On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:00:37 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've heard that too, straight from the concom. Yet the article in today's
>Mercury News talks about 4,000 attendees -- more than double the
>official figures. The exact phrase is "More than 4,000 science-fiction
>devotees are expected, ..."
>
> The article is by Mike Antonucci, who's no rookie, so I tend to repose
>some trust in the number -- but more hope than trust, given the other
>reports.
The problem is that the number of expected attendees is a soft number,
an estimate, and the con's suppliers don't have faith in it. They
look at the number of registrations, which is lower than the concom
hoped. So if the expected number of attendees actually shows up, life
is good - but for the nonce, the concom can't buy anything on credit.
-R
--
"Sutton is the beginning of wisdom -
but only the beginning."
-- Jeff Greason
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