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Fermilab and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Organizing Committee. FNAL: Bob Bernstein (co-Chair), Pushpa Bhat, Patrick Fox, Andrew Norman, Peter Shanahan, Joseph Zennamo. UMN: Tony Gherghetta, Ken Heller, Marvin Marshak (co-Chair), Greg Pawloski, Ron Poling, Roger Rusack, Nadja Strobbe
Venue: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis East Bank Campus
Cost: $395.8K (registration: $495 pp)
Additional apples-to-apples questions
Coffee break prices for 1000 people for 10 days: $250,000.
Banquet and reception cost per person, assuming 500 people. How would that number change if we went up or down by 250 people?
reception and poster session included in the registration fee ($495 before subsidy). Pulling it out, $7500 for 250, $13,750 for 500, and $20,000 for 750 people.
banquet price is fixed for 250 to 750 people at $75/person, no matter the size.
Pro
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Centrally located geographically (equally easy access from east and west coast)
No car needed - 20 min by light rail to the campus
Previous site: proven to work extremely well
Cheap!
Family friendly camps and an on-site rec center.
Weather is sunny and not too hot in the summer
Con
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Site for 2013: is this a pro or a con? Do people like to sample different spots? or go with what worked?
I see the fact that it is the previous site as a con, which makes the exercise seem very Fermilab-centric.
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Clarification on Fermilab's contribution: Originally FNAL considered putting in a bid for a site in Chicago, but decided that it would be better to put resources toward a University bid. So Bob Bernstein and Marvin Marshak put together the UMN proposal. FNAL is quite happy to help out whichever bid is successful - its just a few scientists at FNAL that are stepping up to the plate to help out the local organizing committee - whomever is chosen.