[Chicago] Pycon in Chicago?

Fri Mar 8 16:37:41 CET 2013

PyCon 2009 was a very large loss, financially, for the PSF.

Alex

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was not a loss at all. It may have lost some money; although, it was
> hugely popular. I think I recall something regarding
> unexpected catered meals at sprints was one major cost we did not expect.
> PSF recovers quickly and is not there to make it rich.
>
> In the '08 survey 89% of those who took it (over 60% of attendees) rated
> "your overall satisfaction with PyCon 2008 in general" High or above.
> .
> ChiPy put the bid package together and brought it here. It was people like
> Ted Pollari, Carl Karsten, Chris McAvoy and countless others who made it
> happen. It was really an excellent bid. They did amazing work. There was a
> lot of blood sweat and tears once it got here. We all learned a lot from
> the experience.
>
> Truth is, however, I do believe the statement that Rosemont is not Chicago
> is true.  Chicago is famously good for having the best trade show
> conferences in the country. We can bring PyCon back to Chicago. And now
> that we have a new-scene and new resources in downtown Chicago we can make
> it happen here. It is a huge undertaking; however, Chicago is very well
> suited for this conference. It simply is twice the size and it needs
> big shoulders  It would require a lot of work on the park of some very
> dedicated ChiPy members. However, it is a very reasonable goal.
>
> I am not sure I have the resources to lead this bid personally; however, I
> will be more than happy to contribute. I have lots of ideas how we can
> leverage some relationships in downtown Chicago to make this happen.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Adam "Cezar" Jenkins <
> emperorcezar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ah. I believe you're right. One of them was a big loss. I've heard all
>> kinds of reasons, all rumors so I won't go repeating them.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Naomi Ceder <naomi.ceder at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Jason Wirth <wirth.jason at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >> 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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>>>>     wirth.jason at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Adam "Cezar" Jenkins <
>>>> emperorcezar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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