North Bay Python 2023, now with new and improved July dates (29th and 30th)
Hello Pythonistas!
tl;dr: North Bay Python 2023 is now taking place on the weekend of July 29 and 30.
After we announced our return next year, one of our friendly community members got back to us and found that they couldn't find any hotel rooms near Petaluma for our previously announced June weekend. Thank you, eager community member, for being so excited to attend!
We went and looked for ourselves. Nothing except for a handful of rooms upwards of $450 per night.
Sigh.
It turns out our June dates clashed with the annual NASCAR event at Sonoma Raceway, on the other side of the Petaluma River. Tour groups gobbled up every affordable hotel room in Petaluma, Sonoma, and anywhere else in 20 miles of the raceway. The highway that links Sonoma County with our friends in the Sacramento Valley would have three-hour traffic delays. 101 wouldn't be much better.
People from out of town wouldn't be able to stay in Petaluma. People from further afield in the Bay Area wouldn't be able to reliably drive up on either day. That just won't do.
We've agreed as a team that it would be better to pay a bit more to move the event, so that people can actually attend.
North Bay Python 2023 is now taking place on the weekend of July 29 and 30, at the beautiful Reis River Ranch in the rolling hills of the Petaluma Valley.
Expect announcement of our CFP closer to mid-April, and tickets to go on sale in May.
Now, hopefully we can actually plan our event.
--Chris and the North Bay Python team.