Heather volunteered to plan NO, and (ahem) I've volunteered to plan Cleveland like 3 times now.

I love Austin. I would be distracted there by a large contingent of my friends who aren't Buffistas, but that's moot. It's a great little city, as is San Antonio. It will be quite hot, though, in May. I know some people were concerned about that.

I have always wanted to see NOLA, but again, I can see heat being an issue there as well beause, well, swamp. Kansas City intrigues me, Don't know enough about it to say much more...but isn't it also quite hot? I love the heat, but I don't want people to be miserable.

So I'm thinking my vote would be for a little bit north--I've never been to Minneapolis or Toronto or Cleveland and would be equally happy there.

I did want to say, though, that DC is not always as hot in May as it was this past weekend. (And, in a desperate bid for 2007, New England is gorgeous in May!)

There are a few people who could help with KC, including ND and Aurelia, plus isn't Gudanov near there?

If people are really interested in Nashville, I could be the point person. I don't live there now, but my family lives there and I go there five or six times a year. I could coordinate family visit with hotel inspections. I suspect that Nashville is not going to be cheaper, however, because it's both a convention and a tourist town. The cheapest hotel rates are usually in convention-oriented towns like Atlanta and even Vegas, because the hotels have rooms to fill on the weekends. There is a fair amount to do in Nashville and some great music, but there is effectively no public transportation.

still waiting for the rest of Beverly's report

Is Chicago off the list because we already went there? Because it was cheap and convenient to just about everybody. Plus things to do.

Hey kids. I'm at home sick, enjoying all the debate about next year and watching Batman Forever halfheartedly.

ND, thanks so much for stepping forward to take point. There is no end to the rockingness of you. Sorry your flight back sucked.

smonster & amyth, I did not know until the moment you left that you were planning to take the recycling back with you. Wahh!! Had I known, you would've had several giant bags.

Damn, there was more? I thought that seemed like a small amount. Sorry...

Not that I'm likely to be around this time next year, of course

t pouts

If anyone is interested in Denver as an option, I would be more than willing to plan it. Very little humidity and temps range from 70 - 88 during May.

If not Denver, then so far my top two choices would be Minneapolis and Cleveland.

Is Chicago off the list because we already went there? Because it was cheap and convenient to just about everybody. Plus things to do.

If we keep moving it around a wider variety of people will, eventually, be able to attend.

Denver sounds AWESOME

Toronto: John Sweden
Kansas City: Erin (?)
Minneapolis: Juliana
Austin/San Antonio: Astarte
New Orleans: Heather
Cleveland: Deena
Nashville: Ginger
Denver: Nicole

Oo. Denver please.