On 9/30/2010 10:36 AM, sserrano wrote: >> I live in Argentina, If I wanted to go to the DjangoCon in >> Portland, it would require a Bus to Buenos Aires, then take an >> international flight to a US mayor city and then another to reach >> Portland, overall I would be travelling more nearly an entire day >> to reach the conference. >> >> New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington have direct >> flights from almost every country. I'm sure if the conference is >> place in a city with easy access it would have more people going. >> Thank you for your input. What you say is true. Unfortunately (for people in your position) growth in numbers isn't a primary goal for DjangoCon US and Portland seems to attract sufficient delegates to make it successful.
I am not unmindful of these factors, but on the other side of the coin it's likely (for precisely the convenience reasons you state) that those locations with convenient international airports will have hotels that are significantly more expensive than places like Portland. Cost *is* a major inhibitor of attendance, and unless the Django community advise otherwise a high priority will be trying to keep the 2011 cost as close to this year's level as I can. regards Steve -- DjangoCon US 2010 September 7-9 http://djangocon.us/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
