At 01:23 PM 12/15/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>In planning for a VCF East Coast, I wanted to take a poll from folks as to
>where the ideal location would be.
>
>I am currently thinking that somewhere in the New England area would work
>the best,
Definitely not! It's too dammed cold! Have you looked at the weather
lately? How about Florida? Send the wife and kiddies to Dismal World for
the weekend and we can all get together and chew the fat without having
them underfoot.
but what do I know, since I've never been there (besides passing
>through the airports). In deciding on a locale, I'd like to keep these
>criteria in mind:
>
>1) Availability of an affordable location suitable for the Festival
There's plenty of convention halls in Orlando.
>2) Geographical proximity to the most number of potential attendees
Everyone's closee to Florida. Are you? Disney thinks so, that's why they
moved here.
>3) Proximity to major airports
We have the busied dammed airport you've ever seen! (Outside of O'Hare
anyway)
>4) Availability of decent accomodations
THAT we do have! I'm told that Orlando has more hotel rooms than any
other place in the world.
>5) Weather
Good or bad? Our's is great right now. But don't come between June and
November unless you like to sweat!
>6) Historical relevance (i.e. near Route 128, as a parallel to doing the
> main Festival in the Silicon Valley)
Does KSC count? How about the world's best surplus store? (Skycraft)
>
>So if those who are entertaining the notion of going to a VCF East could
>mosey on over to the following URL and fill in the survey I'd be most
>appreciative.
>
>http://www.vintage.org/survey.html
Will do.
Joe
Received on Fri Dec 15 2000 - 22:11:52 GMT