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= Preliminary DC-area surveys =

Please add information here that you have obtained from specific venues. Where possible please include contact details for your sources of information, and '''add your own identity'''.
  * The Inn and Conference Center (University of Maryland University College)
    * Contact Tim Ultenbern (301-985-7855).  
    * Auditorium supports 750 people.  
    * Foodservice available in hallway or in main ballroom.  
    * Flexible catering.  
    * 3 Floors of meeting rooms ranging in sizes from small to large.  
    * Available March 21 - 25, with sprints and/or open space rooms available 2 days before and/or after.  
    * Cost is $85 per person per day, which includes rooms, beverages (coffee and soda), AV, lunch, service charges, and parking.  
    * Rooms available for reservation.  
    * Wireless complimentary in public areas (hallways), and to get a line into each meeting room we'd need $175 per line per day.  We can install our own switch and/or 802.11 access point.

  * Stamp Student Union (University of Maryland College Park)
    * Contact Paul Prescott (301-314-7881) or Stamp Student Union (ask for reservations: 301-314-3375)
    * Grand ballroom supports 800 people, auditorium style
    * Hoff theatre supports 500 people
    * Food is catered (same as UMUC above)
    * The food outlets in basement are closed during spring break
    * There are rooms that hold 100 - 250 people, including the colony ballroom
    * Recommended talking to UMUC, as it is more self contained and perhaps more appropriate.  Am waiting on a callback from Stamp Union.



= Other possibilities =

Some possible sites: 

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (really!)
http://www.conferencesolution.com/ (Arlington, up to 750)

Marymount U.: http://www.marymount.edu/confcenter/main.html (Arlington, up
to 750, but only available from May to August 1st),

DoubleTree Tysons Corner:
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=IADLRDT (largest
room is 600; calls itself "executive", so probably pricy).

4H Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland
http://www.4hcenter.org/index.html (up to 800, but specializing in youth
conferences; has 800 beds available, though)

Hilton Mark Center, Alexandria 
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=DCAAHHH (largest room
seats 1200; this is where Python10 was held; forget about mass transit,
though).


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