[Inpycon] venue for 2013

[Anush Shetty]

+1 for Nimhans.

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Anush

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We should book dates and venue for PyCon India 2013 early this time.
>
> The possible options are:
>
> * Nimhans
> * JN Tata
> * some 5 start hotel
>
> We discusses briefly about it the last meeting and but haven't reached
> a conclusion.
>
> I spoke to Kiran about the quality of 5-hotels and here is what I got from him.
>
> * They don't have seats with raised elevation like in auditoriums,
> making it hard for people it the back to see what is happening.
>
> * They don't push back seats, don't have arm rest.
>
> * They put a white cover over the seat, which starts sliding down when
> sit on it for long.
>
> On the whole these places are not designed for people to sit for long hours.
>
> Kiran, is there anything that you would like to add it this?
>
> That leaves us with the option of Nimhans and JN Tata. I would for
> Nimhans because it is more accessible, it has a 25MBPS BSNL line and
> hasgeek is doing another event there early september 2013.
>
> Since hasgeek is doing an event there, we'll get to know about the
> issues early and we can prepare for well.
>
> I also heard from some hasgeek folks that Nimhans is planning to raise
> their rates from 2013. We'll save some money if we book it right now.
>
> I suggest we book Nimhans once the dates are finalized. I'll start
> another thread to discuss the dates.
>
> Comments?
>
> Anand
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