[EuroPython] Göteborg proposal, draft

Martijn Faassen faassen at vet.uu.nl
Fri Aug 15 02:02:12 EDT 2003


Paul Everitt wrote:
> >We aim to hold the conference at Chalmers University of Technology.
> >We do not currently have figures for costs, but they should be 
> >substantially under what CEME charges.
> 
> I'm afraid I can't really vote with much confidence on a "should be" 
> piece of data for such a critical matter.  Choices:
> 
> 1) Somebody steps forward and agrees to make up the difference if this 
> is wrong.
> 
> 2) We provide a way out: if this proves wrong, we switch back.
> 
> Other choices to mitigate this risk?  After, finances are one of the 
> major items, and venue is a major component of cost.

What would help is to actually get some figures on what CEME charges,
and what Chalmers would charge.

I know Jacob has very good contacts within Chalmers, so presumably he
has some clue on what he's talking about, too.

Regards,

Martijn




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