The whole We Have To Decide This Before Such And Such Date seemed to create more stress than it was worth, for everyone involved.

Well... there are upsides and downsides to the timeline thing. THe timelines allow us to make decisions early, and the earlier their made, the easier they are to change to accomodate situations. But, as you say, it does cause stress on everyone involved.

seemed to create more stress than it was worth, for everyone involved.

It actually lowered my stress knowing that decisions were out of the way and not still looming. Different organizers work different ways, but for me having a deadline and getting decisions made and then being able to move on to the next decision makes it much easier to manage.

Maybe the LAistas can rent a big ole RV and drive to wherever.

I'm thoroughly amused by the notion of a Buffista Urban Assualt Vehicle.

I like the SF and Seattle notions, because they are both cities I've wanted to visit for a long time, but whether I can swing it or not is a whole different thing.

Wow. I can't believe I used the word 'everyone' in a post last night. I mean, obviously I *did*, but that was pretty stupid. Even for me.

Okay. Let me try this again. From my own POV, the process last year seemed to have been more stressful than it was worth. Primarily due to the earlier deadlines. Maybe I'm just failing to see where the earlier deadlines helped because for *me*, they felt like more of a hinderance. Was there a substantial payoff to the earlier deadlines that I'm missing?

Wow. I can't believe I used the word 'everyone' in a post last night. I mean, obviously I *did*, but that was pretty stupid. Even for me.

You think *you* feel stupid? *I'm* the one who dared to suggest a major change to The Way Things Are Done. Silly me. You'd think all the kerfluffles in B'crazy would have taught me *something.*

Every year: outliers (Australia, Israel, Maine), PISSED.

Well, yeah, but if you held it in Sydney it still wouldn't stop the Aussies getting pissed. Probably encourage it, in fact.

The gist was basically, could attend, could probably attend, could not attend for each destination.

I liked that poll, I learned something interesting from the results. I'm fully in favour of a similar approach.

You'd think all the kerfluffles in B'crazy would have taught me *something.*

They've taught me that you can never get tired of saying "Dance, crazy lady, dance".

They've taught me that you can never get tired of saying "Dance, crazy lady, dance".

It's true -- B'crazy should probably be renamed "Hey, Teppy: dance, crazy lady, dance!!!"

It's true -- B'crazy should probably be renamed "Hey, Teppy: dance, crazy lady, dance!!!"

Next time a thread needs renaming, I'm proposing this.

And this year its the west coast's turn try and drum up a place easily accessable to them and hopefully they won't blow it.

I think that the implication that anyone/anyplace was "blowing it" is unfair. We threw out some cities, we voted, we chose. As it happened, I'm one of the people who voted for NO, and didn't go, because the opportunity to buy a house came up. Hmm, perhaps this is an argument for waiting, because we can get a more realistic idea of who can actually come closer to time.

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