Hi Tiago, On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote: > We're considering using class rooms inside the venue as dormitories for > some attendees. This arrangement is not yet a solid proposal, but it > seems totally doable in both venues we're contacting, and it'd reduce a > lot the costs with accommodation. According to our venues' contacts, > this has been successfully done in previous events.
> In that case we'd probably rent basic equipment (beds?) from the local > Red Cross or from another organisation. Each class could host 10-15 > people. The big gymnasium could also be used, but in that case it'd look > more like an indoor camping thing = less privacy (and more fun...?) Both > venues seem to provide enough bathroom/showers, details will come soon. > Before estimating costs and making a real proposal we'd like to have > some input from experienced debconfers: > - Do you think it could work for DebConf? > - Do you think is it possible to estimate ~how many attendees would be > comfortable with this arrangement? Could a sort of poll help here? > - Any other idea? (regarding physical layout, noise rules etc) > We'll be soon contacting the hotels which are located close to each > venue option, and your input will help us to prepare the price quota > requests. > It may also help estimating the amount of extra rooms needed in the > venue. From how you describe the room arrangements, I think a useful guide would be to look at the attendance figures for DebConf13 in Switzerland. This should give an idea of how many DebConf attendees were willing to attend in large-room shared accommodations, vs. how many paid to upgrade or chose to stay off-site to avoid shared accom, because this question was asked explicitly as part of the registration. I would also call out that hotel accommodations were quite limited for DC13. If self-paid accommodation is readily (and afforably) available nearby, I would expect more people to select that option in Montreal than did so in Switzerland. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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