[Inpycon] Possible Venues in Bangalore

[Sreekanth S Rameshaiah]

On 5 June 2012 14:38, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Starting a new thread to discuss possible venues in Bangalore, if we
> conduct the event in Bangalore.
>
> 1. Dharmaram College
>
> HasGeek conducts events regularly at this place and it is very
> accessible. It has 2 rooms of capacity 150+ and 3 rooms of capacity
> 100. Each room costs about 5K/day.
>
> Pros:
> * Easily accessible
> * Not very expensive
> * HasGeek has an airtel broadband connection at this place and we'll
> be able to make use of it
>
> Cons:
> * Capacity is 450. Assuming that some people will be out socializing,
> the max capacity is around 600
>
> 2. M S Ramaiah College
>
> PyCon India 2010 was conducted here. I think there were big enough
> auditoriums.
>
> Pros:
> * We've already conducted the event there once
> * Will probably get free of cost
>
> Cons:
>
> * We need some student volunteers to coordinate the venue
> * Not so much accessible
>
> 3. RVCE
>
> We considered this venue for PyCon India 2010, but favored Ramaiah
> because it is more accessible than RVCE.
>
> Pros:
> * Will probably get for free of cost
>
> Cons:
> * Too far from city
>
> 4. Amrita University
>
> I did a Python workshop at this place and I'm in touch with some
> students there. It is a bit far from the center of city, but not too
> far.
>
> Pros:
> * Will probably get for free of cost
> * There will be enough capacity
> * I have some contacts
>
> Cons:
> * Not very accessible
>
> 5. IIMB
>
> I've attended some barcamps at this place. They have big enough
> auditoriums.
>
> Pros:
> * High Capacity
> * We may get it for free
>
> Cons:
> * Far from city
> * Will involve lot of efforts to initialize the dialog
>
> 6. Nimhans Auditorium
>
> I'm not sure how much it costs, but it will be too expensive for us.
>
> Pros:
> * High Capacity
> * Professional
> * Easily accessible
>
> Cons:
> * Too expensive
>
> With the limited time we have at our hand, I think Dharmaram College
> will better for us. However, conducting the event at some engg.
> college has an advantage of involving the student community.
>
> Comments?
>
Should we explore few more?
- sree
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