What about the San Jose Convention Center? --- On Wed, 1/27/10, Luca de Alfaro <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Luca de Alfaro <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania? To: "San Francisco Wikimedians" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 5:49 PM I have also been told that Google does not have enough space; nearby, there is the Computer History Museum, but that holds also only up to 400 people... Luca On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. I'd say 1000 is a high number, 800 > attendees would be much more likely. We've typically had 4-6 > concurrent tracks at past conferences. And then -- and this is the > toughest part -- having a "community space" where people can hang out > during the conf with laptops, after-hours, etc., is great. This has > been a big room with couches, the last few conferences. > > At Berkeley, other than the keynotes issue (and it looks like Wheeler > or Zellerbach would work for that) it looks like the Clark Kerr campus > would fit the bill nicely: > http://conferenceservices.berkeley.edu/summer_conf_ckc_fp.html > > This has a wide variety of rooms, plus: > "Accommodations in suites and residence hall rooms are available for > approximately 700 guests." > > NO idea about costs, though. > > Y'all are getting into this! It is worth noting that the Clark Kerr campus is a separate location about a half of a mile from the main campus. Most people at Berkeley never have anything to do with Clark Kerr facility and hence don't really know what is there. Because it is a bit of a walk between the two, it would probably be best to have events primarily at either Clark Kerr or at the main campus. But doing a lot at both sites would be very awkward. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
_______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
