las-gnome LAS Update | Proposed Location and Dates

[Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis stanfordalumni org>]

Hi All, 

We had a meeting last Friday to talk about the current bids and see if we could come to a consensus as to the best place to hold LAS next year. 

After consideration of many factors such as cost, venue availability and restrictions, local team capacity, etc, we decided that the best option for us this upcoming year, is Denver, CO for the proposed dates of May 18 - 21, 2018. 

In the next few days, our top priority is to secure the venue. This involves creating a budget for the event and getting the funds necessary to reserve the space. If it falls through for any reason, we hope to act on one of the two other bids asap. 

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this planning so far, and a special thanks to Giovanni and James for helping to look into the alternative spaces at Stanford and RedHat, respectively! 

More updates to come soon. 

Best, 

Nuritzi

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