[FOSS4G-Oceania] Letter of Intent to host FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 in Wellington, NZ

[Trisha Moriarty]

Daniel,
I would like to be involved in some form, and in the short term  I would be
more then happy to share what we have learnt from running the workshops
with the new committee/workshop lead.
Trisha

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 8:06 PM Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are three venues I'd like to consider more thoroughly before making
> a final decision:
>
> Tiakiwai at the National Library - brand new 170 capacity theatre +
> breakout rooms
> Soundings Theatre at Te Papa Tongawera (Museum of New Zealand) - 328
> capacity theatre with a lot of other spaces
> <https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/venues/te-papa-venues-conferences-functions-and-meeting-rooms>
> Pipitea Campus of Victoria University of Wellington - recently renovated
> with a 300 seat lecture theatre and another 6 theatres between 50-150, the
> campus also includes one of the largest wooden buildings in the world, the
> historic Government Buildings.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 3:58 PM John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Amazing work Daniel, this looks great to me. I love the idea of having
>> the event in New Zealand next year, and I'm confident it would be a huge
>> success. I'll be keen to help out as much as I can, once I've recovered
>> from this year :)
>>
>> I have a question. It seems likely that an event in Wellington would
>> attract a smaller audience than one in Melbourne, due to a smaller
>> population in the immediate area. However, we also underestimated demand
>> for this year's event, and we're a bit tight on space. The provisional
>> venue in your letter sounds like it has a limit of 170 for plenary sessions
>> in the auditorium. Would you see having some kind of contingency plan in
>> case registrations exceed that number?
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
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