Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 < > blordcasti...@gmail.com> 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, <talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.org>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Message: 3 >>>> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 >>>> From: Darrell Fuhriman <darr...@garnix.org> >>>> To: Eric Theise <ericthe...@gmail.com> >>>> Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US <talk-us@openstreetmap.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 >>>> Message-ID: <b59300b2-d4eb-4237-b063-bd7a258cb...@garnix.org> >>>> 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 >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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