Hi Sam, you might be better of sending this to foundation-list as this list is primarily used by volunteers and organisers :)
On 2 November 2016 at 13:19, Sam Thursfield <sss...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > We are looking at accommodation options for GUADEC 2017 in Manchester > and we would like some feedback from you! > > Manchester's hotels fill up quickly in summer so we are going to do one > or more group bookings now to ensure we have enough rooms for everyone. > > There are 3 potential locations we've found, each with its own > drawbacks. I've put some details about each place here: > https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2017/Accommodation > > If you are hoping to attend next year's GUADEC, please take a minute > to fill the survey here: https://goo.gl/forms/DYcnQLiBBZSSQlH23 > > If you prefer not to use Google Forms, just reply by email. The > questions are as follows: > > Which accommodation option(s) would you choose for GUADEC 2017? > > [ ] Youth hostel (4-bed dorm, £33 per night) > [ ] University Townhouse (single room, £43 or more per night) > [ ] Jury's Inn Hotel (sharing a twin room, ~£51 per night) > [ ] Jury's Inn Hotel (single room, ~£94 per night) > [ ] I would organise my own accommodation > > How early could you register for the conference & pay for > accommodation? > > ( ) By 1st March 2017 > ( ) By 1st June 2017 > ( ) By 15th July 2017 > > Which nights would you expect to stay at GUADEC 2017? > > [ ] Thursday 27th July 2017 > [ ] Friday 28th July 2017 (core day #1) > [ ] Saturday 29th July 2017 (core day #2) > [ ] Sunday 30th July 2017 (core day #3) > [ ] Monday 31st July 2017 (BOF/workshop day #1) > [ ] Tuesday 1st August 2017 (BOF/workshop day #2) > [ ] Wednesday 2nd August 2017 (BOF/workshop day #3) > > The reason we're pushing this now is that the University accommodation, > which is very nice and is right next to the venue, would require us to > finalize the booking and pay in full by March 2017. If we made a big > booking there and got the numbers wrong we would face a big financial > loss, for example if we book 100 rooms for 6 nights and everyone only > wants to stay for 5 nights, then GUADEC loses £4300. The other two > options give us much more flexibility, but at a cost of being further > from the venue and requiring people to share rooms. > > If anyone has other data that could inform our decision then please > share! I think we haven't done group-booked accommodation for some > years, but it has happened for example in A Coruña -- if anyone has > numbers on how many people stayed each night at previous GUADECs > it would help us a lot! > > Thanks > Your friendly GUADEC 2017 local team > _______________________________________________ > guadec-list mailing list > guadec-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
