unforum

[aliendial]

I'm all in favor of Vancouver - although Toronto would be excellent too. Mart points out it also has an amusement park, as well as all sorts of fine attractions. Vancouver I know has spectacular scenery and stuff - do we have any locals who can suggest what there is to do and an area we should be trying to stay in (it's a BIG place - we should probably focus on a single general area for our hotels). That may help get some perspective on costs etc. vs. Toronto.

[Tien_Le]

ARGwest

[celina63]

I'm all for Vancouver, having just come from there a couple months ago. Since my parent company is up there, I can possibly even get it written off as a business trip!

Also, Vancouver and the surrounding area is an X-Phile's Heaven... from the Mining Museum (the building where all the file cabinets are stored, in "Paper Clip"), the quarry which was painted red to simulate the Arizona desert ("Anasazi")... the list goes on and on. Just think of the X-Files releted ARG stuff we could do!

On top of that, Whistler is some of the most beautiful country on the continent, and dirt cheap that time of year. Probably the closest alot of us will get to being at the Home of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games!

C

[Martavius]

The votes for the timeline in Vancouver are for either July or August. There seems to be less opposition to early July.

[SarKenobi]

I am so voting for Vancouver too. I had two chances to go to Vancouver before, but contradictions came about and I never made it. And it's a half-day train ride away for me!

Yes, I am a total X-Phile.

[LouMac]

My thoughts:

- I love Chicago, and was planning to go to Chicago next summer anyway. I wanted to catch baseball at Wrigley and Comiskey in the same weekend, and planning that around an ARGFest-o-Con would be cool!

- Vancouver was really cool when I was there for a few days before going to Alaska.

- An ARGFest cruise is maybe the Best Idea Ever. I think it may be a little cost prohibitive for most, though. Ok, well at least for me.

My vote: Chicago. Like Sinatra said, it's my kind of town.

[ramiles]

Would like My Home town to be a base for ARGFest.

Just a note to everyone who voted for Canada, Has anyone even priced out airfare and see what the prices are... Canda is a very costly place to travel for some of us..

I would like to go, but not if price is way too high... Thats why I think for ArgFests and ArgCons, we should get a affirmitive head count, and then book a hotel for the lot of us... this way were all together and not scattered all over the place...

thats just Humble Opinion

[mysteryjones]

wonderful

[SpaceBass]

Put me down for Vancouver around July 4th weekend. It's going to be hard for me to get a time off for the next one, and the holiday would help immensely.

[Martavius]

Ok, so July 4th weekend seems to be the plan of the hour. In case anyone missed it, we have Canada Day on July 1st, similar to the 4th celebration (fireworks, booze, beach parties, booze, BBQs and booze) so you shouldn't miss much. Now we need to settle on how many days to do this. ARGFest 2 was officially 3 days, but most of us were there for 6 or 7. Since I've been voluntold to organize things, it'd help a lot if I had a timeframe to work with. And for the record, those who bailed on Orlando aren't being given the option of whether to attend or not. Kidnappings are already being planned for last-minute bailouts. You have been warned.

[MageSteff]

[SpaceBass]

[SarKenobi]

Any time in July is good since I'll be off for the summer! And I'll be taking a train since it's much cheaper, even though it's a lot longer. I can get major discounts with trains anyway.

[Varin]

[jwb]

Vancouver :-)