Cambridge Venue for Linux Kernel Summit in '07

[Theodore Tso]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 11:38:22AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:26:42AM -0700, Ellie Young wrote:
> > The problem with all of the campus locations is they don't  
> > accommodate the cabaret seating
> > (4 people to a round table) that has been the standard for the  
> > Summit.  The hotel barely does and
> 
> It's been more like 6-10 people at a table, fwiw.

Are you sure?  I don't remember seeing more than 8 people at a table,
and a number of tables only had 0, 1, or 2 people at them.  Especially
the ones near the front of the room.  :-)

I was using 4 people per 8 person table as an average.  We can do the
DeVeries (sp?) hotel if we can pack 5 people per (8 person) table on
average, and the room will be definitely be smaller than what we had
in Ottawa --- but I think it is doable, although people may end up
feeling more cramped.

When people talk about "tiered seating", is this auditorium style, or
is more like "business school" style, where each seat also has a
fairly large table with the seats/tables arranged in multiple
horse-show shaped tiers, so that people can see each other and
actually engage each other in conversation?  That's really the goal
here; and there may be more than one seating arrangement that can
achieve that goal, but certainly an auditorium style, everyone-facing-
the-podium seating plan is something that wouldn't work for us.

Regards,

						- Ted