Pete Stean wrote: > I have *major* connections in Manchester, and may be able to sort out > something with the City Council IT people if this gets a bit firmer > (I'm not the Government liason with the Digital Challenge 10 group of > local authorities for nothing...) > > I could also move some levers with Brum, but the facilities I have in > mind in Manchester (right in the city centre with a great suite of > rooms) would be better I think > > And btw there's nothing wrong with redhat t-shirts, I have a baseball > cap and a badge in fact :) > > Pete > > I'm from Birmingham and currently living in Manchester (just to make my bias transparent). My Dad also lives in London Monday-Friday.
Any of those three locations would be alright for me. However, I think there are some very decent venues in Manchester, and there are quite a few decent open source companies around Manchester that I would imagine to be interested in supporting an UbuConUK. Manchester also has very many students (many of whom are yet to hear the good news re: ubuntu). I also think it's a far better position for people traveling from all parts of the UK, with brilliant rail links and a nice big coach station. The pub scene is also very good, so there'll be plenty of places to socialise outside of the conference as well as inside it - and the prices are bound to be better than down south :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
