Another thought is that we could just hard code the date (3rd weekend in May or 2nd weekend in June sort of thing) so that we already know the date each year and can schedule around it.

I think perhaps a better option would be to hard-code 2 or 3 dates, to give flexibility, and then also hard-code the survey-taking/decision-making process.

Also, the date on which the survey is launched, so that we can settle on the F2F dates and solicit proposals.

Juliana, the queries to the hotels in Philly are done through hotelplanner.com with my name and log in. Are you going to take over?

Also? I only participated as a voter and attender(er) in previous years and had no idea how much of a pain being (only slightly) more involved would be.

So this is a retro-active giant "thank you" to anyone who helped organize these shin digs in prior years. It's a pretty overwhelming and sometimes thankless task.

And I say this as someone whose previous career included event planning for a number of companies, including Oracle.

So this is a retro-active giant "thank you" to anyone who helped organize these shin digs in prior years. It's a pretty overwhelming and sometimes thankless task.

What She Said!!!

I think all of us who have done our time should drink a toast in wherever we end up this year.

Juliana, the queries to the hotels in Philly are done through hotelplanner.com with my name and log in. Are you going to take over?

For now, at least. Is that okay? And can you send me the info?

Yup, that's fine. I'll email you with it now.

Wait, both Amy and Javachik are pimping Philly?

Vortex, I think originally Amy and Sox were pimping Philly. They asked for help contacting hotels, so I did that. I also posted links re: Philly. I think we're all pimps working the same block.