Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread phoebe ayers
2010/1/27 Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com: As I've never been to a Wikimania, how much space do they take up?  I was reading http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Montr%C3%A9al#Venue and it seemed like they had a fairly large amount of space.  The Bay has plenty of large spaces,

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread Eugene Eric Kim
2010/1/27 phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com: I researched this question out of curiousity last year, and the most promising venue seemed like UC Berkeley, with their blocks of dorms that they rent out for conferences. USF/SF State similarly have space. Someplace like Mission Bay is gorgeous

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Eugene Eric Kim ee...@blueoxen.com wrote: 2010/1/27 phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com: I researched this question out of curiousity last year, and the most promising venue seemed like UC Berkeley, with their blocks of dorms that they rent out for conferences.

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread Robert Rohde
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. I'd say 1000 is a high number, 800 attendees would be much more likely. We've typically had 4-6 concurrent tracks at past conferences. And then -- and this is the toughest part --

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread Luca de Alfaro
I have also been told that Google does not have enough space; nearby, there is the Computer History Museum, but that holds also only up to 400 people... Luca On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM, phoebe ayers

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?

2010-01-27 Thread Luca de Alfaro
Stanford must also have space; should someone check the conditions? Luca --- Sent from mobile device On Jan 27, 2010 6:15 PM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: I was thinking the same thing. In a case like that ( http://www.sanjose.org/meetings/facilities/floorplans/conv_layout.jpg ) Could