True enough... but having a cut-down event in a smaller venue is
better than having no event in a bigger one...
Nicholas.
On 7 Aug 2009, at 14:37, Zeth wrote:
It is a too late now to make such a drastic change less than a month
before, however I would certainly be interested in holding a future
event there.
2009/8/7 Nicholas Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org>:
Guys,
I won't be able to attend on the 5th Sept as my brother is getting
married
on that date. Nevertheless, I still have some questions:
How many attendees are needed for a viable event to take place..?
As £2k is steep given the number of delegates (or lack thereof) how
about a
different venue for smaller numbers?
Perhaps a venue that would attract geeks anyway, would be
sympathetic to our
needs and "we" (the Python community) already know of it?
Bletchley Park..?
Positives: Half way between London and Birmingham and walking
distance from
(the relatively well connected) Bletchley station. Existing
relationship
with BP - we'd probably only need a couple of the huts for an
informal
gathering. Lots of computers. They have a cafeteria etc...
Negatives: Internet connection (lack of) - we'd need to check.
Cost..? Would
they be willing to "lend" the use of a couple of huts if
"delegates" pay the
entrance fee (about £10 iirc) or for a small charge..? Change of
venue
requires re-advertising. Insurance? (Is this needed should this be
so much
an "un" conference that the venue is only the "borrowing" of a
couple of
huts and we'd all just be visitors to a museum - a sort of un-
conference
"picnic").
Just throwing ideas up in the air. Please shoot them down.
Also, I live about 20mins from BP and I know there are others close
by -
should this idea have wings I'd be more than happy to be a body on
the
ground before the event.
Nicholas.
On 7 Aug 2009, at 09:34, René Dudfield wrote:
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk
>
wrote:
In case anyone didn't spot it, the URL to book at is:
http://pyconuk.org/booking.html
Michael
John Pinner wrote:
Hi,
We confirmed the Unconference - http:///pyconuk.org <http://pyconuk.org
> -
a couple of weeks ago and announced it on the pyconuk and python-
uk lists.
Regrettably there has been a very poor response (2 delegates, and
one of
those is me!) so faced with venue and insurance costs of approx
£2k to cover
it looks like we will have to cancel. Very disappointing given the
high
level of interest expressed at EuroPython.
Unless of course there is a sudden rush...
We'll give it until the middle of next week before making a final
decision.
Best wishes,
John
--
Cool, I've booked it!
Looking forward to meeting some uk python peoples.
I hope it goes ahead... I was planning to book it earlier, but
forgot
about it. I imagine others also need reminding :)
cu,
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