I have also been told that Google does not have enough space; nearby, there is the Computer History Museum, but that holds also only up to 400 people...
Luca On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Robert Rohde <raro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ay...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. I'd say 1000 is a high number, 800 > > attendees would be much more likely. We've typically had 4-6 > > concurrent tracks at past conferences. And then -- and this is the > > toughest part -- having a "community space" where people can hang out > > during the conf with laptops, after-hours, etc., is great. This has > > been a big room with couches, the last few conferences. > > > > At Berkeley, other than the keynotes issue (and it looks like Wheeler > > or Zellerbach would work for that) it looks like the Clark Kerr campus > > would fit the bill nicely: > > http://conferenceservices.berkeley.edu/summer_conf_ckc_fp.html > > > > This has a wide variety of rooms, plus: > > "Accommodations in suites and residence hall rooms are available for > > approximately 700 guests." > > > > NO idea about costs, though. > > > > Y'all are getting into this! > > It is worth noting that the Clark Kerr campus is a separate location > about a half of a mile from the main campus. Most people at Berkeley > never have anything to do with Clark Kerr facility and hence don't > really know what is there. > > Because it is a bit of a walk between the two, it would probably be > best to have events primarily at either Clark Kerr or at the main > campus. But doing a lot at both sites would be very awkward. > > -Robert Rohde > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >
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