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?
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
juliana - Mar 24, 2010 11:46:44 am PDT #5467 of 12708
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 11:48:37 am PDT #5468 of 12708
Our wings are not tired.
Yup, that's fine. I'll email you with it now.
Vortex - Mar 24, 2010 11:51:14 am PDT #5469 of 12708
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wait, both Amy and Javachik are pimping Philly?
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 11:56:49 am PDT #5470 of 12708
Our wings are not tired.
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.
NoiseDesign - Mar 24, 2010 12:11:07 pm PDT #5471 of 12708
Our wings are not tired
I am hesistant about hard coding the dates. Depending upon time of year they could permanently lock out cities in warmer climates which would be unfortunate. It could also permanently lock out people who have consistent conflicts at certain times of year.
Hil R. - Mar 24, 2010 12:21:05 pm PDT #5472 of 12708
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
For picking dates, the way that I think we did it last year seemed to work well. Once we narrowed it down to about 4 dates, we had a poll where each person picked their first choice, second choice, and so on, and there was also a "Which dates can you not attend?" question. We gave each date one point for each last place vote, two points for second-to-last, and so on, and then subtracted a point for each person who said they could not attend that date. Most points wins.
juliana - Mar 24, 2010 12:29:33 pm PDT #5473 of 12708
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's the narrowing down that causes a lot of angst. The need for flexibility is why I suggested hard-coding three dates - we could go up to 4, and use the preferential voting we used last year.
Frankly, I understand that there will always be scheduling issues and a need to change things up, but we need a system better than our current dartboard method.
Hil R. - Mar 24, 2010 12:33:09 pm PDT #5474 of 12708
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's the narrowing down that causes a lot of angst.
I thought that worked out OK this year -- didn't we start out with a "Which of these dates could you attend?" poll, and that got it down to five or so?
megan walker - Mar 24, 2010 12:58:04 pm PDT #5475 of 12708
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
including Oracle.
Oh good lord.
Nicole - Mar 24, 2010 3:20:35 pm PDT #5476 of 12708
I'm getting the pig!
If one date is too scary, then I definitely think that two or three should be decided on.
It's the narrowing down that causes a lot of angst. The need for flexibility is why I suggested hard-coding three dates - we could go up to 4, and use the preferential voting we used last year.
Or what Juliana said.
This would alleviate the frustrations that come up every year. If we had, for example, one May date and two June dates hard coded, we could basically include dates used in previous F2Fs without feeling like we're re-inventing the wheel every year.
(Yes, I'm including the May option in there because we still had great attendance at May F2Fs and I'd like the chance to actually attend one again. Some day.)