I agree the main campuses of UBC and SFU are too far away from downtown and from accommodations.
UBC Robson Square might be big enough: https://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/event-conference-planning/ Other downtown options could be SFU’s downtown buildings, or BCIT’s downtown campus. See http://www.sfu.ca/mecs/vancouver-main.html and https://www.bcit.ca/rentals/downtown.shtml . SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialog is an incredible space aesthetically - I’m not sure if has enough of the right-sized rooms though. Is there a list of the requirements, e.g. “at least one room that will fit 300 people and five other spaces that will hold 30 people each” kind of thing? Su-Laine (currently at WikiConference NA - please find me and say hi if I haven’t met you yet) > On Nov 9, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you know if UBC's facility at Robson Square in Vancouver might be in the > running? Or is it too small and/or too busy? > > JM > > On 11/9/2019 5:26 PM, Bruce Englehardt wrote: >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
