Note: I've realized too late about the call to bid and I'm about to travel to Cuba this days and I'll have very bad Internet connection. I'm drafting here the basics of the bid but take account that it's really not finished yet. In any case there is plenty of information at the GUADEC 2018 Bid. I would love to have the opportunity to finish this Flock proposal.
In order to suggest a city for Flock 2018, please answer the following questions:
What city are your proposing?
Answer: Almería, Spain
What dates are your proposing? We encourage you to consider dates at the begining of August.
Answer: Final dates need to be agreed but in July for sure. No dates available for August. As a first proposal we suggest Jul 16-20. This dates are relevant because Flock could be held in the same place right after GUADEC 2018. GUADEC definitive dates are 6-11th July.
Please provide the FAS ID for two people willing to be local contacts and organizers for the conference.
Answer:
Please price Flights (and trains/buses if appropriate) from the following airports/cities. You should provide three prices, the first is for a trip from July 30, 2018 - August 4, 2018. The second is from August 6 - August 11, 2018. The third is for your proposed dates, if they differ.
Note: We consider too the potential of charting planes from particular Fedorian dense places (Raleigh, Brno/Prague) flying direct to Almería. More confortable travels and probably cheaper too.
How much is the cost to get from the airport, train station, and bus station to the city center and to your suggested venue? What is the process?
Please identify at least one venue (and ideally two or more) that has meeting facilities available as shown below. Please provide a link to the floor plan of the facility. You do not need to contact the facility for pricing at this time.
Answer: Our proposal is the campus of the University of Almería. Particularly Building IV and Auditorium. All the requirements and combinations can be host fair enough with plenty more of space available in the same buildings.
Anexed are the floor plans of auditorium and building-iv.
Price a double occupancy (2 beds) room at your suggested hotels. These hotels should be near your suggested venue if your venue is not a hotel. Please price the room for the three sets of dates: July 30, 2018 - August 4, 2018, from August 6 - August 11, 2018, and your proposed dates.
Answer: We propose two residences:
Any of the hotels in the zone, particularly any of those 4 stars:
Tryp Indalo Almería
Avenida Hotel Almería
Please determine if a business or tourist visa is required for visitors from:
Why should Flock be held in this city? Why is this good for Fedora? Why is this good for the attendees? What cultural atractions and evening activities are available? Is a city tour possible?
Are there any other conferences within a 3 week period of your proposed dates? Consider events likely to be attended by high numbers of Fedora Contributors, such as Guadec, Akademy, Open Source Summit, etc. Are there any local holidays and events in within a 3 week period of your proposed dates?
Answer: Yes: GUADEC 2018 will be held in 6-11th July in the same venue. Our wish is to make one event after the other.
Please list two vegetarian restaurants within walking distance of the venue.
Answer: the campus cafeteria and restaurant can provide vegetarian menus too.
How far is the venue from the city center? How far is the venue from the "social/hangout" area of town?
<img alt="building-iv.png" src="/flock/issue/raw/53fb14e492c3a87c9b70fbee27b03e3b547e97bbbb00f5ac86bb5e4a06a04c41-building-iv.png" /> <img alt="building-iv.png" src="/flock/issue/raw/53fb14e492c3a87c9b70fbee27b03e3b547e97bbbb00f5ac86bb5e4a06a04c41-building-iv.png" />
PD: just updated the definitive GUADEC 2018 dates.
Metadata Update from @olea: - Issue private status set to: True
Due to travel, @olea won't complete this until after November 15. He let me know. More details are here, however @olea will collect them into this form to complete the bid.
https://wiki.gnome.org/IsmaelOlea/GUADEC-2018-Almeria-Bid.
@olea I need to set this public when your bid is complete. Please update with status ASAP.
Roger!
Done.
Thanks for your patience.
Metadata Update from @bex: - Issue private status set to: False (was: True)
Closing as Flock 2018 is now scheduled.
Metadata Update from @bex: - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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