On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:11:37PM -0400, David Nalley wrote:
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Steven Parrish smparrish@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:10:57AM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
So far we have one bid in for the 2011 FUDCon:
Ok when do we need to call it for bids?
I can look at Albuquerque.. its cheaper on the rooms/space but more expensive on the air flights to it (since pretty much everyone has to hop from Denver or Phoenix.) UNM could handle the conference but is a bear to get to :) Although the lack of public transportation here should make people realize how great Toronto was last year :).
Football won't be as much a problem here.. Bowl games usually have to be bought and are over by December.
I think we can give you a few weeks to put things together, since the Tempe team is still working on venue and Internet.
My advice would be to get concrete commitments for both those items, in addition to the smaller details like travel and hotel costs.
I saw this question come up in IRC but no one was around at the time to comment.
The questions was how do people feel about having FUDCon in AZ with their new stance on immigration. FUDCon NA does attract people from outside the US.
I like Tempe as its warm in January but we may see some people who are unwilling to attend because of this.
BTW once we have a location nailed down I can start working with the airlines and see if I can negotiate a discount for attendees.
Steven
It's an interesting point. Sadly, virtually every FUDcon destination has something 'wrong' with it. Sometimes that's in the form of climate, other times it may be in the national or local laws/regulations/policies. We'll never make everyone happy, and the bid process does allow for people to propose alternate locations, so it's not like a single choice is being forced on people.
Yes. It would be really unfortunate if people chose not to attend FUDCon based on state politics. I don't see any reason why that should occur, given that we've had FUDCon previously in areas with wildly differing political climates. The future of software freedom is a lot bigger than specific legislative policies.
Steven, if the Tempe team can secure a venue and connectivity by June 1st, is that enough time for you to work on airline discounts?