<div dir="ltr"><div>I sent what I found for Phoenix to the board email address just now for cost comparisons. I was as far as talking with the Phoenix Convention Center and the Visit Phoenix for area information before missing the deadline. I found that this was a short lead time for the details involved and finding a large enough venue for the expected size of the 2014 event.<br>
<br>The moral of the story is that I applaud the work Bonnie must have put in to make the last event such a success!<br><br></div>Regards,<br>Greg<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@mapbox.com" target="_blank">alex@mapbox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Expenses for attendees are a concern in both places, we want to make sure SOTM-US is as inclusive as possible and this means folks with smaller budgets shouldn't be left out. We're running these numbers right now.<div>
<br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org" target="_blank">darrell@garnix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities.<br>
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</div>Ugh. Well, I guess we know who has an expense account.<br>
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Of those two, Chicago is preferable for being merely expensive as opposed to "Are you f-ing kidding me" expensive.<br>
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