[TriLUG] 2012 SouthEast LinuxFest -- Venue

[georgia_tech_swagger]

We solicited bids from the Raleigh CVB, and received a joint bid from the
RCC and Sheraton.   As a non-profit that charges $0 to attend, price isn't
just our most important deciding factor, it is numbers 1 through 10.   The
Raleigh bid was among the most expensive we received (the 3rd most expensive
to be specific).  We solicited every CVB in the general I-85 corridor,
including:  Raliegh, Greensboro, Spartanburg, Greenville, Atlanta,
Birmingham, as well as a few outliers such as Asheville, Charleston,
Knoxville, and Chattanooga.   If it's not in the final cut, they either had
insufficient space, didn't bid, had pre-existing events, or had a price
point that was not good enough relative to the competition.


On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Justis Peters <jtrilug at indythinker.com>wrote:

 I'm glad we're included in the voting, but why isn't there a Raleigh
> location in the list? We have plenty of good places to host a conference
> here.
>