Damn, Southwest has really cheap flights from Oakland.
Is anyone coming in on Thursday? I want to come early an extra day to see non-Buffistas, but I don't know what the deal with the hotel is, if A) the Buffista rate will hold on Thursday night and B) if there will be people to split a room with. I am seeing if anyone I know has crash space.
Although, damn, it really is tempting to stay for Jilli's book release, although, again, lodging would be an issue. I could take a 6am flight Wednesday morning and still make it into work.
The Buffistas rate will be in force on Thursday and Sunday, we cleared that with the hotel. Dunno about splitting with folks, that I can't promise.
Polter-Cow, I'm arriving Thursday at 2 p.m., leaving Monday at 1 p.m.
Last I saw, Frankenbuddha, omnis_audis, and Laga are all planning to arrive Thursday. Also possibly Noise Design and PixKristin, if their schedules allow.
I'm booked too! Arriving late Thursday, departing 4pm on Monday.
We're planning Thursday through Monday as well, but no real idea on flights yet.
Going to the F2F was looking like it was a no-go, but it may be a go again. I'll know more next week.
I really freakin' hate living in a city that has crappy FLIGHTS.
Contract time!!
1 Queen - $169 for 2 ppl.
2 Queens - $179 for 2 ppl.
Additional people - $15 per night per person.
Room tax - 15.6%
(2 King Suite are also available at the $179 rate, however, they will not be within the room block.)
(ND and Pix, email me about the suites adjoining the hospitality suite - it's a higher rate.)
Party room setup - $150
Party food & bev minimum - $1500 (they did not raise the rate, le woot)
Party gratuity 14%, party tax 7% PLUS WA state tax
They have set the cut-off date for May 19, which I am going to request be pushed back to May 26, since it took them so long to get me the contract.
Does this sound acceptable to everyone?
NEXT STEPS
In order to ratify the contract, we need a) someone's credit card to hold all of this and to be run at the end of the F2F and b) someone to gather the money and hand it over to whomever. I am willing to do both, but if someone else would like to, I'll step down.
By "be run at the end" you do mean just for the party room, right? (I'd be fine with that, if you need someone, or not, if you're cool)
And we'd REALLLLLLY be wanting people to not be booking things outside the room block until we knew we had those 40 nights Fri/Sat, right?
By "be run at the end" you do mean just for the party room, right?
Correct. Although the hospitality suite would be included if we don't meet the 40 room minimum for Fri/Sat. (Though, she said the minimum was for Thurs-Sat when I talked to her, so I'll see if we can re-stretch it back to include Thursday.)
And we'd REALLLLLLY be wanting people to not be booking things outside the room block until we knew we had those 40 nights Fri/Sat, right?
It would be included in the count, it just won't be near the rest of the people.
