For no apparent reason, I was picturing Kevin Spacey instead of Russell Crowe for this whole conversation, until we got to the garage band thing!
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 23, 2010 6:10:19 am PDT #5695 of 12708
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Tom Scola - Apr 23, 2010 6:17:32 am PDT #5696 of 12708
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Wrong thread, Sophia, unless you have some information about surprise guests at the F2F.
sj - Apr 23, 2010 6:43:27 am PDT #5697 of 12708
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I heard back from the hotel rep. We can still have the room rate without the prom, but without the prom, we would have to move the hospitality suite for Saturday night and then move it back on Sunday. We are responsible for 85% of however many rooms we decide to block off.
flea - Apr 23, 2010 7:05:27 am PDT #5698 of 12708
information libertarian
If Russell Crowe is coming, I will SO BE at the F2F.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 23, 2010 7:16:56 am PDT #5699 of 12708
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh dear! Why do I do this?!?!
(Actually there is this weird thing where when I hit the back button on b.org it takes me back two pages instead of one, and I am pretty sure this is how it happens!)
sj - Apr 23, 2010 7:53:19 am PDT #5700 of 12708
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ok, I just spoke to the rep that clarified that the prom space and the hospitality space would be one in the same for the weekend. They don't have a suite that could accomodate 60 comfortably. So, what she is offering is a meeting space. In a meeting space we could not bring in our own food and drink of any kind. If we were to have say 40 people she could get us a suite, but that would be somewhere in the $400 range per night. I'm sorry that these types of details were not made clear to me earlier. I'm really feeling like I failed at this.
The rep also said that it may be easier to accomodate us on a different weekend, our weekend and the weekend of July 8th being the busiest weekends at her hotel this summer. I really think we should seriously consider taking a vote on changing the date to take into account people whose plans have changed since they originally voted and to give people some breathing space from now until the F2F to book flights, etc.
Again, I'm sorry if I completely suck at this.
DavidS - Apr 23, 2010 7:58:28 am PDT #5701 of 12708
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Again, I'm sorry if I completely suck at this.
To the contrary! Thank you for keeping track of all this.
Dana - Apr 23, 2010 7:59:52 am PDT #5702 of 12708
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think it's totally up to the people who can attend.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 23, 2010 8:36:58 am PDT #5703 of 12708
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
sj, you've done a great job, especially since you're doing it basically on your own AND you don't actually live in the city you're pimping.
sj - Apr 23, 2010 8:42:10 am PDT #5704 of 12708
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Well, I did grow up the next city over,and I am happy to go and actually look at accomodations if that is what people want me to do. I was planning on doing that before signing anything anyway.