Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
> "Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote :
> >
> > How about a nice midway point like Aspen Colorado. Less heat and humidity
> > than the two locations mentioned above and definately more beautiful.
> 
>     Depends on your tastes I guess, I like oceans better than rocks.

I've lived next to the ocean nearly my entire life. The novelty has
pretty much worn off.
 
>     Is there some-pov-one in Aspen that can make the arrangements and help
> people who need info about lodging and travel etc?

With the world at your finger tips you needs someone to do it for you ?

-- 
Ken Tyler

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Generally I hate to travel, but this would be the one thing that would get my
interest.  I'd do it almost anywhere if travel was cheap, or I'd pay more for
a new experience.
-Jim

Bill DeWitt wrote:

> "GrimDude" <Gri### [at] nwarkcom> wrote :
> >
> > Well, I think it's time to post cross-forum and get responses for a
> > head-count.
>
>     OK, so the idea is for a 2002 convention either in Orlando Florida USA
> or Atlanta Georgia USA or other location to be agreed upon in the USA.
>
>     Who's up for it?

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"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote ;
>
> >     Depends on your tastes I guess, I like oceans better than rocks.
>
> I've lived next to the ocean nearly my entire life. The novelty has
> pretty much worn off.

    I have lived my whole live near the ocean and I wouldn't want it any
other way.

> >     Is there some-pov-one in Aspen that can make the arrangements and
help
> > people who need info about lodging and travel etc?
>
> With the world at your finger tips you needs someone to do it for you ?

    Having arranged some of these sorts of events, I know that having
someone on hand is -much- better than trying to do it by phone or email. You
have -got- to see the rooms and you -must- check out the service. You need
experience with the roads and surroundings. You should plan some activities
and to do that you should know the area. Not pictures on the web or maps
from mapquest.

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Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:35:46 +0200, Fabien Mosen wrote:
> >
> >What about organizing multiple conventions simultaneously around the
> >world, linked by some webcams ?
> 
> Who gets to be the lucky country that has to do their convention at 0200
> local time?

We could do relays, with one or two hours blends between time zones.
BWT, which time zones are concerned ? All ?

Fabien.

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"Fabien Mosen" <fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote in message
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> Ron Parker wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:35:46 +0200, Fabien Mosen wrote:
> > >
> > >What about organizing multiple conventions simultaneously around the
> > >world, linked by some webcams ?
> >
> > Who gets to be the lucky country that has to do their convention at 0200
> > local time?
>
> We could do relays, with one or two hours blends between time zones.
> BWT, which time zones are concerned ? All ?

    Even if it were just a "news.povray.convention" I think we would hit
most time zones...

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"Tony[B]" <ben### [at] catholicorg> wrote in message
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> >     OK, so the idea is for a 2002 convention either in Orlando Florida
USA
> > or Atlanta Georgia USA or other location to be agreed upon in the USA.
> >
> >     Who's up for it?
>
> If I had the money by then, I'd like to go to Orlando. I've got a lot of
> friends up in FL.
>
>
In the you are a Pov-er,  you can count a few more friends. ;)

Grim

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Surely there is some method in place (with convention hosts) to cover the
touchy issues. We will have to get a commitment from some minimum number
(though I'm guessing), but this is done often enough that I am sure there is
a satisfactory method available.

Else, we make Gail the Treasurer (we become a railroad club). :)

Grim
"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote :
> >
> > What time of the year are we talking about here?  Not mid-summer I hope.
>
>     No, right after the Hurricanes are over or just before the mosquitoes
> breed. Say end of October to December or end of February to the beginning
of
> April. That's if we agree on Orlando, I don't know what it's like in
> Atlanta.
>
> > Far as the teleconferencing, I never have much luck with video calls.
> > Someone think they could actually work a multi-user conference?
>
>     Probably, out of the guys around here? Not me, but surely some of the
> programmer guys can do it.
>
> > And on the treasury aspect... well, I'll wait and see what people are
> going
> > to say about that too.  :-)
>
>     That's kind of scary to me. Handing money around is a sure way to make
> people mad, and you know how I hate to make people mad...
>
>

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"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> "GrimDude" <Gri### [at] nwarkcom> wrote :
> >
> > Well, I think it's time to post cross-forum and get responses for a
> > head-count.
>
>     OK, so the idea is for a 2002 convention either in Orlando Florida USA
> or Atlanta Georgia USA or other location to be agreed upon in the USA.
>
>     Who's up for it?

    How about somewhere neutral ? i.e. some where that everyone has to
travel some distance to - Iceland, maybe ?
    I just think that 'a USA location' has been chosen merely for the fact
that the people that suggested having a convention happen to live in
America...

--
Scott Hill.
Software Engineer.
E-Mail        : sco### [at] innocentcom
Pandora's Box : http://www.pandora-software.com

*Everything in this message/post is purely IMHO and no-one-else's*

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Scott Hill wrote:

>     I just think that 'a USA location' has been chosen merely for the fact
> that the people that suggested having a convention happen to live in
> America...

There was a UK convention a couple of years ago and I don't recall anyone
suggesting an alternate location at that time. Why should Americans act
any differently ?

-- 
Ken Tyler

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"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> ...you know how I hate to make people mad...
>

    LOL!

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