Hi all...
Well...VCF east hey at Worcester,MA hey....hmmmm......
Hey, it's even only a 6 hour drive from Montreal...!
Ill be easy to spot : 6'4 with a tuque...
Claude
Canuk Computer Collector
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
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From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
To: Classic Computers Mailing List <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 3:07 AM
Subject: Why Worcester was chosen for VCF East 1.0
>
> I've gotten some griping about my selection for the location of the first
> VCF East.
>
> No doubt, a good majority of folks will be quite happy with the selection.
> This is no accident. The site was chosen based on the demographics I
> collected. Most of the attendees will be coming from Massachusetts and
> surrounding areas.
>
> As with any sensible business decision, it was based on what will
> hopefully bring as many attendees to the event, which in turn means I will
> be able to recoup expenses and will therefore want to continue to do
> Festivals on the east coast.
>
> I received over 150 responses to the VCF East survey. Here is a summary
> of the results:
>
> This chart shows the number of responses received from each state, sorted
> by number of attendees in descending order.
>
> State Count
> ----- -----
> MA 27
> NY 15
> PA 12
> NH 8
> MD 7
> OH 5
> NJ 4
> FL 4
> CT 3
> VT 3
> GA 3
> RI 2
> VA 2
> NC 2
> IN 2
> IL 2
> MN 2
> ME 1
> WV 1
> MI 1
> WI 1
> IA 1
> MO 1
> TX 1
>
> - Nearly 25% of potential attendees will be coming from MA alone
> - 40% of potential attendees will be coming from the New England area
> - If you include NY, PA and NJ with New England, nearly 70% will be coming
> from this combined northeast region
>
> There was also a strong desire to keep the event close to the Rhodes
> Island Computer Museum and the Retro-Computing Society of Rhodes Island so
> that tours to those facilities could be organized. Providence is only
> about 45 minutes from Worcester. There are also several other museums
> that I hope to get involved with the event, including the MIT and
> Harvard museums and the Computer Museum in Boston.
>
> Worcester is still within only a few hours of where most of the potential
> attendees will be coming from. I don't know how you east coast folks
> perceive distance, but I've lived in California all my life and a 6-hour
> drive from the San Francisco bay area to the Los Angeles area is no big
> deal to me. I made the round-trip in one day a couple weekends ago to
> pick up an old computer. Driving a couple to three hundred miles should
> not be a major ordeal for most folks.
>
> So there you have it, the reasoning behind the selection of the location
> for VCF East 1.0. I know it won't please everyone, but the unhappy folks
> need to realize it has to be held where it makes the most sense.
>
> I really look forward to VCF East, and I hope you easterly folks do too :)
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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