<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Sreekanth S Rameshaiah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sree@mahiti.org">sree@mahiti.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On 9 January 2012 18:49, Abdul Muneer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abdulmuneer@gmail.com" target="_blank">abdulmuneer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>The biggest drawback is the old school presentation as you mentioned. This is not on par with the presentations we see on US pycon etc.</p>
<p>I guess being free may not be a big advantage given the sponsors we have (those who worked on the sponsorship are more qualified to say abt it than me). <br>
The location is fine, but the facility should be better. </p></blockquote></div><div><br>I would still vouch for free/ subsidised venue. Lets explore other facilities in central Pune.<br>Regards,<br></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br>Here's the issue. At least amongst the facilities we reviewed last year, this was perhaps the best last year. Others were larger but older or newer but smaller. There were nicer and larger facilities but they were really waaaay out of town (we would need to hire buses to take people to and fro). <br>
<br>Not meaning to suggest that we should not explore a few more facilities this year, but I wouldn't hold my breath much. I think it will boil down to within central pune or way far out if one wants "newer" facilities. There just aren't too many "new" places which can seat 700 in an auditorium, and have more capacity for 1-2 additional tracks and classrooms etc. I think it will be important to understand our apetite for out of town venues.<br>
<br>Dhananjay<br></div></div>