And Amy, sorry, I have a cell for you that ends in 0550 which now apparently belongs to someone named "Fay" who was kind enough to text me back to let me know she wasn't Amy.

So, I have email access the rest of my trip (only tomorrow, which is graduation day, I won't really be available), and can post here in the coming days about more bids that we get. But for voting purposes now, I'd say we can get a hospitality suite, a small banquet room for prom, and group rates that would be in the $160 per room for everything range. That assumption is based on the very low rate requested through hotelplanner.com and the immediate response of "74 hotels can accommodate your request" notice that the site gave me upon entry of all requirements.

Amy, Sox, I will forward you the email I got upon registering with hotelplanner.com.

Thanks so much for doing all that, java. And happy graduation tomorrow! Walk proud, lady.

Also, I'll send my new cell # in email.

Results:
The numbers represent the total number of votes.

Question #1: Top Choices for F2F Weekend

May 29-30 (Memorial Day Weekend): 7
June 5-6: 14
June 12-13: 18
June 19-20 (Father's Day): 16
June 26-27: 26
July 3-4: 4
July 10-11: 20
July 17-18: 16

Question #2: Dates you likely CANNOT attend

May 29-30 (Memorial Day Weekend): 15
June 5-6: 11
June 12-13: 13
June 19-20 (Father's Day): 13
June 26-27: 10
July 3-4: 22
July 10-11: 3
July 17-18: 5

Question #3: Other suggestions/comments

1. My date choices are based solely on wanting it to be as not-hot as possible. Really, I can attend anytime; after April my schedule is clear all summer.
2. If Rhode Island or Maine or Vermont are still on the table, even later would be good. If it's someplace that gets hot and humid during the summer, then earlier is better.

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My non-mathy analysis suggests a runoff between June 26-27 and July 10-11 based on these results. Hil, what does the real math say?

My non-mathy analysis suggests a runoff between June 26-27 and July 10-11 based on these results. Hil, what does the real math say?

That's what I'd say, too. If we just go with a simple number of votes minus number of people who can't be there, those two are nearly tied, with all the others well behind.

Okay then, people, so the question becomes if the cities want to now get feedback on those two dates, or if we want to pick a date regardless of city restrictions.

Oof. I'm one of the ones that can't come June 26-27 (I'm in a wedding), but I'm not even sure if I'll be able to come at all given how I'll have JUUUUST been to the wedding (in Chicago) and my dad's birthday (two weeks before, in Indiana). I'm a crazy traveler, but that's a lot of coast-to-coast-to-coast! Sad.

Bummer! I'm in the reverse position. I might be able to come if it's June 26-27 (I can arrange our CT trip around that), but no way can I do another coast-to-coast flight a few weeks later. I don't think ND could come either week.

I'm in a similar position to meara; I can't do June 26-27 (work conference), so I'd prefer July 10-11, but I'll also be flying to Massachusetts twice over the summer already (wedding prep and then the wedding!), so I don't know if I'll have the energy or money to also attend the F2F, even if it's on a free weekend.

I almost didn't vote in the dates poll, but I do *want* to come! Guess I'm trying to keep hope alive.

Scrolling back, I notice that June 26 is also one of the weekends Trudy said was blacked out for NYC. So it may not be the best weekend even if the numbers show that it's the most popular.

Right, but NYC isn't the only city in the running, much as I love it. I'd like to at least have the option to vote for that date in one of the cities.

Also, is it truly blocked out, or was that a hotel conflict? Might there be other options? Just checking to see if I can have my cake and eat it too.