[Chicago] Pycon in Chicago?

[Naomi Ceder]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Jason Wirth <wirth.jason at gmail.com> wrote:

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> >> If there is a bid from Chicago, it will have to be a good one. I
> remember that 08 was a huge loss for the PSF.
>
> I was just getting into Python around 2008 and didn't know much about the
> language, it's culture, nor it's conferences. What happened to make the
> event a loss?
>
> I believe it was 2009 and the great crash that was the money losing year.
2008 was a reasonable success, enough so that things were expanded to cover
2 hotels, so with the crash the losses were impressive, over $200K, IIRC.




> I'd think Chicago would be an excellent choice--plenty of hotels and large
> convention spaces (although are there union issues?), easy public transit
> as well as multiple airports, access from both coasts, etc....
>
> The only downside, as far as I can tell, is that Chicago doesn't have a
> "geek" culture like Silicon Valley.
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Adam "Cezar" Jenkins <
> emperorcezar at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If there is a bid from Chicago, it will have to be a good one. I remember
>> that 08 was a huge loss for the PSF.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Brantley Harris <deadwisdom at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> I agree with this.  After all PyCon has never been in Chicago as I do
>>> not consider Rosemont to be Chicago.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Jason Wirth <wirth.jason at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently saw that Pycon is looking for alternative locations.
>>>> http://pycon.blogspot.com/2013/03/looking-for-2016-2017-host-cities.html
>>>>
>>>> What are people's thoughts on Chicago as a location?
>>>>
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>>>>     wirth.jason at gmail.com
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