[Chicago] equipment in storage

[Brad Allen]

Hello, Chicago Python list. I signed up to your list so that I could 
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David's email.

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>On 3/1/07, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
>>I have a basement with an small doored room that could be dedicated
>>to pycon stuff.
>>
>>How big is the current storage, and how much is used?
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>On 3/2/07, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>>I have basement and attic space available.  I'm in Evanston, and am
>>not going anywhere.  How much stuff do you have?

In addition to the 10-15 boxes plus 40 power strips (4 foot each,
packaging to be determined),  don't forget that in the time leading up to
PyCon, someone will also need to volunteer to receive and store potentially
60+ big boxes containing t-shirts, tote bags, swag, etc.

You may also need to accumulate additional items to store. We are
not sending you everything, since some items were not cost effective
to ship:  the kiosk computers and peripherals, large whiteboards, and
the projector tables.

We found the projector tables at thrift shops, since the hotel wanted
to charge us exorbitant prices to use their projector tables.

Having a storage facility to centrally marshall everything will simplify
your logistics, and is well worth the cost. A 10 x 10 room may be
overkill, but you can decide that based on pricing.  We had 4x6 ( I think)
but that turned out to be too small for us to stage the 60+ swag boxes
prior to PyCon 2007. As a result our U-Haul truck had an out of the
way stop, and we were delayed getting everything to the hotel.
A bigger storage space would have saved that headache and allowed
volunteers to get to work earlier.

>mehow and
>the boxes picked up & shipped by ground (i.e. cheaply).  Someone
>mentioned palletizing; could you look into that as well?  Who will
>coordinate the Dallas end?

We will discuss this at today's DFW Python meeting.