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Re: [PLUG] KDE Conference 2005
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:14:07AM -0400, Ian Reinhart Geiser wrote:
> Greetings,
> There is talk of proposing Philly as the location for the 2005 KDE
> developers conference. The only sticking point that we have is that the
> conference has been growing every year, and forecasts put next years
> attendance at 350-400 people. 150-200 of these are students and KDE
> developers who cannot afford to attend a commercial conference location
> like we have downtown. Historicly we have been big fans of using
> university campuses, but I'm having problems getting to "the right people"
> to see if we can get into a campus for free or for cheap.
>
> Basicly our requirements are on site food service that is discounted, or
> at least bundled with the stay. Dorms, or hostel type accomidations for
> students and developers. Hotels for those who can afford such things on
> their own. Lastly (most important in some peoples minds) computer labs
> for the week long coding marathon. We also provide classes, and
> presentations, so classrooms with beamers would be handy too. Other nice
> things would be easy access from the rail and bus lines, and close
> proximity to bars ;)
>
> if anyone has any inside links to villanova (my personal favorite),
> swathmore, Upenn, or any other in the philly metro area please let me
> know.
>
> Cheers
> -ian reinhart geiser
>
>
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> --
> +-Ian Reinhart Geiser geiseri@sourcextreme.com
> +-Vice President of Engineering
> +-http://www.sourcextreme.com
> +-It's not that we don't make mistakes, we just don't keep them around.
Have you asked our meeting hosts, USP, if they could accomodate the group?
I'd go directly to Guillermo (who's probably reading this about the same
time that you are.) :-)
Contact info:
Guillermo Moyna, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
600 South 43rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495
"The only existing things are atoms and empty space.
All else is mere opinion" - Democritus, 370 B.C.
Office: Griffith Hall 360
Phone: (215) 596-8526
Fax: (215) 596-8543
e-mail: g.moyna@usip.edu
Eric
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# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
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# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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