We just got notice from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) that it's planning to open a state-of-the-art conference center in San Mateo. SVCF anticipates opening the facility in late January and hosting an open house in February 2010. Located at 1300 S. El Camino Real, the conference center is designed to offer free meeting space to community groups and accommodate SVCF events. The center will have three conference rooms that can host groups ranging from 50 to 160 attendees and will have video conferencing capabilities. Free meeting space seems always to be on the wish list for nonprofits, so thank you SVCF.