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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:24:45 +0530 From: Arun Ramarathnamarunram25@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Venue for Wiki X To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in& from Bangalore, India"wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: AANLkTi=ww1DYSmPn8iq7TqTOhizfw0Q_D4LgRd6zvGcn@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Gautam: Can you try the availability of this place?
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Gautam Johngautam@prathambooks.orgwrote:
Hello:
I'd go with a place as in town as possible but failing which, IIIT would be my choice.
There is also this place on Brunton Road:
http://bangalore.justdial.com/mother-tekla-auditorium_brunton-road_Bangalore...
http://picasaweb.google.com/birgittacasa/Tekla#
And CIS have had an event there. It's pretty big but a little bit more expensive.
Mother Tekla is really well located and it would seem like an event that is centrally located will be easier for press people to reach. In terms of costs, is there any chance that UTC (http://www.utcbangalore.in/) has space for us? They are equally well located and apparently charge reasonable rates for the auditorium. I'm not sure how to check but Bangalore NGOs like ALF have had events there and might know.
In terms of the other options. I'm not sure it makes sense to hold the event at a commercial firm (not an event like this at any rate). And from previous experience, I've found that the press doesn't easily make it to events held outside central Bangalore.
However, this is just my personal opinion, I don't mean to be demanding :)
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/