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Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
Debet, Nic just told me that "data ports" in every room means that the hotel is DSL-wired. Surely that's what we're looking at?
JZ, one of the deals on booking an entire small place is that we wouldn't be getting on a per-room basis; the likelihood is a flat fee for the time allotted.
And if there is in fact a nice PA-ready rehearsal room in SOMA or South Beach, how would people feel? I'm thinking four limos from hotel to rehearsal room and back again would do it....
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Debet, Nic just told me that "data ports" in every room means that the hotel is DSL-wired. Surely that's what we're looking at?
IME, it can go either way, with that language, so you'd have to ask them whether the data ports are dial-up or Ethernet. If they have no idea what you're talking about, it's probably dial-up.
Surely not everyone cares about having internet access in their room? For instance, I really don't.
I don't either -- to me, part of the fun of being on vacation is getting a break from the screen -- but, as others have said, it does seem to be dealbreaker-y for many people.
JZ, the Hayes Valley is a no: their TV/DVD room/hospitality suite only holds ten people and they aren't wired for internet. Alas.
There was much grumbling in New Orleans.
I think the reason that no internet access was such a common complaint this year is that it had been promised, and then turned out not to exist. If we knew in advance that the hotel wouldn't have wireless (or would only have dial-up, etc etc), I think we could deal with it.
Ah, darn, Deb, that's a shame. Still, it looks like there are a lot of other possibilities floating around.
That's my thinking also, Jessica.
Would anyone disagree with a poll (after dates and cities have been locked in, of course) to find out how many people are planning on attending?
I think if that'd been done earlier in the game for NO, the actual number of attendees wouldn't have been such a surprise. (I understand that people canceled last minute but even with them included, the numbers would've been lower than what was projected to the hotel.)
Just a suggestion.
I think a poll was done for NOLA. It's just quite a few people had to not go during the last couple of months beforehand due to poveryt/schedule/etc.