Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: san juan del sur NOT managua
I've just subscribed to these lists, there is something of a backlog
awaiting moderator approval.
I'm going to basically assume that I can help a bit on the conference
itself, which will be in Managua, and help out on visitors to SJDS,
those that want to vacation a little and see more of the country.
That said, I'll plug my fav town a little bit more below.
2011/8/23 Leandro Gómez <leo.telsen@gmail.com>:
> 2011/8/23 Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
>>
>> As for conference facilities, depends on how much you need... you
>> could easily take over several restaurants during the day...
>>
>
> You can take a look at the Priority List and Location Check List over here:
> http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/PriorityList
> http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/LocationCheckList
> Basically, we need food, accomodation and conference facilities for ~300
> people. Internet connection of 10/20 Mbits at least. Accesibility is not an
> option; the hotels and conference facilities *must* be ready and safe for
> people with any kind of handicap.
Food & Accommodation would not be a problem, or so I think. On the
high end, there's pelican eyes in addition to villas de palermo, as
well as a large-but-often-closed place in remanso... and on the lower
end, all sorts of accommodation down to several excellent hostels such
as
http://www.casaeloro.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Casa-Feliz/188497327840409
The place absorbed the survivor team fairly well.
conference facilities is tougher... from a random walk perspective
there would be numerous rooms/spaces around a 7 block area in town
that could be used. I'm not terribly familiar with the insides of the
two big hotels mentioned - just the pools!
As for handicaps - I've only seen one wheelchair lift in my time down
there. HOWEVER - it's perfectly safe to walk in the center of the
street most of the time, and I have a paraplegic friend there that
manages well. This is not a first world country - also lacking in most
places are things like air conditioning. And things like the water and
electric fail on a regular basis.
As for bandwidth, there's plenty, spread around in nearly every hotel,
restauarant and cafe. It's the latency that gets people, not the
bandwidth. There is a long time between click and response - the
nearest F-root dns server is 80ms away, as one example - redwood city,
california 140ms away...
> Local people is something we really
> need. Even a 4 hour round trip is problematic when most of our team members
> are from Managua.
I will ping a few people that live in or near managua to see what help
can be had there. And
>
>>
>> Anyway, I've made my pitch. I was planning to be back there by january
>> myself, and could help.
>>
>
> Please contact us when you come back. Help is always welcome!
Well, I am contacting you now. :) I'll be in europe through late
December, but was planning on a few months back in SJDS after
Christmas...
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Dave Täht
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