Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo < [email protected]> wrote: > We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. > We do have several venues of just the right size: > Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes > Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) > Union Station Hotel > Millennium Hotel next to the Arch > Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech > businesses) > Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) > Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the > downtown area (e.g. > http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf > ) > WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their > biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. > The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. > It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events. > > Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an > open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can > get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on > it. > --Brett Lord-Castillo > St Louis County Emergency Management > > > >> >> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 >>> From: Darrell Fuhriman <[email protected]> >>> To: Eric Theise <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> >>> Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great >>> location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, >>> walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might >>> have inexpensive facilities. >>> >>> I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. >>> And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own >>> pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal >>> on the pocketbook). >>> >>> d. >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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