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Time to plan Rockbox devcon 2008?!

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GodEater:

--- Quote from: kugel. on February 08, 2008, 07:00:01 PM ---As soon as you give me a valid reason. Oh, and FUD is certainly not valid here, imo. Or do you want to deny that the USA is spying on incoming tourists?

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I'm not denying it, I'm just pointing out that it's not valid in this discussion. US Citizens coming to Europe face just as bad treatment here - just ask Soap. So I don't really care why you don't want to travel to the US. If citizens of both continents cop the same attitude we won't have a transatlantic devcon at all.


--- Quote ---Is there any special reason for the USA?

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Yes, for both the reasons Febs quotes.

LambdaCalculus:

--- Quote from: Davide-NYC on February 09, 2008, 03:26:14 AM ---Please describe what exactly is meant by 'hosting'.
Once I know exactly what is needed I will look into seeing of a suitable location can be found in NYC for this DevCon business.  ;)

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Davide, here's a checklist of what's needed:

1) Hotel (not too expensive); most of the devs will be coming in most likely Friday and leaving Sunday. So two nights will be needed.

2) Conference space. This is important! I had suggested on IRC that we perhaps find a hotel with conference/meeting rooms if possible. This may be expensive, though! (Sadly, I can't host it in my job :()

3) Designated airport to meet everyone. Do you think it'll be cheaper for the devs to land in Newark, JFK, or LaGuardia?

I would've suggested a hotel in Times Square somewhere, but that's just ASKING for it to be expensive as all getup. Know any nice hotels that won't break the bank?

Llorean:
I know personally I don't need a "nice" hotel. I'll settle for "Clean" and possibly "quiet" as the only two significant factors. Oh, and "internet access" too I suppose. I'll sacrifice a lot of "nice" for even moderate amounts of "cheaper" assuming the actual "needs" are met.

AlexP:
Also, the airport of arrival will likely depend on the airport of departure and the airline flown.  I think therefore you will have people coming into different ones.

Febs:

--- Quote from: Llorean on February 09, 2008, 02:32:55 AM ---Another suggestion in the US could be Atlanta. In the East of the country, a LOT cheaper than NYC in terms of finding places to stay. Do we have anyone in or about that area perhaps?

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Philadelphia would have similar advantages and would at least equally accessible to international travel than Atlanta.  In fact, because of its proximity to New York, Philadelphia would probably give more flight options:


* Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is a US Airways hub.  US Airways has daily flights to London (LGW) and has service to Heathrow scheduled to begin in late March.  US Airways also has direct flights to/from Stockholm, Frankfurt, Munich, and other European cities.
* Newark airport (EWR) is a Continental hub and is less than two hours from Philadelphia by car.   Continental has direct service from Newark to London Heathrow, Berlin, Hamburg, Stockholm, and a number of other European cities.  We could possibly arrange for people coming to the DevCon from New York to give rides to attendees coming in from other areas of the world.If anyone is interested in Philadelphia, I could put together some information about hotels and look into availability of conference room space.  There is a slight possibility that I could reserve my office's conference space for the weekend, though I think that it is more likely that we would need to look into renting a hotel conference room.

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