The Apolyton Convention of 2006.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by DanQ


Don't fret, VetLegion, nothing is finalized in the respect that you are concerned about. I'm not an impulsive person... which is fortunate for you and your forum account.



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Dan; Apolyton CS

[duke o' york]

Mark, if you set up a PayPal account separate from the 'poly one, then I'll chip in $10 or so to get you a ticket. Maybe more if I get some cool extras.
I can't afford to be there, but I feel that you have to be, and am happy to do my bit.
Hopefully others who can't go will do the same (or even those who can, and are).

[OzzyKP]

I'll come


(easy for me to say, I live here... heh)

[Paddy]

Duke, you one generous lad

[PLATO]

Dan/Mark...Any word from Sid/Brian/Soren, etc...??

[Addled Platypus]

any thought of getting a question list together ?

when I win the lottery I will go

[DanQ]

Originally posted by PLATO
Dan/Mark...Any word from Sid/Brian/Soren, etc...??

A letter has been drafted (and re-drafted) to these individuals, and will be emailed by the end of the month.

Me and my wordiness...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Lancer]

Maybe someone should work up a list of those who can actually make it before everyone gets all excited. I can just imagine JT, DanQ, and Sid splitting a sixpack and calling it a convention.

Reach for a peach.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by DanQ


A letter has been drafted (and re-drafted) to these individuals, and will be emailed by the end of the month.

Me and my wordiness...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

If you want someone to redraft it so it is nicely written but still understandable PM me.

[Lancer]

"Thread Nazi "

You Sir, are a poet.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Lancer
Maybe someone should work up a list of those who can actually make it before everyone gets all excited. I can just imagine JT, DanQ, and Sid splitting a sixpack and calling it a convention.

Reach for a peach.

Well, that is a double edge sword actually. In order to begin to build an attendee list we would have to have a date. In order to set a date, we need to know if and when Sid/Brian/Soren would be available and their willingness. Once that is set, then we can begin to set wheels in motion.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by DanQ


A letter has been drafted (and re-drafted) to these individuals, and will be emailed by the end of the month.

Me and my wordiness...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Awesome! I see that as the first step to this becoming a reality. Hopefully they will jump at the chance to attend a convention sponsored by a fansite that has 65,000 customers...umm...fans!

Thanks Dan!

[DanQ]

Letters to both Big Huge Games and Firaxis Games have been written and emailed.

Will keep apprised.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[DanQ]

More news folks...

1. ACCOMODATION RECOMMENDATION
I've received a recommendation from one of our potential special guests to hold meetings in the Hunt Valley Marriot. Not only does it share a parking lot with Firaxis(!), it is only two short exists from BHG' headquarters. They have also handled gaming meets/conventions before.

On Marriott's website, it indicates that there are 390 guest rooms and 22 meeting rooms with a square footage of 9504. Depending upon room selection and furniture arrangements, they can accomodate capacities of anywhere from as little as 16 to as many as 9,880(!) Meeting rooms are wired with high-speed Internet access, public areas in the hotel are wireless and guest rooms are both wired and wireless.

Once we settle on dates et. al., rooms can be booked right away: they are already taking reservations for up to and including next August. I'm quite certain that no matter how large (or small) the convention pans out to be, they could accomodate us in this respect as long as we don't leave it to the "last minute". Here are relevant links:

http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BWIHV

http://marriott.com/property/meetingsAndEvents/BWIHV

2. DATE SETTING
In terms of days of the week, JohnT originally mentioned a convention length of 2-to-3 days. I believe that this is a reasonable length of time: not too rush so as to feel you have to "get out" as soon as you "get in", but also not too long, i.e. too costly on the pocketbook and clock.

If possible scheduling wise and 'interested-and-available-participant wise', a Tuesday-Thursday combination might be ideal as it should lessen traffic volume in the airways/on the roadways as compared to Mondays/Fridays/weekends and increase the likelihood of being able to make accomodations.

3. REQUESTED SESSION
Said potential special guest would like to see a Q&A session that focuses on moddability. I have already told this individual that I didn't foresee any barrier to having such a session or it being apart of a larger group discussion, and in fact should be well received by the community here. Don't fail me now...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

P.S. I am not going to reveal this potential special guest's name at this point, but they have said that if they're available on the dates we set they would be happy to attend and participate.

[Tassadar500]