[FOSS4G2016] Urgent decision about rooms in WCCB

[Volker Mische]

Hi again,

On 10/19/2015 10:44 AM, Volker Mische wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On 10/19/2015 10:18 AM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>> Hi LOC,
>> I talked to Mr. Seyfert (PCO) in the past days about the possibility for
>> only using the elder part of WCCB. The idea was born when the PR & M
>> team was here.
>> This would mean we would get rid off the tunnel below the plaza and the
>> rooms thereafter in the new part of WCCB.
>>
>> On the other side, this would mean, that after the plenary chamber (1230
>> seats) the next biggest session room will only have 112 seats. On the
>> other hand, this would make the whole thing more familar and also
>> increase the amenity of the place for the exhibition. We already thought
>> about that earlier, but I am personally quite of unsure, whether the
>> space and room offer will be enough.
>>
>> The available rooms would be as follows:
>>
>>          Plenary chamber (734 seats ground floor + 496 seats tribune)
>>          Session-Room 2: Bonn 1 & 2 (89 seats)
>>          Session-Room 3: Bonn 3 (72 seats)
>>          Session-Room 4: Berlin (112 seats)
>>          Session-Room 5: Kleiner Saal (79 seats)
>>          Session-Room 6: Kaminzimmer (100 seats)
>>          Session-Room 7: Rheinlobby (100 seats)
>>
>> I've attached a plan of the rooms for this.
> 
> I've sent an email to Darell to ask which capacities they had in Portland.

I got a reply, they had rooms with these sizes. That's waaay more than
we have:

- Plenary: 919
- Othe rooms (no, no typo it was 11 rooms):
  - 416
  - 236
  - 221
  - 191
  - 188
  - 188
  - 160
  - 150
  - 150
  - 140
  - 132

Cheers,
  Volker