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PYOKON NORTH!!
Recap of discussion so far:
Plans are for folks to converge on Toronto for a weekend-plus-one in August. Probably not in the first week. Fan Expo (the major annual comic con in Toronto) was raised as an attraction (it takes place on the last weekend of August from the 28th to the 30th, but most folks would prefer to save their money and stick to a gathering with less financial temptation.
Potential attendees, their points of origin, and likelihood of attending:
- Me (Toronto) - NO PROBLEM (also, my wife Starr)
- Buge (St. Catharines) - GOOD TO GO
- SCD (Kingston) - READY AYE READY
- Geothermal (Cambridge) - WHAT ME WORRY?
- Fort (also St. Catharines... I think?) - possibly HEROIC CONFIRMATION
- Koipond (Toronto) - almost certainly (it will be better for Koipond the earlier we finalize plans).
- Fredward (Montreal) - depends on finances
- ZedPower (dark wilds of Lower Canada) - probably not, but it's not totally ruled out
Logistics:
I can put up two people here in the apartment. If it's mostly a one day thing, Geo can probably just drive back and forth (though that's not really a great solution and kind of limits his participation, I'd imagine), if it just winds up being SCD, Buge, Geo, Koipond and I. I know Koipond will NOT be able to host anyone due to, ah, family concerns.
Important note: I OWN TWO CATS. Hope nobody's allergic.
So, if it begins to look like many folks will attend, we may want to look at a large shared hotel room for the vi sting folks. One big enough for us to hang out in. Basically, if more people need to crash here than I can hold, well, you should at least be able to divide up a hotel room without too much cost. On the other hand, if it's a small number of folks, I can put you up.
I would therefore suggest that we try to figure out who is attending and when we want to do this. The sooner we can figure that out, the sooner we can take the next step.
Entertainments:
I have some solid and fun boardgames, yes. But Koipond OWNS A GAME COMPANY (however small), so we will have no shortage of nerdly pursuits. As far as things to do around town, we can work that out depending on how long folks are planning to stay. I do not have a Wii or any other group-friendly console, though I do have a good-sized TV at least. If you folks are going to be here longer than a day, then by god I will INSIST we get outside at least one of those days. I also have movies and will be greatly upset if I don't con at least a few of you into watching Black Belt Jones.
Food:
I'm sure we can find something (LOL). Also, I have a barbecue which can easily be pressed into service for a mass-gathering if we want to do that. My wife is a vegetarian, so those who are also so inclined should not worry about starving.
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So, if anyone else thinks they might like to come, let us know. Let's try to get this scheduled so that folks can book time off work etc. I think SCD needs to find out when he free weekends are and Buge, Geo and I are all okay for most of August so long as we give work enough notice. Koipond will be able to let us know as soon as we have a firm date.