DC-Area PyCamp
Goals
- 2-day event, held on a weekend in October or November 2008.
- Held in the DC or Baltimore area.
- Will feature 1 track of self-scheduled talks, and at least 3-4 sprints, up to as many as we have room for.
- ~50 attendees maximum.
Free admission, or admission <$10.
Possible venues
DC:
[http://www.washingtonparks.net/parkscenter.html Josephine Butler Parks Center], near U Street.
- U. of Maryland College Park
- GWU (CS dept, or Cafritz Center)
- Another DC-area university?
- Look for a hotel (downtown; near Courthouse or Ballston?)
Baltimore:
- JHU CS dept.
Current tasks
E-mail possible CS department contacts
- JHU: Michael Droettboom
- GWU
- U. of MD: Bijan Parsia?
- U. of DC
Research hotel prices in the fall: Baltimore vs. DC; is one city much cheaper?
What to do about wireless, which is critical? Bring it in? Rely on the venue's wireless? What if it fails, which would cripple us?