Re: [Debian-NYC] [Fwd: DebConf10 pre-proposal: New York City]
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Micah Anderson wrote:
>
>> * Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> [2008-08-11 15:31-0400]:
>>
>>> The last Podcamp NYC was at Poly, about 250 signed up, with a peak of
>>> 160ish at once. The total Podcamp paid Poly was about $3k. Compare
>>> that to the previous year in a big hotel's conference center: $30k.
>>> Barcamp NYC was just there, it had 24/7 access to one 10m x 20m room
>>> with 9 projectors, and 9am-11pm access to the rest of the spaces. I
>>> think the budget for Poly was $2k. Poly just merged with NYU, and
>>> NYU is a money-making machine, so that might change. Hopefully not.
>
>> Can you give an idea of how long these events lasted for? Debconf is
>> typically just shy of 2 weeks, with a smaller debcamp before-hand,
>> and a
>> larger 1 week event as the main attraction.
>
> The camps are 1-3 days, so short. The Poly campus is pretty dead in
> summer, so two weeks should be possible. But it would also be good to
> mix it up a bit, NYC is a big place. So perhaps the camp could be at
> one location, and the conf at another.
>
> Also, there is a hacklab 5 minutes away from Poly:
> http://www.nycresistor.com/
Google has made their facilities in Chelsea available for community
events in the past, without charge. This of course is nowhere near
Poly, but would be easy on the budget.
- Ron
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