On Dec 4, 2015 9:57 AM, "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 08:58:28AM -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > So the first "last call" was some time ago.  There are current bids as
> > indicated in the article as well.  It seems disingenuous to send it
> > out even further without giving folks an idea what the new bidders
> > should be concentrating on that wasn't there in the previous bids.
> > However, I don't want to put anyone on the spot.  Is there something
> > we can highlight appropriately?  (This is probably a question for
> > CommOps and the Flock team.)
>
> AFAIK, it's down to cost. We need somewhere where a) the venue is
> affordable and b) flights are cheap (the benchline is round-trip from
> BOS, RDU, BOM, CDG, and PRG).
>
> Based on experience in Rochester, it's also ideal if the venue _is_ the
> hotel. (As I understand it, in that case, the venue was actually
> _included_ when we booked enough rooms; I don't know if that can be
> duplicated in Europe.)

To my understanding, this is all accurate, yes.
--RemyD.