[Inpycon] venue

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 11 2011, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 18:10 +0530, Anand Balachandran Pillai wrote:
> >> I will be flat out frank then.
> >
> > frankness is appreciated. I will be frank also. I want the conference
> > to take place. Nothing was happening on the Chennai front. The only
> > thing I can offer is Coimbatore. I offered it. That's all I can do.
>
> Fair enough. If at the end of the day, Coimbatore is where all the
> energy is, we can't let the nature of the city hold us back. I agree
> with Anand on the general name of the city though and if we have options
> which are more "cosmopolitan" (for want of a better term), they'd be the
> ones I support before Coimbatore.
>

I am not convinced yet about that since so far only Kenneth
has been vocal about CMB.

Can we have a simple show of hands in this list on people who
support (not just vocally or virtually, but ready to lend a hand on the
ground) , the following cities ?

Pune - ?
Chennai - ?
Coimbatore - ?
<City X> - ?



>
> [...]
>
> > this is pretty insulting. It implies something that I have not done. I
> > have every right to make a bid for a city - and every right to point
> > out the facilities it has. I am sure Pune and Chennai would do the
> > same. And so does every city in the world that bids for anything. In
> > fact, it is not only pretty insulting but highly insulting. If you are
> > not happy with the bid, you can vote against it. Comments of this
> > nature are highly uncalled for.
>
> Yup. Your bid was solid and so were your reasons. Coimbatore in my mind
> is still a backup but FWIW, I don't think you were being unreasonable
> with your bid.
>
>
>

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--Anand
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