Hi!
So far, I have information on 4 venues;
- Portland Art Museum - Marion Miller Gallery
- Ecotrust - 2 options of indoor conference center or the rooftop terrace
- Castaway Portland
I have compiled the details in a file attached with this email. Sri, perhaps you can add what you have on leftbank annexe there for easy comparison.
Sure thing, I believe I have that info and I'll stick it in the spreadsheet. We should probably store this spreadsheet on the
cloud.gnome.org so that others can access it as well.
Out of those, I can see Ecotrust as the front-runner; despite being the most cost-friendly, their spaces also look really good! I feel just the right amount of space and ambience from what I can see of the pictures and the virtual tour. They're also a non-profit. For this venue, I see from their caterers' list, perhaps a suitable caterer called Hot Lips Pizza. Suits the more casual gathering event versus the typical full-service catering. They have vegan, veggie, gluten-free options and they also offer basic bar for events that include beer, wine and soda.
Hot Lips is pretty popular pizza joint. I don't have a problem with that, everybody loves pizza. :-) They also sell a natural soda that is available in a lot of places. It is a very Portland business and so I'm happy to give business to them. No surprise that they can cater to any kind of option, it is Portland. :-)
Looking at Eco-trust, I really like the terrace seating and I think would attract companies more than the bottom one which feels a little tired IMHO.
The next best option, cost-wise, is the Marion Gallery although I feel the ambience is not quite what we're looking for our purpose, they are more formal.
We used this place for Linux Plumbers, that was a bit posh and I would agree that it is a bit formal. I think people were uncomfortable there, but it was a good way to kind of get a contrast I thought that is why I put it there.
I am looking at 2 more options and will share when I have the details.
This is really excellent work! Very impressive how fast and how detailed you got with this.
I think for now the winner is ecotrust, and the Pearl district is really nice area.
sri
