[Asterisk-Users] AstriCon 2006 Location

[Steven Sokol]

On 9/17/05, asterisk <asterisk at sipex.co.uk> wrote:

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> What about holding it a week before or after one of the other voip
> conventions in the same location. This might help to attract more people > who are in town early or staying on after the other conference and make
>the trip more productive for those traveling greater distances.
> 
> Neil

Actually, we have thought about that too.  The problem is scheduling
so as not to conflict with any of the other shows that our major
sponsors are doing (remember, they help keep the cost of the
conference down).

Within roughly week of AstriCon on one side or ther other we have the
CompTel/ASCENT show, WISPCON, ISPCON, Telecom '05, Phreaknic, ITU
Americas, and TMC's Internet Telephony.  VON is only 3 weeks prior. 
In general the fall is chock-full-o telephony shows.

When is a good week for everyone?  We could move it to Boston 1 week
prior to VON (if that doesn't step on too many toes and we can get
things done that week - it starts with Labor Day).

We could also move it to San Diego in October ahead of Internet
Telephony, but then we compete with Telecom '06 in Mandalay Bay (?).

I really want to make AstriCon work for everyone, so let me know if
either of those suggestions would be a big positive or a big negative.
 (Remember that we would be on a coast either way.)

Thanks,

-S
 
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