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PyCon2006 will be held near Dallas, Texas. The conference is currently in the early planning stages.

The venue will be the Dallas-Addison Marriott Quorum ([http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/DALQC Hotel's Website]) ([http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=14901+Dallas+Parkway&csz=Dallas%2C+Texas+75254&country=us Map to Hotel])

The Marriott Quorum hotel is located on the north side of Dallas, in the suburban http://www.addisontexas.net/ Town of Addison.

Activities

To be decided.

Registration

Registration costs have not yet been set.

Dates and times

The planned dates are:

     Wed, Feb 22: Setup
     Thu, Feb 23: Tutorials
     Fri, Feb 24: PyCon day 1
     Sat, Feb 25: PyCon day 2
     Sun, Feb 26: PyCon day 3
     Mon, Feb 27: Sprints 1
     Tue, Feb 28: Sprints 2
     Wed, Mar  1: Sprints 3
     Thu, Mar  2: Sprints 4 / teardown

The schedule isn't final (the contract with the venue has not been signed yet), but this is the current plan.

Accommodations

A limited number of rooms will be available at the Marriott Quorum at conference rates of $79/night for single and double rooms, $89/night for triple and quadruple rooms. Local taxes of 13% will be added onto this nightly rate.

Networking (for Computers)

No details yet.

Local Information

["/NearbyRestaurants"]
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Dallas Wikitravel page for Dallas]
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Addison Wikitravel page for Addison]

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-PyCon2006 is currently in the very early planning stages.  
A location has not been set; we don't even know what city it'll be in.
Venue selection is in progress at the moment; see ["/Venue"] for details.
+PyCon2006 will be held near Dallas, Texas.  The conference is currently in the early planning stages.  

The venue will be the Dallas-Addison Marriott Quorum 
([http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/DALQC Hotel's Website]) ([http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=14901+Dallas+Parkway&csz=Dallas%2C+Texas+75254&country=us Map to Hotel]) 

The Marriott Quorum hotel is located on the north side of Dallas, in the suburban [[http://www.addisontexas.net/ Town of Addison]].
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-The exact date has not been chosen yet; it will probably be in the spring of 2006.
+The planned dates are:{{{
     Wed, Feb 22: Setup
     Thu, Feb 23: Tutorials
     Fri, Feb 24: PyCon day 1
     Sat, Feb 25: PyCon day 2
     Sun, Feb 26: PyCon day 3
     Mon, Feb 27: Sprints 1
     Tue, Feb 28: Sprints 2
     Wed, Mar  1: Sprints 3
     Thu, Mar  2: Sprints 4 / teardown
}}}
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-Is it possible to hold the conference on a Fri/Sat/Sun rather than on weekdays? I think it might increase attendance, especially for people who cant afford to take a lot of time off from work. -- CG
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venue has not been signed yet), but this is the current plan.
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+ * [http://wikitravel.org/en/Dallas Wikitravel page for Dallas]
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