(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.5832) Planning for the 2018 WG5 Meeting

[John Reid]

Damian Rouson wrote:
 > All,
 >
 > I look forward to hosting the 2018 WG5 meeting in Oakland, California.
 >  Please access the following link to respond to a poll regarding
 > preferred dates:
 >
 > http://doodle.com/poll/nyywwfaxmqphhniz
 >
 > The poll options include each full week in June 2018.  Feel free to let
 > me know if you would like to have additional options.
 >
 > If we have the meeting at the Impact Hub Oakland
 > <http://oakland.impacthub.net> ? the worldwide headquarters of Sourcery
 > Institute ? then I can reserve either of our two largest meeting
 > rooms <http://oakland.impacthub.net/booking/> for plenary sessions.  One
 > holds 26 people.  The other holds 36.  I?ll book the one that holds 26
 > unless any of you suggest otherwise.

A limit of 26 sounds fine.

 > If someone could give me an
 > estimate of the likely sizes we?ll need for breakout rooms, that would
 > be helpful.

They can be quite small, perhaps 6. What is available?

 > I am investigating hotel options and am using the government per diem
 > rate of $161/night as an intended cap, which will be challenging here.
 > One option that I believe will be under the per diem rate is the Clarion
 > Hotel
 > 
<https://www.choicehotels.com/california/oakland/clarion-hotels/cab03?source=gyxt> 
in
 > downtown Oakland, which Google Maps estimates to be a 15-minute,
 > 0.8-mile walk from the Impact Hub Oakland
 > 
<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Clarion+Hotel+Downtown+Oakland+City+Center,+371+13th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Impact+Hub+Oakland,+Broadway,+Oakland,+CA/@37.8076703,-122.2728236,16z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b413425549:0xb07d41caf46aa28!2m2!1d-122.270033!2d37.802756!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b1601fc9c5:0x99cdbf4424a8a937!2m2!1d-122.2663986!2d37.812643!3e2>.
 >  If you take a slight detour, it can be a very pleasant walk along
 > picturesque Lake Merritt. It?s also possible to take the subway one stop
 > (the map shows the 12th St. and 19th St. BART subway stops on Broadway).
 >  My assistant is investigating other hotel options as well.
 >
 > There are dozens of great lunch and dinner spots across the full
 > spectrum of prices within blocks of the Impact Hub Oakland, including a
 > microbrewery that shares a wall with the Hub and restaurant just across
 > the courtyard from the Hub.
 >
 > For anyone thinking of spending extra days here before or after the
 > meeting, I will provide a list of local cultural attractions and
 > excursions further afield. From downtown Oakland, San Francisco is only
 > 20 minutes away via subway and the wine country in Sonoma and Napa
 > valleys is only a 1-hour drive away.  For any music lovers, I highly
 > recommend taking in a show at the SF Jazz Center
 > <https://www.sfjazz.org/sfjazz-center>, which is a beautiful venue that
 > is the first free-standing concert hall of its size and stature for jazz
 > in the U.S.
 >
 > All suggestions regarding the above are welcome.

What about a reunion of "old geezers"? We last did that in 2003 as a 
2-day meeting before the WG5/J3 meeting.

Thanks very much for your offer to host this meeting.

Cheers,

John.