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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:

BayPiggies, Silicon Valley, Guido, Google...

Tell us the pros and cons about the local area:

Moscone, Santa Clara Convention Center, San Jose Convention Center, various hotels

San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay

SFO 15 miles from downtown San Francisco, 40 miles from San Jose SJC 5 miles from downtown San Jose

Yes to all. Details to be gathered.

SF taxi companies:

Major hotels have airport shuttles.

o How close are these resources to the large venues you identified above?

Same distances

Only a few hundred in recent years. :-)

No snow, anyway.

Bay Area Python Interest Group

duh

A few dozen, including volunteers from Google.

Well, Guido, for one.

Yes.

Indeed. BayPiggies, XO Hacking Society (SF and Silicon Valley)...

Google, for a start. They say they want to continue sponsoring PyCon.

Uh, wow. Well, Google, HP, Apple, Intel, AMD, IBM, and a cast of thousands.

Google does.

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