It's a bit further north than I would have preferred, but I
can't fault your reasoning...
And besides, I'm an old WPI alumnus (class of 77), so it'll
be a real nostalgia trip for me :-)
BTW, anyone else on the list an old WPI hacker (and when
I say "hacker", I'm referring to it's archaic meaning,
rather than it's current derogatory meaning...)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claude.W [mailto:claudew_at_videotron.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:21 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Why Worcester was chosen for VCF East 1.0
>
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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> >
> >
>
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