Hi all, I've gotten confirmation of the change to use the ballroom for our opening and closing plenary sessions for DebConf14. So that's now settled. I've also gotten feedback from PSU facilities staff regarding our required room layouts. We had nominal seating capacities of 98, 70, and 48 for the rooms. With the configurations we've specified (podium, projector, screen, cameras), PSU informs us that the actual seating capacity for these rooms will be 84, 50, and 40. (And looking back at their booking information, it's clear now that the "70" for room 328 is a misprint.) Do we (and I guess in particular, the talks team) believe that these capacities will meet our needs? If not, please let me know what you believe we should do. For reference, the booking information, with nominal seating capacities, is here: http://www.pdx.edu/conferences/sites/www.pdx.edu.conferences/files/Booking%20information%20for%20external%20clients_1.pdf Possible reconfigurations might include adding a third talk room on the second floor at a "medium space" rate (probably room 298 if it's available, with a capacity of ~70), then either combining 327 and 328 as a single talk room with capacity of ~150 and keeping 329 with capacity of 40, or combining 329 and 329 for a capacity of ~70 and keeping 327 with capacity of 84. Either of these configurations would be a net addition of one "large room". According to the latest confirmation from PSU, this would in fact still keep us within the overall budget for the venue. So the two questions are: - Do we need the additional seating capacity in the talk rooms? (Talks - team) - If we move one of the talk rooms downstairs, can we still wire it up? (Kees) As before, we should decide quickly on this so that I can get back to PSU in time to secure a reservation (if that's still possible). Please send feedback before Monday. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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