[Texas] PyTexas 2010 Retrospective: Facility

[cody at telnet.org]

I found Waco to be a good location.  The hotel selection was fair and 
there are some nice things to visit outside of the PyTexas event.

The site for the event seemed good too.  The building is certainly nice. 
The cafeteria food selection was good relative to the cost.  I'm with 
the pro-walking crowd, but it would have been nicer if it was late fall.

Having someone dedicated to the projector/audo setups might have helped, 
similar to Kevin's room proctor idea.

Having the lightening talk signups grouped with the other schedule and 
open space materials might have helped with that turnout.

Overall I think its a nice location and a good selection for next year.

thanks,
c


On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Brad Allen wrote:

> Let's discuss how well our venue worked out this time, at the Baylor
> University Science Building in Waco. Should we plan to use the same
> venue next year?
>
> My default is to prefer the same location for next year, because we
> now have experience with this venue and know how to make it work.
> However, it may be worth exploring alternatives.
>
> One important question will be whether we can secure a large
> auditorium room. This year we had ~92 attendees and our keynote room
> was past capacity.  I have some ideas about how to increase turnout
> for next year, and want plan to support up to 200 attendees. Getting
> everyone into one room is critical for certain moments in the
> conference.
>
> Some notes:
>
> * Wireless was down till about 9:30am(?). Thanks to Jeremy Langley for
> getting IT support to fix it!
> * One hour was not long enough for lunch, due to the long walk to the cafeteria.
> * The food in the cafeteria seemed pretty good ($8 all you can eat
> buffet). Do you agree? How many of you missed going to the cafeteria
> because of the earlier misdirection of the food court with Quizno's
> and Chick-Fillet ?
> * We had some technical issues with one of the projectors; I heard
> that one talk had to be given with no projector (Intro to Version
> Control). I'm not sure what happened there.
> * The security paperwork to support wireless access is a bit
> cumbersome at Baylor, but I think it was acceptable and we can live
> with doing it again next year. What do you think?
> * There was a lot of walking required, both to and from the parking
> garage, and to and from the cafeteria. We got lucky with the weather,
> which could have been much hotter or much rainier. That is a big risk
> for future events at the same place.
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