Cool, Nora!

I'm more than willing to take on hosting/plannung for an Ohio F2F for the day after Thanksgiving. We can discuss details but interested parties can e me at the profile addy so we can guage interest and see what folks might want to do.

ND -- I'll need to know how you want the ballot designed (e.g. vote for one city; vote for two cities; vote can attend/won't attend on each city; rank the cities; etc.). I'll have time today and tomorrow evenings to work on it.

Proposals (including hotel prices) for NO and Mpls respectively are here:

-t "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Aug 16, 2004 3:13:31 pm PDT

juliana "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Aug 18, 2004 4:19:27 pm PDT

I didn't bookmark the KC or Toronto stuff, sorry.

To repeat the Mpls. original hotel proposal:

Northstar's offer is thus: Sleeping rooms - $99/per night - no change in rate for single to quad occupancy
Hospitality Suite $300 - $400 total, but will include a 2-person Jacuzzi.
Prom - Under negotiation. This is one of 3 union hotels in the city, so catering is required.
Parking: $14/day during the week, $9/day on the weekend.
It is connected to the Skyway system, which is goes all over Downtown and is lined with shops, restaurants, and art galleries.
A 'rooftop' garden for all guests

Updates on Mpls:

The room rates continue to be between $89-109 per night.

The Suite rate is ranging between free and $150/night.

The Prom Room rate is almost entirely dependent on catering requirements, and the middle lands around $400 with a cash bar.

The Hyatt has made a very competitive bid, much lower than the Northstar, but I have yet to check out the facilities. It's right across from the Millenium, where Deb stayed for the wedding. Everything is very much handicap-accessible.

hmm, isn't it interesting that Juliana only linked to her hometown and the party favorite? a bit biased, methinks . . . . :)

As for the Ballot, let's make it vote for two cities. We'll apply equal weight to the each vote and the city with the most votes is the one that will take the gold ring. Does that sound like a good plan to everyone?

a bit biased, methinks . . . . :)

Hmppph. :) Perhaps a bit busy when the other two were putting up their info? ;)

(I actually did feel bad when I realized I hadn't bookmarked anything else....)

So as of now we have good information on both Mpls and NO. Mpls seems to be just a bit of a price leader at the moment.

KC has the lowest prices we've seen so far, but we are somewhat without a local point person at the moment.

John Sweden is working on getting us the Toronto information.

KC posts:

NoiseDesign "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Aug 22, 2004 7:52:50 pm PDT

NoiseDesign "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Aug 25, 2004 5:10:38 pm PDT

Hotel info here:

Nicole "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Sep 8, 2004 7:23:41 pm PDT

Original KC pimpage:

Erin "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Jun 10, 2004 1:30:36 pm PDT

Original Toronto pimpage:

JohnSweden "F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Jun 12, 2004 11:41:34 am PDT

JohnSweden said that there were problems with the Toronto Tourism site, but they had promised the info to him ASAP....

I'm all for ranking choices, but we know how well that plays here.

I do think we should ask people to indicate, for each city, if they
a) almost definitely would attend
b) might attend
c) probably would not attend
d) almost definitely would not attend

If a city has a plurality of the vote, but a high negative score, and another city is a close second but with a much lower negative, we should maybe consider the second place choice.

The next question then, has anyone done some basic checking on airfares in and out of all these cities? The cost of travel usually comes up as an issue so we should talk a bit about it before we roll into the final voting.