hotel for fudcon tempe 2011

[Robyn Bergeron]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Paul Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robyn did some very diligent checking on our behalf to get us to this
> point. However, I know everyone agrees we don't want to throw any
> money away. I have nothing against the Courtyard or any other
> location. We simply want all the attendees who are lodging to be in
> one place so we maximize the possibilities for collaboration
> throughout the weekend, including after hours.
>
> If the Courtyard has substantially changed their price, let's look
> into this further. I have a grace period on the contract signing with
> Mission Palms (until next Monday), so that's not a worry. But we need
> to move quickly.
>
> Seth, since you've already confirmed the availability of rooms, are
> you willing to help with the following three questions?
>
> * What does airport transportation cost to the hotel?  If it's
> ~$10/person on a shuttle service, that's totally acceptable.  If it
> costs $50 by taxi, we're not saving people as much, since the light
> rail goes from the airport to just a couple blocks from the Mission
> Palms. ;-)
>
> * The Mission Palms is offering us a Friday night hospitality suite
> gratis. I would want at *least* that same deal at the Courtyard, but
> perhaps they would also throw in a hack suite somewhere -- it would
> need to be a suite or room that won't disturb other guests, though.
>
> * I would like to confirm they don't mind us bringing in pizzas and
> sodas to the hospitality suite to share with people arriving.

If we could manage to get a hospitality / hack suite for the whole
weekend - it would be possibly awesome to find out if - in addition to
having pizza / soda on Friday night - we could also do breakfast-type
things in there (coffee/soda/water, donuts, bagels, etc. ). Might be
easier than trying to figure out how to do it on-site at ASU.

Robyn

>
> * Would they have any issue with us bringing in a beefed-up broadband
> system for the weekend? We would have a properly licensed contractor
> work directly with the hotel, and I would presume that contractor
> would have references available upon request.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Robyn Bergeron
> <robyn.bergeron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's certainly different from the rate of 159/night I was quoted back
>> in april, when I started working on this.
>>
>> If that is what people want to do, then we need to make that call.
>> Since I think paul was planning on signing the contract tomorrow.
>>
>> On 8/11/10, seth vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 17:57 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 17:51 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>>>> > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 15:48 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
>>>> > > A quick review on Google maps[1] revealed that there are apparently
>>>> > > loud trains nearby.  I'm not opposed to a Courtyard as the one in
>>>> > > Toronto was very nice, but that may be something to think about.
>>>> > > Overall the reviews were positive, btw.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I read about the trains - the windows are doubled up to keep the sound
>>>> > in check and maybe this is just me b/c I've lived near-ish trains my
>>>> > whole life but I'll keep the $75/night and deal with trains a lot
>>>> > better.
>>>> >
>>>> > :)
>>>> > -sv
>>>
>>> some more info after talking to frields a bit:
>>>
>>> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fudcon-planning/2010-July/000716.html
>>>
>>>
>>> >From Robyn:
>>>> This has been the best hotel as far as convenience. There is a
>>>> Courtyard Marriott also in downtown Tempe which was approximately $10
>>>> less per night than the Mission Palms, which is located next to the
>>>> train tracks, and also was fairly uncertain that they could
>>>> accommodate the group, or have any type of meeting space for us.
>>>
>>> They're about $75 cheaper per night and I just confirmed they have 35 rooms
>>> available for that weekend.
>>>
>>> They do have meeting space but I have not confirmed its availability nor its
>>> size.
>>>
>>>
>>> If the trains are the only issue then maybe it would be worth the $100 to
>>> have someone stay the night and find out how loud they are.
>>> For 35 rooms we're talking a savings difference of about $3080.
>>>
>>> Given what I've seen for flights that's ~7-8 more people flying in from the
>>> east coast.
>>>
>>> If this is already decided I'll stop asking about it :)
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> -sv
>>>
>>>
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