Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info
Hugh Falk wrote: 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. Holy crap that was kick major ass. A shame it won't have Dani in it though... -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- 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]/
Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info
May I suggest some names? Robert Woodhead/Andrew Greenberg, David W. Bradley, Ali Atabek, Lori Ann Corey Cole, Al Lowe... Howard Feldman wrote: 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...) -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division Administração e Desenvolvimento Lotus Notes / Lotus Notes Administration and Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) Toyota Prius '01, Aqua Ice Opalescent, 38K km., Esperanza 'People don't quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
RE: [SWCollect] Hotel info
True...not much we can do about that. Hopefully we can come up with something tasteful (besides leaving Dan/Dani out). Hugh -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info Hugh Falk wrote: 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. Holy crap that was kick major ass. A shame it won't have Dani in it though... -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- 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]/
Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info
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]/
Re: [SWCollect] Hotel info
Hugh Falk wrote: 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. October would be OK I think - hotels tend to be a bit cheaper after mid-September too. 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. Local guests would be great since we then save on hotel costs. For people that need to be flown in though, I think we nned to limit it to groups of 1 or 2 people per 'lecture'. Here is a proposed schedule that would allow for 7 'lecture'/QA periods: Sat --- 10:00am - speaker 1 11:30 - speaker 2 1:00 - lunch (on your own) 2:00 - speaker 3 3:30 - speaker 4 5:00 - end of day 1 Sun --- 10:00am - speaker 5 11:30 - speaker 6 1:00 - lunch (on your own) 2:00 - speaker 7 3:30 - free time/time to trade with fellow attendees 5:00 - end of meeting Throughout both days, vendors will be in the exhibit hall as well, and we can have a 'museum' section with highlights of our collections in it.. I think we should put up a web site summarizing some of this info, and it will start to get the word out too. Does someone want to do this? I can make the page but I don't have anywhere to post it at the moment. I know several of you have big websites and could probably squeeze it in though -- -- 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]/
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]/
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]/
