US Nationals 2010

It turns out it's very easy to book auditoriums, etc. at Columbia. If we don't find anything else, I guess we could host it there, since people seem to be fine with NYC.
 
Swordsman Kirby said:
It turns out it's very easy to book auditoriums, etc. at Columbia. If we don't find anything else, I guess we could host it there, since people seem to be fine with NYC.
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Oh wait... you're going to Columbia University? Have you started yet? I was just there last weekend with Chris Dzoan. We were pretending to be law students.

Oh, but the sad fact is...

If we work with the visitor's bureau of Long Island, they'll provide PR support, which means you'll have some more of a public feel. Stanford, we had no PR support whatsoever.
 
That sounds excellent Tyson! I must admit I'm unbelievable biased though. Do you have any thoughts on where in LI it would be?
 
Ethan Rosen said:
That sounds excellent Tyson! I must admit I'm unbelievable biased though. Do you have any thoughts on where in LI it would be?
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No, I'm talking with someone from the Visitor's Bureau now. She was saying there were colleges we could use, sports arenas, etc. We're going to meet in person in Manhattan... but it hasn't been scheduled yet. I'm gone 9/09 to 9/13 and she's gone 9/14 to 9/19. After it's scheduled, anyone who's interested is welcome to sit in.

Ohio has it's advantages as well though. And the Midwest is owed a competition... but PR support is powerful and we wouldn't have that in Ohio.
 
Tyson said:
Ethan Rosen said:
That sounds excellent Tyson! I must admit I'm unbelievable biased though. Do you have any thoughts on where in LI it would be?
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No, I'm talking with someone from the Visitor's Bureau now. She was saying there were colleges we could use, sports arenas, etc. We're going to meet in person in Manhattan... but it hasn't been scheduled yet. I'm gone 9/09 to 9/13 and she's gone 9/14 to 9/19. After it's scheduled, anyone who's interested is welcome to sit in.

Ohio has it's advantages as well though. And the Midwest is owed a competition... but PR support is powerful and we wouldn't have that in Ohio.
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The Northeast has a very high population of cubers willing to help. I'm not saying that it has to take place in NYC however it would have a lot of support. California is just as nice however this year's competition was there already.
 
Oh my god, I live in Long Island as well does my cousin. We would be able to have meets at my house, and I'm sure Rowe would do that as well. Although I'm in Nassau County I think it's much better then having it in Suffolk, because Long Island is hard enough to access Suffolk county is even farther down from everywhere else. Nassau Community College is the best Community College in the United States of America, so that makes a good venue. Also there are buses that go right to there. But there are a lot of options. But you should really narrow it down to Nassau and I will explain why farther down,

Okay now to get from anywhere that isn't Long Island to Long Island you have to go through NYC and then over a bridge, so it's very busy, then you have to travel very far to get where you want to go in Nassau County, but if you want to get to Suffolk, you have to travel double the distance.

I love my island<3
 
Paul, can you educate me on the geography of Long Island? Why Nassau County vs. Suffolk?

Also, consider the travelers from outside of driving distance. Most people would be taking the LIRR from JFK. Can you name places that are accessible from LIRR?

Ah okay, so Nassau is to the west of Suffolk County. Bob Burton and I probably need to take a field trip out there to do some scouting after we have our meeting.
 
Okay Nassau instead of Suffolk because it's easier to access and JFK is in Nassau County (Queens is part of Long Island) and most of the branches of the LIRR go into Jamaica Queens, so basically anywhere you want to go you can be taken from the LIRR. There is also an AirTrain that goes from JFK airport right to Jamaica Queens. There are also only three branches of the LIRR that go to Suffolk and you can see here how large it is, http://mta.info/lirr/html/lirrmap.htm. There is also a college in Farmingdale which is in Suffolk but right on the border practically. There are some nice beaches on the South side of Nassau County, and you can see I'm in Bellmore on the Babylon branch of the LIRR which is the busiest branch on the LIRR and the LIRR is the most commuted Rail Road in the USA. The trains on the Babylon Branch run every half hour opposed to the ones in Suffolk county which run every 4-8 hours.

So in conclusion, Farmingdale would be an excellent place to have it. I highly recommend staying out of areas such as the Far Rockaway branch, the Hempstead branch, or the West hempstead branch for they are not so good areas.
 
Tyson said:
Ohio has it's advantages as well though. And the Midwest is owed a competition... but PR support is powerful and we wouldn't have that in Ohio.
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Well, to be fair, the northeast is due for nats as well.

I'd never bothered to look into how much pr support OSU could provide, but perhaps I'll ask :)
 
Farmingdale University is also very easy to get to because there is a Train Station in Farmingdale. So you can access it from Jamaica queens because of the Air Train also in Islip there is a train station and Islip is very close to Farmingdale so we could easily do airport pick-ups.
 
I'm a bit biased but I'm all for the University of Florida. I suppose we did just have a Nationals in the SE in 2008 but I wouldn't mind it being down here again. I know nothing of prices but if a ballroom was rented in the student union it would make food easy as there is a small foodcourt (Taco Bell, Subway, Cheeburger Ceeburger and a few other things) with food open until midnight. With other food options available on campus within 10 minutes walking. There are a few hotels right outside campus. It would be private but at the same time could be advertised around campus/local area and interested students or professors could stop in, or just students walking around the student union.
 
Lofty said:
I'm a bit biased but I'm all for the University of Florida. I suppose we did just have a Nationals in the SE in 2008 but I wouldn't mind it being down here again. I know nothing of prices but if a ballroom was rented in the student union it would make food easy as there is a small foodcourt (Taco Bell, Subway, Cheeburger Ceeburger and a few other things) with food open until midnight. With other food options available on campus within 10 minutes walking. There are a few hotels right outside campus. It would be private but at the same time could be advertised around campus/local area and interested students or professors could stop in, or just students walking around the student union.
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The problem with Gainesville is lack of a decent airport nearby. Orlando is the closest, then Jax and Tampa. All of those would mean a long drive for anyone flying in.

I'm sorry, Lofty, I'd love to support the idea, my brother and my best friend both live over by Meadowbrook off NW 39th and I-75, so it would be great for me. Unforutunately, I really think a major airport within an hour of the venue is a necessity.
 
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Lofty said:
I'm a bit biased but I'm all for the University of Florida. I suppose we did just have a Nationals in the SE in 2008 but I wouldn't mind it being down here again. I know nothing of prices but if a ballroom was rented in the student union it would make food easy as there is a small foodcourt (Taco Bell, Subway, Cheeburger Ceeburger and a few other things) with food open until midnight. With other food options available on campus within 10 minutes walking. There are a few hotels right outside campus. It would be private but at the same time could be advertised around campus/local area and interested students or professors could stop in, or just students walking around the student union.
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The problem with Gainesville is lack of a decent airport nearby. Orlando is the closest, then Jax and Tampa. All of those would mean a long drive for anyone flying in.

I'm sorry, Lofty, I'd love to support the idea, my brother and my best friend both live over by Meadowbrook off NW 39th and I-75, so it would be great for me. Unforutunately, I really think a major airport within an hour of the venue is a necessity.
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Oh man, I completely overlooked that... no Nationals here. :-(
I'm still pulling for the SE tho, anyone cube at UCF? haha.
 
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