Figure $100 a night for room rates, but it could be a little more or less depending on negotiations.
I'd like to avoid July/August so we're not stepping on the toes of CGE. How about October, March, April or May -- very nice here in SD. One of my hopes is to recreate the original EA "We See Farther" poster: http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/ea.htm I think that between John and I, we know most of these folks. Mike Abbott is here in San Diego as well. Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Brian the Fist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info Thanks for checking it out Hugh. So that doesn't sound all that bad really. Like I said before, probably electricity, and a security guard would be extra too. How much are hotel rates (most offer special conference rates) in these 3 hotel, say in the July-aug period? If we could get for $100/ngt say and had say max 10 speakers staying 2 nights each, the whole thing might cost under $5000 it seems? So if we charged $50 admission and had paying 100 attendees, it would pay for itself! The extra cash from vendors renting tables could cover th other little costs. Anyways, it sounds reasonable. We'd still have to find out if there's any necessary permits needed to hold a conference and stuff like that - the hotel may know, or else a quick call to the local government office there should tell you. Chris was also going to ask the CGExpo guys for any info that may help us, so we can see where that gets us. Also once we have a bit more info, I'll see if I can find out the advantages/disadvantages of incorporating a dummy company to manage the expenses. Looks like it might be feasible after all though, yay! If that's the case, we can start brainstorming for a list of possible guest speakers and come up with a short list.. Aside from the obvious - Richard Garriott, Andrew Greenberg/Robert Woodhead, Roberta/Ken Williams, Scott Adams, Infocom guys, John Romero :) etc., a few people I would suggest are: Don Worth, Stuart Smith, the Austin brothers, Jon freeman/Anne Westfall, Michael Cranford, "Burger" Bill Heineman, "The Fatman", Al Lowe, Jon van Canegham, Douglas Wood Those would be my top picks anyways - someone writing this down? ;) (I don't expect them all to show up, obviously we'll make a list, sort it, and then invite people from the top, moving our way down the list as people turn us down...) Hugh Falk wrote: > > I've only gotten info from 3 local hotels so far. Keep in mind that > these are nice places. I'm assuming 200+ people and two rooms. One > that can sit ~200 people theatre style for lectures and another (smaller > room) for tables and vendors. > > Prices ranged from $1500 to $2500 per day. This does not include any > food or PA equipment. Just the rooms and chairs/tables. > > However, I did no haggling and there are a lot more hotels to look at. > Also, if we book hotel rooms along with the conference rooms, that can > lower prices. Bottom line is that I think $1000 per day is a fair > estimate. Ideally this should include PA equipment. ---------------------------------------------- Howard Feldman, Author of The Search for Freedom A Computer Fantasy Role-Playing Game Visit its Homepage at http://home.golden.net/~feldman/SearchForFreedom/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
