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INCyr
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Hivemeet 2006 So after a WONDERFUL weekend in Chicago with a ton of great folk, I suspect a lot of people are interested in having another one next year. And I'm guessing those who couldn't make it this time would love another chance to go.
So why not start organizing it now? Time goes by fast, and I'd rather start early than run out of time at the end.
First things up are date and place. So far we have a couple of suggestions for the place: (some discussed, some just large cities)
Discussed at Hivemeet as possibilities:
Seattle
San Franciso
Other large Cities:
D.C.
NYC
Boston
Atlanta
LA
San Diego
Phoenix
Austin
Dallas
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
...any one else have any suggestions? I imagine that the final location will be decided by Condorcet poll, but let's wait until we have enough suggestions to make it worth while.
As for date... well... start throwing out times. It seemed like May worked well for a lot of people, but it might be harder for some of the students to go if they have classes/finals. Might we want to hold it later in the summer? Or possibly over spring break season?
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:53 am
CoffeeJedi
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yeah, pushing it back a month to june would probably be easier, but airline prices bump up a little because of summer vacations
edit: i cn typ goood
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:24 pm
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Clayfoot
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While we were in Chicago, Phaedra pointed out that round trip tickets to Europe are cheap: $300 round trip to Ireland, for example. That's cheaper than my round trip ticket from Atlanta to Chicago. What other travel bargains are lurking out there that would serve us?
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:46 pm
Anton P. Nym
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Sheer laziness impells me to shill for Toronto. Actually, there is a ton of things to do in the city, but it's not terribly centrally located even if it does have a good airport.
A factor in its favour is that thebruce could attend.
-- Steve would be intrigued by a west-coast meet, but isn't sure the ol' bank account could support it.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:50 pm
Grifter_7
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I'm voting for the "Dirty South"... ATL all the way baby!!
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:45 pm
water10
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Next year? Man, it's just too far away for me to even think about it ... I don't even know if I'll still be living in US or if I'll be back in Brazil! I won't say anything about location and dates for a meeting I have no idea if I'll be able to attend ... Not that I wouldn't want to!
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:45 pm
thunderclap8
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Yeah I have no clue where I'll be a year or even 6 months from now. I'd kind of like it to be either out West or in the Pacific NW since those are two areas of the country I've never been to, but overall I have no real opinion.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:27 pm
Ozy_y2k
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Grifter_7 wrote:
I'm voting for the "Dirty South"... ATL all the way baby!!
Ooooh, actually, I second this. Atlanta might be fun.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:36 pm
krystyn
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Anton P. Nym wrote:
Sheer laziness impells me to shill for Toronto. re the ol' bank account could support it.
Handy tip from me to you: putting a meet in your hometown is not laziness. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:39 pm
Varin
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Ozy_y2k wrote:
Ooooh, actually, I second this. Atlanta might be fun.
Ooo, I've never been south of Memphis. Well, except for Disneyworld, but that doesn't really count.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:02 pm
rufo
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Lesse. Haven't been to Seattle before, except for a flight connection. Haven't been to Atlanta either, or indeed really anywhere in the southeast (excepting the area around where my grandparents live in Florida).
San Francisco wouldn't be bad either, nor would Toronto, although I'm biased towards Toronto due to the sheer convience of it (assuming we get that ferry back up'n'running).
Lastly, one point to bring up... as I recall, SF was heavily in the running due to 4orty 2wo's location, no?
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:10 pm
CoffeeJedi
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Varin wrote:
Ozy_y2k wrote:
Ooooh, actually, I second this. Atlanta might be fun.
Ooo, I've never been south of Memphis. Well, except for Disneyworld, but that doesn't really count.
let's have it there!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:25 pm
Tiny
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I totally would like Cincy, seeing how it's my home town, but there ain't no one anywhere near here. I know I could only attend if it was someone in the eastern to middle us though. I will so be there if I can, Atlanta sounds nice, or St Louis, or even Boise, I could totally do that, theres a bunch of you up and around there, right?
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:26 pm
ubercado
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I would like to have it in Atlanta also...never been there before...
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 6:05 pm
Phaedra
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Hmm, we weren't going to say anything until we had more of a definite plan (okay, until we were ready to unveil the website ) but plans are underway for a Hivemeet 05.5 in November, in San Francisco.
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