Announcement imminent

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 04:22:37PM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:12 PM, David Nalley <david at gnsa.us> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 06:41:11PM +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> >>> Paul W. Frields wrote:
> >>> > Robyn has forwarded a contract with the hotel for rooms.  We are
> >>> > trying to work out some details on that contract so that we're not
> >>> > stuck with a bill we can't pay, but (ironically?) one of the things we
> >>> > could use is a growing list of out of staters that tells us we can
> >>> > make a specific minimum (like 35, 40, or 50 rooms).
> >>> >
> >>> > So I spent part of today working on the FUDCon namespace page for the
> >>> > event, and will continue to work on it tomorrow so we can announce the
> >>> > event quickly.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> Awesome! I've pre-registered, continuing the tradition of being an early bird
> >>> registration FUDCon party-crasher! ;-)
> >>>
> >>> -- Jeroen
> >>>
> >>> PS. Flights from overseas (AMS or LHR <-> PHX) look like ~E 600,- anyways.
> >>> Along with 4 nights in a shared hotel room (~$100,- per night per person), the
> >>> costs add up to about $1200 just for physical proximity -no drinks included,
> >>> and boy can I drink ;-) Just giving you a window of reference for
> >>> international (overseas) visitors.
> >>
> >> As I mentioned, part of the planning process is figuring out where and
> >> how to offer subsidies, full or partial.  We generally offer fewer for
> >> people outside the region.  In the same way that the EMEA FUDCon is
> >> trying to spend a little less on bringing USA people in, because of
> >> costs, the same thing applies to the NA FUDCon.  But we always have
> >> some international visitors there and can work out subsidies wherever
> >> it makes sense.
> >>
> >> So after our thread derailed (only slightly) ;-) into hotel choice,
> >> I've had almost no one on the planning committee (Robyn? Ryan? Jared?)
> >> respond to the original inquiry about an announcement.  Does it make
> >> sense to just gather names now, so we can move forward more
> >> confidently with the hotel?
> >
> >
> > I am not on said committee, but I think it makes sense to go ahead and
> > announce. I think we have essentially reached the point of no return
> > for the dates and location. So I don't think, as far as hotel, city,
> > or dates, that anything is really subject to change at this point.
> > What is left is negotiating with the hotel (which the announcement
> > will help by getting us some preliminary numbers) and airlines
> > (Assuming Mr. Parrish hasn't already completed that)
> 
> I think announcing might as well happen at this point as well. I think
> saying "we're pretty sure we're going to have it here on these dates
> at this hotel so we need your names on this list" is pretty much an
> announcement, so we might as well call it what it is :)

Sounds like a quorum to me.  (And David, anyone who's helping figure
things out is just as much a part of the committee as people who
happen to live near the site!) :-)

OK, I'll prepare an announcement on the wiki today as soon as I can.

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