[pm-h] YAPC -- Houston.

[Jeremy Fluhmann]

> It seems that several people have shown a willingness to research
> much of what we will need.

Here is some more information regarding information links, venue voting
weights, and sponsorship.  As I mentioned before, I'm going to try and
work on some price ranges for hotels around the possible venues.

Resource Links:
 YAPC site - http://www.yapc.org/
 Venue Requirements - http://www.yapc.org/venue-reqs.txt
 2006 Voting Details -
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/yapcna_voting_details.html
 YAPC Venue Weights and voting criteria - http://yapc.org/yapc-crit.txt

Chicago bid -
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/chicago_2006_yapc_bid.html#more
Boston bid -
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/boston_2006_yapc_bid.html#more
Vancouver bid -
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/vancouver_2006_yapc_bid.html#more


Here is a breakdown of the voting/venue weights.  The seven YAPC
committee members vote on these with, I believe, a 1 to 10 score.  I'm
guessing that the 1 to 10 score is multiplied by the points for each
area to get the final tally.

 Facilities (100)
 Internet Access from Conference Location (100)
 Internet Access from Accommodations (100)
 Affordable Dorms and Hotels (90)
 Estimated Costs (90)
 Public Transportation (60)
 Readily Accessible Location (Planes, Trains, & Automobiles) (50)
 New Location (50)
 Tourist Activities (50)
 Quality of Host Committee (40)

So, facilities, Internet access, and cost/affordability are the "top"
key point areas.

I know that sponsorship was mentioned earlier, so here is some of what I
could find out about previous YAPC sponsors.

Sponsorship:

 2006 in Chicago
  - LiveText
  - Big Nerd Ranch
  - Google
  - ITA Software
  - Performics
  - Sxip
  - O'Reilly & Associates
  - Apress.com
  - Stonehenge Consulting
  - The Grant Street Group
  - Acxiom
  - Allant Group
  - No Starch Press
  - CombineNet
  - PlainBlack
  - ActiveState
 
 2005 in Toronto
  - IBM Toronto Software Lab
  - Linux Professional Institute
  - O'Reilly Media
  - Onsight
  - Pearson Education
  - Eventix
  - Stonehenge Consulting
  - IndigoSTAR Software
  - Sxip Identity
  - Openflows Networks Ltd.
  - Manning Publications
  - Apress
  - Transgaming Technologies
 
 2004 in Buffalo
  - University at Buffalo
  - UB Academic Computing Services
  - Apple Computer
  - ActiveState
  - Addison-Wesley
  - Fontango
  - O'Reilly
  - Sams Publishing
  - Stonehenge Consulting
 
 2002 in Saint Louis
  - O'Reilly and Associates
  - Addison-Wesley
  - ActiveState Corp.
  - Stonehenge Consulting
  - Manning Publications