Because when they don't the F2F sometimes doesn't go as well. The pimper doesn't know that although both hotels claim to be close to public transport, hotel A is a better transit line; or gets caught up in the newness of the city and isn't available; or where the best place to get stuff for the hospitality suite is (or even getting stuff for the suite); etc. There have been exceptions, of course, but history has shown that it goes more smoothly when the pimper is familiar with the city.

I would say if the pimper doesn't take responsibility for planning than someone else needs to at least sort of head up the committee so that we actually have hotels reserved and a prom set up, etc, etc.

I guess what I mean is that pimper does not have be the person responsible for organizing the affair, but there probably should be someone.

Hm, I suppose that the pimper and the organizer don't have to be the same person, but what if someone pimps, but no one wants to organize?

Then I pimp Albuquerque. I have a basic knowledge of the city as far as hotels and suchlike.

YAY ABQ! That (or Santa Fe) would be a really fun F2F, but I definitely would consider that West.

Well, if NM is West, CO should be West.

On practical grounds, I feel like I should be working on pimping Minneapolis. IIRC it is a hub for at least one major airline and therefore would be relatively easy for transport, in addition to being highly convenient for me and Daniel to get to. But I can't say I have intimate knowledge of the city, as I have only rarely ventured into it, and have never used public transport around it. Additionally, weather here in June is much more likely to be comfortable than in Texas (although we all know what a crap shoot it is to gamble on weather). I know there are zillions of wonderful, wacky, adventures to be had in the area, but I generally can't think of them off-hand.

I think that the question is whether you're willing to take point, organize, do the research, etc.

I'm trying to get a handle on precisely what that entails. Calling hotels to discuss room rates on blocks of rooms plus hospitality suite plus space for prom (and/or hunt for an alternate venue), that I can do. If I can narrow it down to a couple of choices, Daniel and I should be able to go lay eyes on the places to make a final choice. I will definitely need assistance in hunting up activities to suggest to the group, and will likely need a partner in crime actually staying in the hotel. Actually shopping for snacks and beverages for the hospitality suite, that I can do, if presented with a list of suggestions. And if there are bits that I have just left out, then I need someone(s) to be able to say, "Hey, what about ____?"