Gronk. I think I definitely caught the F2F flu. I have to go to work today, unfortunately, but maybe I can give the flu to all of the people who are making me be there.
Weird love's better than no love.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Lee - May 26, 2004 5:45:51 am PDT #3827 of 9999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
beth b - May 26, 2004 5:55:47 am PDT #3828 of 9999
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DH really likes Toronto- t bob likes carrots - he has been there for work and knows a good music ( read guitar ) store. lots of musicians busking. Funky , comfortable place. No idea aaaabout the public transportation
We have friends in the Madison area. I can't see them at the prom, but we could spend a day with them
Wait... you mean it is not all about Me?
Trudy Booth - May 26, 2004 5:56:18 am PDT #3829 of 9999
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I remember "Toronto next year" talk. And I still think a Canadian destination would be good. And we have someone offering to plan it...
If we're going to go with a "place where someone is offering to plan" approach maybe we should make a list:
Toronto: John Sweden
Minneapolis: Juliana
Any others?
juliana - May 26, 2004 6:09:59 am PDT #3830 of 9999
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I don't think any city should be knocked out of the running at this point (barring coastal locations, of course). I do think that preference could be given to those cities who have people who are offering to plan or propose (whether or not those people are local to that city).
I also think I am abusing the parentheses today. Apologies.
Trudy Booth - May 26, 2004 6:13:21 am PDT #3831 of 9999
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Good point. Knocking out bad. Having planner good.
Beverly - May 26, 2004 6:15:29 am PDT #3832 of 9999
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm one of those who really suffers in heat and humidity, so if we have a F2F at the end of May, I'd prefer a more northerly location. Minneapolis sounds good. 'Course, I can drive to Nashville, so there's that to consider.
Deena - May 26, 2004 6:18:30 am PDT #3833 of 9999
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'd love to plan Cleveland.
Also, Toronto is only 4 hours from me, so that would be very easy to get to (and if people wanted to fly into Cleveland and drive up with me, that might be fun. We could rent a van! Have a party on the way to the party!).
Trudy Booth - May 26, 2004 6:18:45 am PDT #3834 of 9999
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm one of those who really suffers in heat and humidity, so if we have a F2F at the end of May, I'd prefer a more northerly location
Or at least not built on a swamp. t looks pointedly at DC and N'orleans
Beverly - May 26, 2004 6:20:06 am PDT #3835 of 9999
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Actually, any (northerly) place with Deena sounds good!
Steph L. - May 26, 2004 6:22:32 am PDT #3836 of 9999
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What are our top priorities in choosing a location? I'd think it's cost/accessibility (I mean accessibility from all points of the country, though once we have an actual hotel, it needs to be accessible as well).
And those are intertwined, it seems. As Jess said above, the Big Name cities tend to be the best ones because they have airports that are convenient. (For instance, Steamboat Springs, CO, is gorgeous, but I wouldn't want to fly into Denver and then spend an hour or more driving to Steamboat.) That's the accessibility issue.
Cost dovetails in when you look at things like public transportation, etc. Or, like in my Steamboat Springs example, everyone would have to rent cars (or chip in on communal cars), because of the hour-long drive to Steamboat. So you add the cost of a rental car to airfare, hotel, food, etc.
So, location affects cost. But we also don't want to pick a location *solely* on cost. We want fun stuff to do, though maybe we don't need a gazillion choices of fun stuff.
So, location/cost/fun.
Maybe Hil could make an equation for us, so that we can optimize our search....