[H-GEN] Re: LCA Bid Venue Update

[Paul Gearon]

On Apr 14, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Russell Stuart wrote:
>> Certainly somewhere in Southbank for the dinner is an option.  
>> Where close
>> to the general public is a good place for the Open Day?
>
> Southbank is good for lots of reasons, but I suspect that
> unless we are going to feed them fish and chips on the
> hill having dinner there isn't one of them.  There are
> bugger all places that hold 700 guests in Brisbane - none
> of them are in Southbank.

I attended a Linux conference at UQ some years ago (was it 2001?).   
The dinner then was held at the Convention Centre.  They seemed to do  
a decent job of it, and should easily manage that number.  You may  
want to ask them again?

I can't recall who was involved in organizing the conference, though  
I know it included several HUMBUG members.  The MC at the dinner was  
Jason Parker (who did a great job, as I recall).

Regards,
Paul