Plans for this year...

[dagibbs]

April 8-10: Ad Astra in Toronto, rooming with jeffreyab.

April 22-24: Penguicon in Novi, Michigan, rooming with jeffreyab.

June 9th & 10th: ride the Cabot Trail (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) with elizilla. We discussed this at the con, but I didn't write anything down... I think the plans we came up with were: meet at the southern of the Maine-Nova Scotia ferries evening of Wednesday, June 8th. It crosses overnight, ride in Nova Scotia Thursday, Friday, get to ferry back to mainland on Saturday. Overnight on mainland Saturday, and head home-wards on Sunday. Sound right? ladysprite, are you likely to be around home June 7-8th, and have crash space? If so, I'd love to come down to Boston on Tuesday, and visit you before starting this trip.

June 24-26th: Apollocon in Houston, Texas. Current thought is to head to Texas by going south (through some interesting riding), then east, hopefully arriving in Dallas for Wednesday June 22nd, to visit Thomas and Stacey, then on to Austin on Thursday to visit another friend, and finally to Houston for Friday and the convention. For Sunday, will see how the day goes, either head out not-too-late, or see if kgkofmel can put me up for Sunday night, and get an early start on Monday. Figure I'll go north, then east, as I need to be back reasonably quickly, not wanting to arrive in Ottawa later than evening of Wednesday (June 29th), so that I have Thursday the 30th to get ready for...

July 1-3 (or maybe 4): annual cottage party, held at my parents cottage, in the Gatineau hills, north of Ottawa.

August: Bachanal somewhere in South-East Michigan. Few details are currently available. :)

October 7-9 Conclave in Lansing, Michigan, rooming with jeffreyab.

I'd like to make it to a Chicago convention this year, choices seem to be: Capricon February 10-13, Duckon May 6-8, or Windycon November 11-13. Capricon looks a bit too short term for planning, and both April and June already have a lot of travel making Duckon a bit iffy looking, so it might just be Windycon.

I'm thinking about Marcon May 27-29 as well, but as I said about Duckon, I may not want to travel much in May, given how busy April & June are looking.

And, I'd like to get up to Montreal a couple times to visit friends there, as well.

Tomorrow, I request lots of vacation days...

Comments

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Reminds me I had better start booking hotel rooms.

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

I expect we'll be running into each other at Apollocon, then.

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

WooHoo!!!

dagibbs is coming to ApolloCon!! WooHoo!!

I tapdance now!!

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. And we have a couch, as you know. You are welcome to use it. We even have laundry soap!

We will likely be getting home late (working con etc.), but we can give you a key if you want to leave before us.

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

Are you running Bujold list party at ApolloCon?

Are you getting Bujoldians who ran party at FenCon to come and run party at ApolloCon if not?

pimppimppimp

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

By the time I get there, I may need laundry soap. :)

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Now, I just have to figure out where to volunteer.

You see, I always recommend to people who are new to conventions, or new to an area, that volunteering is a great way to meet people at the convention. So... I should follow my own advice, right? I'm new to Apollocon, and new to the area, so I should volunteer.

So, which department do you think needs me?

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Seems likely.

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

There's not much in the way of Bujold listfolk in Houston. If we can draw them in from Austin/SA/DFW areas, there might be enough for a list-party.

But...ME? Run a Con room party? *runs away in screaming terror*

Seriously, I have *severe* party-planning-phobia. I held a b'day party for one of my children once, and *that* was enough to make me a stressmonkey for a couple weeks beforehand.

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like so true. Maybe we should bring it to the con...

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

Well, which departments do you like to work in? We don't have a green room this year that I'm aware of. We do have consuite. We also have reg, and I know they are looking for reliable people to cover the desk.

I should warn you, no dance this year....

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

What? No dance? Ok, change of plans time...

Hm... if I bring CDs, and have a room, do you have a boom-box I might borrow? Wonder how many people can dance in a hotel room...

I've never worked reg before, that could be fun.

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

But pumpkin, this is how you make it work:

1. Reserve a room at the hotel.
2. Tell your bestest Bujold-list friend/s in the area that you have a room, and want to run a party to promote all things Bujold to the Houston crowd and show 'em that you folk know how to have a good time, BUT you just couldn't run it on your own AND would they like to come on down/over and help make it happen?
3. Invite all and sundry Bujoldians in the area to come on down to check out this new convention.
4. Bat those beee-yooo-tiful eyes at all and sundry and tell them how helpless you are but that you know where the grocery store and the liquor store are and will help with the shopping, and besides you've got this room they could use...
5. Help put up signs at the con.
6. And then you just lolligag about and accept kudos for the resulting party with becoming modesty, always being sure to say "oh, I provided the room, but XXX and YYY did most of the work."

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

If you bring CDs and have a room, yes I have a boom box.

And depending on how things go, if there is function space available and you want to run an improptu dance we'll see what happens.

But we have no budget, staff or space for a real dance this year.

[atropis.livejournal.com]

hello you

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

And, a new LJ friend appears! Welcome. :)

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Okay so I didn't notice the Canada weekend because it was buried in amongst all of the Con stuff... yeah that's my lame-oh excuse. Anyhow, count me if for that Weekend at the cottage! :)

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

No problem, all is forgiven. Look forward to seeing you for the party at the cottage, if not earlier.