Regarding costs: Santa Cruz is $100 / person / day including 3 meals, _and_ rooms are free. Multimedia (projector rental, etc) is not free but is typically much much cheaper than I have seen e.g. in hotels. Hotels may charge $500 / day for projector rentals for the low power units, and the quote for a high power unit for the main room... was absolutely ridiculous.
So perhaps $100 / person / day + free rooms is not so bad in the Bay Area. On the negative side, I have heard at various Wikimania people scream in horror at any price that would be more than about $ 30 / person / day, and I certainly do not know how to organize something in the Bay Area at that price (unless we get a huge sponsorship, that is). Luca On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Luca de Alfaro <l...@dealfaro.org> wrote: > Santa Cruz might have the Theater -- a big open air place that seats 3,000 > and is very beautiful... > > Luca > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Robert Rohde <raro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Eugene Eric Kim <ee...@blueoxen.com> >> wrote: >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Luca de Alfaro <l...@dealfaro.org> >> wrote: >> >> I am also at Google now, so if you like, I could at least let it be >> known of >> >> the possibility; I have no idea of whether it would be possible, or >> >> advisable, to get Google support or space for this. Any feedback? >> > >> > I've organized several events hosted by Google through Leslie >> > Hawthorn, who's great and is a friend of our community. (She's been to >> > several RCCs.) The experience has been great, but it has the same >> > problems as the others listed: size (probably can't host a 1,000 >> > person gathering), proximity to housing, transportation, etc. >> > >> > It sounds like Berkeley is the best bet so far. Phoebe, have you >> > investigated other local universities? >> >> You have similar space issues with Berkeley when it comes to keynotes >> and the like. The Student Union has conference spaces that go up to >> about 500 seats. The largest classroom space is the main auditorium >> in Wheeler which seats 730. The second largest, Pimentel accommodates >> around 500. One might be able to kludge together something larger out >> of gymnasium, but as a practical matter 700 is probably about the most >> Berkeley can easily manage in a single room. >> >> I know the organizers of the Berkeley Energy Symposium (an annual one >> day conference for ~400) so I can put you in touch with them for >> suggestions. >> >> -Robert Rohde >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >> > >
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