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| BayPiggies is taking the lead in making a bid for PyCon2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The following are the questions asked by Python.org of bidders to host PyCon. Staff and volunteers who have answers are encouraged to put the information here. This is not the official bid, so don't worry about formatting, but do try to be accurate. It helps to give the source of your information as a link. The requirements for future PyCon bids will be different than years past in that we won't be asking local groups to actually begin negotiations with venues. ''Right. We can identify candidates, but we won't be negotiating the contract.'' Instead, we're looking for a somewhat less formal proposal telling us why PyCon should be held in your local area: * Tell us, briefly, what's good and what's great about the city/region/state that would make it a good place to host PyCon. ''BayPiggies, Silicon Valley, Guido, Google...'' Tell us the pros and cons about the local area: + Are major venues (1000+ person capacity) plentiful? ''Moscone, Santa Clara Convention Center, San Jose Convention Center, various hotels'' + Are they clustered or located in any particular area? ''San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay'' + Transportation resources: o How close is the nearest major airport to the heart of the city or region? ''SFO 15 miles from downtown San Francisco, 40 miles from San Jose'' ''SJC 5 miles from downtown San Jose'' o What sort of transportation options are available? Bus, taxi, train, light-rail, subway, etc. How much does a trip on each cost? ''Yes to all. Details to be gathered.'' *Muni $1.75 *Caltrain *Santa Clara County Light Rail *BART SFO to SF $?? ''SF taxi companies:'' *Yellow Cab *Luxor Taxi & Cab Services *American Taxi Cab *Desoto Cab Co *Town Taxi Inc *City Wide Taxi Dispatch *Bay Shuttle *Royal Taxi *ABC Taxi ''Major hotels have airport shuttles.'' o How close are these resources to the large venues you identified above? ''Same distances'' + What other major (1000+ attendee) events has your area hosted recently? o Any tech-related events? ''Only a few hundred in recent years.'' :-) + How's the weather? Remember, the target is for PyCon to be held between mid-February and mid-April. ''No snow, anyway.'' * Tell us about your group: + Who are you? ''Bay Area Python Interest Group'' + What's your connection to Python? ''duh'' + How many volunteers can you expect to provide for PyCon? ''A few dozen, including volunteers from Google.'' Remember, this is planning for two years in advance. + Are there any key players who bring experience or skills that you feel are particularly valuable to PyCon? ''Well, Guido, for one.'' + Looking at the PyCon staff roles list, are there any local people who would be committed to filling a particular role? ''Yes.'' *Ed Cherlin, Chairbeing *John Menerick, Webmaster *Aahz, Acting Lord High This and That *Andrew Fife, ?? * Tell us about the local Python community: + Users group(s) for Python? Django? Zope? Plone? Any local university Python groups? ''Indeed. BayPiggies, XO Hacking Society (SF and Silicon Valley)...'' + Local companies doing exciting things with Python? o Would they be interested in sponsoring PyCon? ''Google, for a start. They say they want to continue sponsoring PyCon.'' * Tell us about the local tech community: + Who are the big IT and Tech related companies in the area? ''Uh, wow. Well, Google, HP, Apple, Intel, AMD, IBM, and a cast of thousands. o Do they use Python? ''Google does.'' |
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