RFC: DConf 2013

[Era Scarecrow]

On Sunday, 7 October 2012 at 15:20:44 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
>> Seems like a big budget, what are the projected numbers? (10s? 
>> 100s? .... 1000s?) ;)

> The budget would cover around 55 attendees for 3 days. That 
> includes (in decreasing order of cost) food, conference space, 
> speaker support, A/V, staff remuneration, T-shirts/swag, and 
> many smaller items.>

  Seems like a low number. I also assumed we would pack our own 
lunches, and food during the event would end up costing for 55 
attendees is roughly $2000 (at least as an estimate). I figured 
the numbers would be closer to 200-300, but depending on how many 
speakers and how big the conference room...

  Just off hand I'm remembering that some hotels have a rentable 
room for conferences and meetings that may handle about 55 (Which 
sometimes is their continental breakfast area after the first 
thing in the morning), and assuming you wouldn't have a huge 
speaker system set up to disturb the normal customers in the 
lobby (assuming it's nearby) then in the case there isn't already 
a projector you can bring and set one up, although it wouldn't 
likely be too terribly big unless they have a blank white wall....

  Mmmm... Having the meetings in the same hotel/motel you are 
staying it... Takes care of any commuting issue once you get 
settled in.