Thanks for the information. Excited to help with any NYC event as well. Best, Alyssa.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Alex Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeff, Alyssa, Kathleen - > > > According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of > last month. > > That's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're > about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched > and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a > decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on > closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. > > Alex > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM, alyssa wright <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected]>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 < >>> [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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-us mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> >
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