There are advantages to Santa Cruz (or somewhere like Monterey, looking a bit further afield) -
It's not "in the middle of Silicon Valley", which is a nice getaway... -george On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Luca de Alfaro <l...@dealfaro.org> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
