[Chicago] Fwd: [PyCON-Organizers] Convention post-mortem and New '08 Location meeting?

[Ted Pollari]

Just a head's up, in case anyone actually wanted to try to get PyCon  
to Chicago next year, see the following message, forwarded from the  
PyCon organizers list that I've been monitoring.  I'll offer a little  
help on this if people want to get it here, but I can't take the lead  
on this as it's now looking all but sure that I'm moving out of  
Chicago come August.

-ted


Begin forwarded message:

> Napoleone, Doug wrote:
>> Last year there was a Plenary meeting 'Pycon 2007 and Beyond'. We  
>> don't have
>> one scheduled yet for 07.  There have been anouncements that the new
>> location will be decided at PyCon '07.
>> Last year the post mortem was at 4:45 after the sprint assignment.
>> With the new extended schedual, that would put the meeting after  
>> 6:15 which
>> I think is too late.
>>
>> Do we have any proposals for a new location yet?
>> Do we have a meeting in mind for deciding?
>> When will it be?
>
> I'm not aware of anyone putting in a bid to host PyCon 2008.   
> Andrew sent a
> call out some weeks ago, but nothing has come through the official  
> channels
> I'm on.  I'd like to see some teams at least beginning to put up  
> bid websites,
> collecting photos of the facilities and beginning the often weeks-long
> negotiation with universities and hotels to determine what's  
> available when.
>
> Frankly, I'm a touch disappointed as I'm used to the way science  
> fiction
> conferences work, where the next year organizers play some role in  
> the current
> year preparations, in order to learn the ropes and build  
> relationships.  Even
> if we have not selected a team for 2008, the individuals making it  
> up could be
> gaining valuable experience, and we could be getting useful insight  
> into how
> well they organize.  Hopefully this tradition will develop in the  
> PyCon
> community in the years to come and we can formalize the bid process  
> somewhat.
>
> -Jeff