I will find a way to be there. And possibly call in sick another day too.
Thanks for being point person, ND. I agree that the sooner the better in terms of at least deciding on a city and doing the preliminary work. Also, we shouldn't feel immediate pressure, but it's not a bad idea to book a year out, either; many conferences do since there are so many options at this point.
Basically, I'd like to see us make the major decisions, get the very basics mapped out and maybe book a hotel, and then put it on the back burner until later in the year.
But I admit, I did the recopying and color-coded my notes thing in college.
Also, I know I'm way in the minority, but I love the heat. It was such a great relief to come somewhere warm in May.
Is 80-90 degrees really prohibitively hot? Even when there are a dozen and three places to duck into to cool off with every step? I mean it's not like we're talking jungle weather (she says having never been to the jungle).
This is my feeling, but I'm used to humid places. It seemed like a lot of people were having trouble with the humidity in DC this weekend, and NOLA would be worse in that respect. (Though I do really want NOLA, I don't want to choose somewhere where that many people will be that uncomfortable.)
FWIW, I'm one of the people who had problems with the humidity, but I would go to NOLA in July if that was the only time available.
FWIW, I'm one of the people who had problems with the humidity, but I would go to NOLA in July if that was the only time available.
What. DX. Said. I would have enjoyed the walking-around-sightseeing part more if it hadn't been so damned hot and humid. (And, yes, if I had packed gym shoes.)
Can we include the temperature thing in the city pro/con sheet? So then we can get a bullshit consensus on whether people prefer to be warm or... moderate?
Askye or Hil, did all of the Panda ears get claimed? I'd love a pair if they didn't.
See, I actually think it would be better than DC, because of all the places on the street sharing the air conditioner.
I've only ever been to NOLA over Christmas.
So Christmas Eve morning?
The bars are being hosed down. But it was a quiet night.\
(They also thought that it was "cold" -- it was in the 50s.)
See, I actually think it would be better than DC, because of all the places on the street sharing the air conditioner.
How's that? I'm not real familiar with this.
Trudy---did you get your panda headband?
I did. He is not dead.
One of the things we might consider is rather than just proposing cities we could propose to run the thing, like Olympic bids.
That way we wouldn't have a situation where someone unexpectedly (yet valiantly, dear Java) has to put the thing together long distance.
So, rather than saying "Let's go to X" maybe we could shoot towards "I can organize X and here are some prices".
