Old hotel. No elevators.

We won't have to deal with stairs at all to take stuff to the ballroom, though. There's a service entrance right to the parking lot.

Damn. Victor & Lea will be out here doing West Coast poetry stuff that late, including presenting workshops at my school on the 16th and 17th. Unfortunately, that's going to make attending difficult for any of us. Was the March 24th date not a possibility at all, Ginger? (Yes, asking selfishly. But because I love Buffista goodness!)

In not!selfish terms, do we have a guestimate for total cost, then? If it is $1175 for ballroom + cleanup, it would be great if we could figure out how much more we'll need for food/liquor so we can start fundraising ASAP. Ginger, are you willing to be PayPal point, or should we work through someone else?

I did check March 24th. There's a wedding in the ballroom.

For food, I was rather thinking of getting some frozen appetizers like Costco's miniquiches, some fruit trays, some vegetable trays, cheese and maybe cold cuts and bakery rolls. Is that too simple? No one ever seems to get too involved in the prom food, because most people eat earlier.

Can someone come up with a list of what we'll need at the bar? I really don't know how to estimate that. We also need to add some beer and wine, at least, for the hospitality suite.

Are we only looking at the one hotel, or are there other options? I am fairly certain that we won't be able to attend because TCG only gets one week vacation in his first six months at the job, and we have made promises to visit relatives, so mainly just curious.

Simple food sounds good.

She says, not even having checked her calendar to see if attending will be possible.

I'll be able to come! I'm excited. My schedule will be flexible and I can go up early to help set up and since I'll be driving I can act as taxi if needed.

I'm happy to help anyone who needs assistance. More opportunity to get my hands on yummy Buffistas! ;)

If I can make it, I may have to be handicapped for the weekend. Just because.

I... might be able to come. Depends on my business trip schedule, which has not yet been announced. I'd really like to meet some Buffistas, too.

Well shoot, since those dates were even on any of the votes or polls I'm booked. I'd blocked most of the possible dates on my calendar just in case, but as a result the non-polled dates got filled.

Should we run this new possible date past the board at large to see what attendance might look like?

We're hoping to make it this year. The current options seem to be 3/24 and 4/14. (With 3/31 out because of Major Event in Town and 4/7 out because of religious holidays.)

Either one works for us.