FUDCon:Bid for Venezuela 2012

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	Bid Approved - please check [[FUDCon:Margarita2012	FUDCon Margarita Website]] for more information

FUDcon LATAM 2012 - BID Venezuela - Margarita Island

Local Team

• Maria "tatica" Leandro
• Guillermo "Gomix" Gómez
• Edwind "Richzendy" Contreras
• Carlos "Pelobravo" Marcano

Brief description of the city.

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More information about Margarita Island here

Margarita Island (spanish: Isla de Margarita) is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river valley of the same name in Margarita Island. Primary industries are tourism, fishing and construction. The population of the state is about 440,000.

Major local airports and their distance from lodging and venue.

Santiago Mariño International Airport

Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional del Caribe "Santiago Mariño") (IATA: PMV, ICAO: SVMG) is a commercial airport located near Porlamar, the largest city on Isla Margarita, an island in state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela.

The Airport is divided into two sections; International and Domestic. International flights leave to Canada, Europe, South America and the Caribbean. Primary domestic routes are to Caracas, Maturín and Ciudad Bolivar.

Private ways of transportation can be used if they are needed.

Simón Bolívar International Airport

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar) is located in Maiquetía, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) from downtown Caracas, Venezuela.

Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, it is the top international air passenger gateway to Venezuela among the twelve international airports in the country. It handles flights to many important cities in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.

Since 2000 the airport has been undergoing major changes in order to meet international standards and to improve passenger traffic, security, immigration areas and customs areas. Security measures have become top priority since the 9/11 events, and now departure areas and arrival areas are completely split into the lower and upper levels of the airport. Maiquetia airport has two terminals: Domestic (D) and international (I).

Description of proposed conference rooms

Name	Location	Internet	Rooms/Capacity	Cost
UBV Porlamar	Calle La Marina de Porlamar, antiguo Puerto de la Mar	Yes		Free
UNEFA Pampatar	Pampatar	Yes		Free
IUTIRLA Nueva Esparta		Yes		Free
UDO Nueva Esparta		Yes		Free

Description of proposed lodging and estimated costs along with a written agreement from lodging specifying rates

Name	Location	Internet	Cost	Distance from event	Contact
Hotel Puerta del Sol Porlamar	Calle Los Pinos, Margarita Island	Yes	Double ~80us$ // Triple ~100us$ // Cuadruple ~140us$		Sandra Castrillon
Hotel Surf Paradise	Calle Principal de El Yaque, Playa El Yaque , Isla Margarita, Margarita Island	Yes

Estimated costs of flights major airports that attendees will travel from.

This cost can variate / Special prices can be found with Copa

Note: local flights are cheaper to Porlamar. Round-Trip cost ~90us$. This is already added to the costs in the following tables (Conviasa Airlines)

Countries inside LATAM

	Panamá	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	Colombia	México	Chile (Santiago)	Brazil (Rio)	Brazil (Sao Paulo)	Argentina	Perú
Costs (US$ estimated)	580us$	1090us$	1300us$	710us$	640us$	890us$	580us$	590us$	890us$	900us$

Countries Outside LATAM

	Miami
Costs (estimated)	1150us$

Country Visa Information

Venezuela doesn't require Visa

Possible Local Sponsors

Name	Item to be sponsored	Ammount	Status	Plan B
PDVSA Insular
Corpoelec
Alcaldía de Díaz	Transportation 24/7	Bus with 52 spots (hotel-event event-hotel)	Confirmed
CANTV
Puerto de la Mar
PDVSA CVP
Ipostel
Ministerio Público
Jordan Cosmetics	Air fare 1 ticket - CSS/Porlamar (RPMDev)		Confirmed
Ipostel
Conviasa
Sitsa

Pros and Cons of the proposed location.

Pros

• Venezuela has a growing community
• Venezuela services are really cheap (food and transportation)

Possible attendees

#	Name	$$$	Veg	Size	Share room?	Comments	Hotel booked	extra line for badge	Country	TEAM
1	María "tatica" Leandro	Yes	NO	M (woman)	Yes (User:richzendy)		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador, Design, Marketing, Translation
2	Edwind "richzendy" Contreras	Yes	NO	L	Yes (User:tatica)		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador, Packager, Spins
3	Oliver Rivas	Yes	NO	XL	Yes		No	No	USA / Venezuela
4	Guillermo Gómez	Yes	NO	L	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	RPMDev, Ruby SIG, Fedora Documentation Project
5	Luis Bazan	Yes	NO	M	Yes		No	No	Panamá	Package Maintainer, Ambassadors, Infrastructure
6	Carlos "pelobravo" Marcano	Yes	NO	XL	No		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador,Support, Documentation
7	Antonio Salles	Yes	NO!	XL	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin & Red Hat Expositor
8	Larry Letelier	Yes	NO!	L	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador, Support, BBQ man
9	Itamar Reis Peixoto	Yes	NO!	L	Yes, :-)		No	-	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, Packager,
10	Daniel Bruno	Yes	NO	M	Yes		No	-	Brazil	Fedora Ambassador, Packager, Infra LATAM
11	Abdel G. Martínez L.	Yes	NO	S	Yes		No	No	Panamá	Ambassador, Package Maintainer
12	Kellerman Rivero Suarez.	No	No	XL	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	Ambassador
13	Robert Marcano	No	No	L	Yes		No	No	Venezuela	Package Maintainer
14	Henry Anchante	No	No	M	Yes		No	No	Peru	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin
15	Juan Rodriguez	Yes	No	M	Yes		No	No	Mexico	Fedora Ambassador & Packager
16	Matias Maceira	Yes	No	L	Yes		No	No	Argentina	Fedora Ambassador & Support
17	Rodolfo Retamales	Yes	NO!	M	Sure		-	-	Chile	Fedora Ambassador & Sysadmin