If it's March-May, we may want to consider doing it next year. This year seems like an awfully short time to throw everything together.
I'll try and get those e-mails from the CGE/PC people answered this week. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 5:23 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Hotel info > 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]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]/
