2015Planning

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Rules

  • don't schedule on Yom Kippur
  • avoid dates that conflict with other FOSS events. Also check SC and USENIX
  • OSU home games, especially home opener, UMich, and PSU cause problems with hotel pricing and availablity
  • Columbus Marathon causes road closures (10/18/2015)
  • shoot for a weekend in September or October
  • never on Labor Day weekend. but Columbus Day weekend is fine.
  • Early scheduling in August to mid September causes lack of college student attendance
  • Be aware of HighBall

NO

  • August 14-16 Usenix Security Summit
  • August 17-19 - Linuxcon NA
  • September 5-7 - Laborday
  • Sepbember 23 - Yom Kippur on a Wednesday
  • October 16-18 - Marathon & OSU vs PSU

Problematic

  • September 12 - OSU home opener vs Hawaii
  • September 19 - OSU exhibition
  • September 26 - OSU exhibition
  • Oct 10 - OSU vs Maryland
  • Oct 30-Nov 1 - Late and maybe Highball

YES

  • October 2-4
  • October 16-18
  • October 23-25 (confirm when Highball is)

Other Venues

See Venues.