<div dir="ltr">Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ortelius@gmail.com" target="_blank">ortelius@gmail.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">Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started.</div>
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blordcastillo@gmail.com" target="_blank">blordcastillo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size:</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play)<br><div>Union Station Hotel</div><div>Millennium Hotel next to the Arch<br><div class="gmail_extra">Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses)</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium)</div><div class="gmail_extra">Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. <a href="http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf" target="_blank">http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf</a>)</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though.</div><div class="gmail_extra">The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">St Louis County Emergency Management</div></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities.<br>
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I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook).<br>
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