Hello Bruno, thank you for your questions and your kind words to both bids. Regarding your questions:
* Will you post a recording of how to say the name of your town so that all non-Spaniards can practice it before going? - Indeed the English (and German) name of Zaragoza is Saragossa, so both names can be used. We are more than happy to use the international name, in order to make life easier for all international members. We usually use Zaragoza because the Spanish name is the brand used by the city. Moreover, 90% of Spanish speakers in the world (all Latin Americans ) would use the international spelling, being the Z pronounced as an S. Wikipedia shows this pronunciation for the city: (Spanish pronunciation: [θaɾaˈɣoθa]), but is definitely easier using the S intead of the Z, as in 'Saragossa' :-) * Same as above: Does the venue have enough power sockets to enable attendees to recharge between events (lots of laptops => lots of flat batteries)? Yes, we will provide sockets inside the different rooms, and extra tables outside with sockets, with assistance from our local AZ Linux team if needed. Thanks for asking because this is not a minor issue: in a recent event we organised two months ago, the Spanish national OS conference (www.libresoftwareworldconference.com), we increased the number of available sockets for the 700 attendees (we expected around 500, but finally, 200 more registered). With the help of the local maintenance team at the Saragossa City Council, extra power lines coming from other floors were added to provide enough energy for all laptops during the event. To make it more clear visually, all interested members can check the location of the rooms here at the Seminario building, as seen in the illustration we made for that event: http://www.libresoftwareworldconference.com/localizacion/dentro-de-la-sede.html The large Auditorium (Salon de Actos, with 280 seats) is located in the ground floor (Planta Calle) , and the rest of the rooms are located in the first floor (Planta Primera), with three medium halls up to 80 seats, and three other rooms for 30-40 people. Thanks, best regards Juan Pradas -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] LibOCon proposals Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:04:13 +0000 From: Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com> Reply-to: discuss@documentfoundation.org To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Questions for Zaragoza: * Will you post a recording of how to say the name of your town so that all non-Spaniards can practice it before going? * Same as above: Does the venue have enough power sockets to enable attendees to recharge between events (lots of laptops => lots of flat batteries)? Cheers, Bruno -- -- Juan Pradas Gestor de Proyectos Milla Digital - Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza Milla Digital Project Manager - Zaragoza City Council Av. Hispanidad, 20, Edificio Seminario 50009 Zaragoza (Spain) Tel. +34-976-723738 http://www.zaragoza.es/tecnologia www.facebook.com/milladigital http://twitter.com/milladigital -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
