[bsidesclt] Re: BSides planning
- From: Heather Pilkington <h.pilkington@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bsidesclt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:38:31 -0400
I am not suggesting the conference space is bad. I think it's good. But, I
have not been involved in any of the talk up to this point, and I don't
know whether other alternatives have been considered, or if the conference
space is the way you have decided to go.
Since it sounds like the conference space is not finalized (or might have
cost considerations), here are some other suggestions:
Victory Lane indoor Karting center
http://www.eventective.com/USA/North+Carolina/Charlotte/49368/Victory-Lane-Indoor-Karting-Center.html
Carowinds (they have some meeting areas - unsure about cost)
There are multiple bars and restaurants that I can think of which would
have space - you would have to provide your own audio/visual though, and
you would want to get the day rates rather than the evening rates.
You could rent a sizeable camp site for the speedway and do an outdoor
event (would have to aim for scheduling for weather - but you could get
outdoor awnings, etc) http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/camping/ They
also have tours of the speedway if people are interested in that sort of
thing, plus a NASCAR hall of fame tour.
You could see if the hacker space would let you have the meeting there.
...
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Chris Teodorski
<chris.teodorski@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I don't know what is "uniquely" Charlotte either -- I was hoping some
> of the long time residents could help me with that -- racing is really
> the only theme that seems to really run throughout the city. But like
> I said, having a workable venue trumps any desires I have for a
> "unique" venue.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > The company I work for is okay with BSides use of our meeting rooms and
> > guest areas. I contacted our landlord about their auditorium. They have
> > leased out the current one and construction, as well as pricing, won't be
> > available November. I'm not real sure what is uniquely Charlotte. I
> haven't
> > been here long enough to know. I will ask some of my colleagues what they
> > think would qualify. My company is willing to sponsor as well.
> >
> > http://knowclassic.com
> >
> > --
> > Jon Molesa
> > rjmolesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Chris Teodorski wrote:
> >
> > Pong.
> >
> > It's been quiet although Jon and I did a bit of discussing after
> > Hackers on a Boat.
> >
> > He offered to investigate his office space as a location. It doesn't
> > fit in with my desire to have a uniquely "charlotte" venue, it does
> > however fit in with my realization that without a venue we can't go
> > much further. My understanding is that it's IBM's old campus,
> > somewhere in the north part of Charlotte.
> >
> > Also, I sent an email to Zack Mayo to ask him if he would mind
> > discussing the posibillity of the Charlotte ISSA supporting the
> > effort, either financially or advertising to their membership, etc. I
> > have not heard from him....
> >
> > That's my update....its slow going.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Heather Pilkington
> > <h.pilkington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > ping
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Chris Teodorski
> > <chris.teodorski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Heather,
> >
> > 1. Righ
> >
> > 2. Shmoo I assume will be that least weekend of Jan (25-27), so
> > potentially.
> >
> > 3. I didn't get here till Feb, and coming from PA -- I wouldn't call
> > it winter, but I'll let the locals with more experience than me answer
> > that one.
> >
> > 4. I assume the majority of the audience will be CLT locals, with a
> > few dedicated folks being willing to travel. That seems to be the
> > case with most local Bsides events.
> >
> > 5. When we did BsidesPGH, we really struggled with the anchor speaker
> > from out of town vs local talent. I can argue both sides of that.
> > Last year Dave Kennedy spoke and Chris Nickerson was at the event
> > (coincidentally he was doing a pentest in Pittsburgh that week), but
> > he was as low key as he can be -- he was just an attendee.
> >
> > 6. Honestly I don't have a sense of that -- we managed to pack 120ish
> > people into BsidesPGH. I assume we can do similar here. How many
> > folks show up for ISSA events? In Pittsburgh ISSA was a huge part of
> > our sponsorship and how we got word of the event out to the community.
> >
> > 7. Again, BSidesPGH, we had 2 rooms -- the speaker and the chill out
> > area (which was outside). What they found to be very successful at
> > BSidesPGH was to allow long social breaks between speakers -- they
> > found that with the time -- people actually talked to one another. I
> > know at least one person landed a job out of connections made there
> > this year.
> >
> > So basically, my feeling is this -- we decide on the type of venue
> > (local flair, brew pub, teepee, men's restroom) we want and then we
> > start looking to see what is available.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Hpilking <h.pilkington@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Bsides Chicago was also in a bar, fwiw, the bar scene is popular. What
> > reasons can you think of that a bar wouldn't be preferable because it's a
> > bar?
> >
> > But, is pursuit of local flavor putting the cart before the horse?
> > Shouldn't we have some way of screening the venues before deciding?
> >
> > Questions I had (and I know not all of these have answers, necessarily,
> > but some definitely impact venue)
> >
> > 1) You don't want to schedule this in parallel with another event to
> > boost attendance, right?
> >
> > 2) Is Shmoocon a conflict with this date range?
> >
> > 3) Is weather a concern? (availability of venue, accessibility of venue)
> > - I didn't make it through a winter in CLT so I don't know what to
> expect.
> >
> > 4) Who is the target audience? CLT locals, NC/SC regionals only, or
> > other? How will you reach them?
> >
> > 5) Is the timing/locale attractive to that target? What is going to make
> > people want to come? What about having a couple of anchor
> speakers/trainers
> > (if you want to go that route) first?
> >
> > 6) How many people do you plan on having (venue sizing)
> >
> > 7) How many rooms do you need? (Bsides Chicago had one room with a
> > downstairs bar and an outside patio. They split their room into four
> spaces
> > using scrims. One room was for staff/speakers, one for chill out/lockpick
> > village, one for the main track, and one for classes. It was freezing
> > outside and sucked completely to stand out there. But, it was so loud
> > inside, it was nearly impossible to have a conversation. There was so
> much
> > sound bleed from the speaking track and the teaching track that dueling
> > microphones happened. The venue had stationary speakers that couldn't be
> > moved to fix it. Thotcon and BsidesLV also had this problem. Except they
> had
> > multiple rooms. But you had to walk through the main speaker track to
> get to
> > any of the other rooms, and it was large enough that people stopped to
> talk,
> > drowning out the speakers.) I would recommend there be room for people to
> > socialize separately from people who want to present, GSO was a small
> > Bsides, but it was less social than some other events b/c people were
> mostly
> > politely quiet during presos (it was also hard to hear and impossible to
> see
> > from the back of the room).
> >
> > 8) What kinds of accommodations can they provide? Do they have screens,
> > speakers, mics, power, wireless...
> >
> >
>
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