Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:14:23 -0600 (CST) From: bitsurfer <bitsurfr@enteract.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000327161007.40748A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000327131920.03fc4a40@localhost>
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McCormick Place (on the lakefront) Same place as the upcoming Comdex next month... Ohare airport (cab access aswell as public rail) Midway airport (somewhat smaller) again, public transportation and then there is Meigs field) service a more private class of fliers. As far as the unios go, I don't know about (I suspect that may be more of an urban leagend then fact). Just a thought. _____________________________________________________________________ RSA Key Fingerprint = 6D0B 5536 7825 3D09 9093 384A 9694 FDB6 RSA Key Fingerprint = 4390 44E5 E316 F2AA A11E 5755 F3F9 D69B DH/DSS Fingerprint = 089B 0B5C 75C7 A7B4 B050 DD14 2D65 5DD6 E87D 239A PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common keyservers _____________________________________________________________________ On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > Chicago is a possibility. However, its trade unions are known to > exploit trade show organizers and exhibitors and so make it more > difficult to hold a trouble-free convention. > > The size of the city isn't really an issue so long as it has > good air transportation and a sufficiently large hotel to hold > the convention. Currently, the BSDs are still gathering steam, > so a moderately large suburban or urban hotel would do. The > Adam's Mark in Denver, for example, is known to be a very good > venue for conventions and offers highly discounted weekend rates. > > --Brett > > At 12:35 PM 3/27/2000 , bitsurfer wrote: > > >Why not in the Chicago area??? Surley its larger than say Boulder ;) > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > > > >RSA Key Fingerprint = 6D0B 5536 7825 3D09 9093 384A 9694 FDB6 > >RSA Key Fingerprint = 4390 44E5 E316 F2AA A11E 5755 F3F9 D69B > >DH/DSS Fingerprint = 089B 0B5C 75C7 A7B4 B050 DD14 2D65 5DD6 E87D 239A > > > >PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common keyservers > >_____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > At 08:35 PM 3/26/2000 , John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > >Several of us were talking on IRC the other day about trying to > > > >organize a BSDCon on the east coast of the U.S. Instead of just > > > >pestering Jordan, we figured it would be more productive to do some > > > >of the legwork ourselves and see how feasible it would really be. > > > > > > If it were a true "BSDCon" rather than just a "FreeBSDCon," it > > > would draw even more people. I'd like to see this. > > > > > > As for location: I can help organize for sure if it's done > > > in Denver or Boulder. These cities have advantages > > > in that, while they're east of the Rockies (and thus > > > qualify as "east"), they are still relatively near the > > > center of the continent and are thus convenient to get to. > > > > > > --Brett > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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