[Inpycon] PyCon 2012: Venue?

[Dhananjay Nene]

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Sreekanth S Rameshaiah <sree at mahiti.org>wrote:

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> On 9 January 2012 18:49, Abdul Muneer <abdulmuneer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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).
>> The location is fine, but the facility should be better.
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> I would still vouch for free/ subsidised venue.  Lets explore other
> facilities in central Pune.
> Regards,
>

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).

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.

Dhananjay
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