Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Phooey. I started missing everyone and everything pretty much the minute Matilda and I stepped out of the car onto the curb at the airport, and it hasn't gotten any better since.The strongest of crack the DEA has ever come across. Odds are good I won't be able to attend either.
More Data:
Total Started Survey: 33 Total Completed Survey: 33 (100%)
Which city is your FIRST choice for the 2010 F2F?
answered question 30
skipped question 3
New York (staying nearby in NJ) 50% 15
Philly 50% 15
Another East Coast city that I am willing to pimp myself and will list in my comments 0.0% 0
Please check any of the dates below that you think you MIGHT be able to attend (you may check as many as you would like):
answered question 33
skipped question 0
May 29-30 (Memorial Day Weekend) 24.2% 8
June 5-6 48.5% 16
June 12-13 33.3% 11
June 19-20 (Father's Day Weekend) 45% 15
June 26-27 66.7% 22
July 3-4 (July 4th weekend) 21.2% 7
July 10-11 60.6% 20
July 17-18 69.7% 23
I can't attend any of these dates 0.0% 0
Can we narrow down to those top three dates (weekends of 6/26, 7/11, and 7/18), which the pimpers can use to get solid numbers, and now move on to official Providence (I assume you want to take point, sj?), NYC, and Philly pimpage?
My suggestion is that if one of those dates doesn't work in your city, you do a combo city/date pimpage for the ones that will. Thoughts?
Also, can we set a deadline for the vote so everyone know how much time they have to put together their sales pitches?
Like I said a while ago, 6/11 and 6/25 are out for New York. I don't know about July dates since they weren't on the table when I had the discussion with the hotel.
I'm not sure if I can get the same bid with multiple dates even if its only a few multiple dates.
Why is it we can't put up a poll for the usual number of days and pick a date?
Then the pimpers can have that information (both date and an estimate of participants) and negotiate with the hotels. THEN we can say what each option is and vote on location.
What's happening in NYC on that weekend?
My suggestion is that if one of those dates doesn't work in your city, you do a combo city/date pimpage for the ones that will. Thoughts?
Sounds like a plan!
That seems good to me, Pix.
re-posting because I edited and the conversation went on. sorry for the dupes.
Like I said a while ago, 6/11 and 6/25 are out for New York. I don't know about July dates since they weren't on the table when I had the discussion with the hotel.
I'm not sure if I can get the same bid with multiple dates even if its only a few multiple dates.
Why is it we can't put up a poll for the usual number of days and pick a date?
Then the pimpers can have that information (both date and an estimate of participants) and negotiate with the hotels. THEN we can say what each option is and vote on location.
Sorry if I'm sounding snippy.
It's just very frustrating to be dealing with hypotheticals when there are decisions we can actually make (and which the hotel I'm dealing with demands).
Isn't there one way we usually do this? As in a certain order to what we choose first, etc.? I don't remember because I couldn't come last year and didn't participate, but it seems like it might be worth hammering out one agreed-upon way to choose date/location each year.