TMC Connect 2014 - Time and Place?

[jerry33]

Instead of having one large Teslive event, how bout having one per region (Teslive West Coast Q1, Teslive East Coast Q2, etc.) - this would increase awareness throughout the country and would not require too much traveling.

The problem is that you would need a large number of people to organize and high quality speakers would be hard to come by. I doubt folks like Jerome or Lelani would attend more than one or two at most. I suspect you'd get about the same attendance as a Cars and Coffee, with the same people that you saw at the local Cars and Coffee.

 

[rolosrevenge]

I would find this far less appealing.

Agreed.

 

[Liz G]

Just checking here, but do we have confirmation that planning for Teslive 2014 is in the works?

I know we all want it, but are we sure that it is actually going to happen?

Please, no stone throwing. I just hate getting excited about something only to find out it was not real. And as we have not heard/seen anything official (ie. game, countdown clock), I thought I would ask.

 

[brianman]

I heard the next Teslive will only be available in the AWD edition. It's out in the woods somewhere.

 

[bonnie]

TMC Connect 2014 - Save the Date - July 18-20

 

[Sherry]

Perhaps I have missed it here but where is this event to take place - at the factory. Northern California is a big place!

 

[ecarfan]

It appears that as of this time no event location has been announced other than it being in "Northern California". Patience...

 

[Liz G]

For those of us not from Cali, is San Jose/San Francisco considered "Northern California" or is it further north than that?

 

[ggr]

For those of us not from Cali, is San Jose/San Francisco considered "Northern California" or is it further north than that?

San Diegans certainly think that Fremont is NoCal. In fact, I think anything that has branches in both LA and SF considers the Bay Area to be Northern California.

 

[TEG]

I think of Northern California as anything north of San Luis Obispo, not "far Northern California" (close to Oregon.)

I would think in this context that Northern California would mean "within a few hours driving range of San Francisco".

 

[ecarfan]

I bet the event will be somewhere in the SF Bay Area.

 

[Discoducky]

Maybe Monterrey, close to Laguna Seca?

 

[AndyM]

Maybe Monterrey, close to Laguna Seca?

+1 for that. There are a couple of conference centers that could hold the masses.

 

[Robert.Boston]

If you book flights to any of the Bay Area airports, you'll be in good shape. Personally, I like San Jose.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

If you book flights to any of the Bay Area airports, you'll be in good shape. Personally, I like San Jose.

Yes, SJC has some advantages, the biggest one being the rental car center's location right near the terminals rather than a long shuttle ride away. Security lines can be less onerous too when compared to SFO.

Make sure to book a flight to the right San Jose though

Study Abroad Gringa Takes Five Days to Realize She's in California | El Pejibaye

 

[TEG]

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Make sure to book a flight to the right San Jose though
Study Abroad Gringa Takes Five Days to Realize She's in California | El Pejibaye

Funny... I was at SJC once and someone was yelling in Spanish causing a big commotion.
I asked one of the security guards leaving the area what was going on and he said "They were trying to fly withing Costa Rica to San Jose, Costa Rica and got on the wrong plane and ended up here with no passport." The Costa Rica gate agents sure messed up letting someone on the plane to USA with the wrong ticket and no passport!

 

[Liz G]

+1 for that. There are a couple of conference centers that could hold the masses.

+100 I love Monterey.

 

[ecarfan]

Make sure to book a flight to the right San Jose though
Study Abroad Gringa Takes Five Days to Realize She's in California | El Pejibaye

That "article" is satire. Not true, as in it is fiction. But certainly amusing.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

That "article" is satire. Not true, as in its fiction. But certainly amusing.

Yes, I knew that (as many of the derivative articles made it clear)

 

[TEG]

That "article" is satire. Not true, as in it is fiction. But certainly amusing.

But not far from the truth:
Grandmother flown 3,000 miles out of her way | Mail Online