An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The major universities in Seattle (UW) and Portland (PSU) are close to downtown, but Vancouver's (UBC or SFU) are remote and require bus transfers. Any of the three would be fine, but note that Portland has fewer plane connections. There are trains and Intercity coach buses that connect the three, taking about 3.5 to 4 hours for Portland-Seattle and Seattle-Vancouver (including border customs). I'd be happy to work on this if we can grab some local sponsors. On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 14:09 Chan, Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :) > > > Judy > > Judy C. K. Chan, Ph. D. > (she/her/hers) > Educational Developer | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology > Faculty/CTLT Liaison | Faculty of Land and Food Systems > The University of British Columbia | Vancouver > 217 – 1961 East Mall | Musqueam Territory< > https://www.mail.ubc.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=HVWU5Tzu5EuQcaQXM-Nkogcagjp_edEIYzj7oKOLvERarpVYEWZkBSpLePlU9DMp5xq3zOjYmdY.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmusqueam.bc.ca%2f>, > BC Canada V6T 1Z1 > Phone 604 822 5811 | Fax 604 822 9826 > Teaching Portfolio: blogs.ubc.ca/judychan > Twitter: @judycchan > > > ________________________________ > From: Wikimedia-Cascadia <[email protected]> > on behalf of Luiza Wainer <[email protected]> > Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM > To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020 > > I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling > I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more > accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the > USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries > (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver > instead of Seattle or Portland. > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year > > people would most want to be in Seattle. > > > > How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is > > this year's conference? > > > > JM > > > > On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote: > > > People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, > > > RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not > > > forget Vancouver, BC as well! > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99: > > >>> I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia > > >> Conference > > >>> North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next > > >> year's > > >>> conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first > > day) > > >> Do > > >>> you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough > > >>> members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed. > > >>> > > >>> Liz > > >> FWIW, I'm interested in helping out. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Tapadh leabh, > > >> Mairi Dulaney. > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
