blathercon REAListic optimIST i, of course, would attend. i'll also organize it, and if there are a lot of potential attendees, i will organize a committee to help me organize it. however, i digress. please just sign below if you think you could make it out here in the summer of 2004, perhaps late june, or the second week of july? 031118 ... Death of a Rose i should be able to attend, dependant upon where and when. let me know Real ist 031118 ... Death of a Rose although this has been attempted before, without much success. just ask dafremen. but i'm still in. what type of venue are you thinking of? camping, motel, haunted house? and what timeline? two days, week, 2 weeks? Proofreading does work....hmmm... 031118 ... misstree i will be there, even if it means escaping being chained in someone's basement. more than happy to help with any organizational doodies, too, if you'll do the footwork. though i may have to bring bodyguards. luckily, i have a few extra laying about. 031118 ... x where is "out here"? 031118 ... Death of a Rose portland, i'm there. i'll start saving now. 031118 ... . portland orgegon. as opposed to maine. yep. 031118 ... girl_jane If you had it in July or even early August, I could come depending on my funds of the time. If you had it in June, I wouldn't be able to go because of some *required* theatre courses here at school that run through June 28. Also, folks from around my area (you know who you are) if you want to go I'd be willing to put the road trip miles on my car. Then we could take turns driving (all day-all night), split the cost of gas, and just take showers in truck stops. That all means...SAVING MONEY! Just a question, what happened to having in CA? 031118 ... REAListic optimIST i was thinking perhaps a four day weekend, friday through monday. july would almost guarantee good weather. i will also be checking for local events to perhaps coincide with a cool weekend one. i am thinking that trying to find a cheap motel which would give us convention rates would be the optimal way to do this. if i do it that way, however, i will likely require hotel funds to be sent early so we can secure the rooms. i am, of course, open to suggestions, cuz this is your BLATHERCON. mostly, i am going from experience of cons i have attended (namely, NiNcon, Convergence, and Quakecon). thank you misstree for your willingness to help organize. keep the rsvp's coming. 031118 ... misstree i got a hostess_of_the_apocalypse rep to keep up, darlin', and i don't keep it by sitting on me arse. as official big toe (i now dub thee), you gotta tell me where/how i can help, and holler at me if i get outta hand. and i know there's a lot of lurkers out there that may not neccesarily want to reveal themselves; if you send an email to misstree@chaosmagic.com, i'll make sure you're included in the count, and if you wish i can email you any pertinent info as it comes into existence. 031118 ... Death of a Rose well, if you like i could find the accomodations part of it... that is if you want to relinquish locale and ale.... 031118 ... Death of a Rose well, i'm kinda scared to reveal where I'm from, seeing as Mr. E. will likely send some goth body guards to fuck me up and bury me....(hehe)... love ya darlin... but if anyone from alberta or bc wants to attend this festival of blue let me know and we can arrange things. 031118 ... misstree what kind of activities would people like to see? in my ten seconds of contemplation i've come up with some form of open mike thing (dunno if y'all would want a competition or just a kinda get up there and do it dealie), and possibly maybe if we ply them with whatever bribe happens to work, trying to get dallas and sage to do a panel type thing. 031118 ... REAListic optimIST well i've got no ale, and am unsure what you mean by relinquish location. i have heard several people ask for several different locations. perhaps there is a more popular one than portland? if so, let the attendees discuss this in BLATHERCON_LOCALE. i appreciate your willingness to help, as well, doar. i'm sure that coming to a concensus can be as much work as organizing this, so let's try to be as constructive as possible, as people seem to be doing so far. i'm sure that this can be a splendiferous experience for all. 031118 ... Death of a Rose will do Real. just let me know if i can be of any help. and portland is just fine by myself and all my other little personalities running around here. 031119 ... Death of a Rose oh, and this is just a thought, maybe once we've determined the exact amount of people (plus/mius due to unforeseen circumstances), that the actual details be distributed by e-mail directly and not blathed here on blue; anyways, just a thought. 031119 ... misstree i set up a mailing list (blathercon@yahoogroups.com), everything is open to the general public except member list, which is moderators only (that whole anonymity thing we all cherish so). blathercon-subscribe@yahoogroups.com will sign you up. 031119 ... Doar i was thinking more of trying to keep the seriously disturbed about turning this into a b-slasher flick, but thats just my overactive optimism showing through.... 031119 ... lemon_Soda I'm in 031119 ... Doar another idea, and i actually think this is a good one, how about a couple of comp systems set up so that some of our locale challenged blatherskites can join in on the fun and festivities from the comfort of their chairs and homes? ie; user24, stork daddy, etc.... and venues, i'd like to do a little exploring the first day, maybe a tour by m'man REAL. what ya'll think? 031119 ... Doar maybe even some webcams or something of the like? 031119 ... misstree indeed, i was thinking of webcams and microphones, especially for panels. the proper software would need to be found, but i think that the gamer voice thing that r_o uses for quake (am i correct?) might work, so that 'skites with microphones on their end can pipe up as well. it would involve either having persons haul out their systems, finding a facility that has them for use, or possibly even renting one? (dunno if that's a possibility, but if it's not, it should be.) brainstorming has produced the following scribbled list, some suggested by others: panel topics? dj/dancing? feast? badges? pub night (for the older 'skites)? webcam/mics? performance? musicians? other forms of entertainment? 031119 ... seventeen If I have the $$, i will go... I probably will, seeing as I had already planned on going to portland this summer to czech it out. I might move there. 031119 ... u24 signed up to yer mailing list. I'm sure I could rustle up a webcamy type thing :) 031119 ... REAListic optimIST ok, first and foremost, you guys ROCK. the ideas are already rolling, (i have several of my own) and it's already getting to the point where we need to put a lid on it, so we can keep some of these festivities a surprise. this leads me to the need to form a blather committee. anyone interested in doing the actual footwork for this con, basically volunteering your precious time to make this thing run smoothly, please let me know. i know people have said they can help, but please let me know here if you are in for the long haul, or would rather lend a hand here and there (both types are needed and appreciated, of course). i think a panel of 3-4 outside of myself would be splendid, and we can run a pretty large con with that number of volunteers. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST of course this committee would only be in charge of organizing the activities. EVERYONE is welcome to submit ideas and help to make this the best blathercon ever and try to make it difficult to outdo in the future.) i just wanted to make sure that was clear. 031119 ... Freak Im in! Maybe we should find out where a majority of blatherskites live and find somewhere in the middle of this damn country to meet...find out who lives in the middle and see if they could find a good place to have it?! Just an idea. 031119 ... misstree is grinning and rubbing her hands a good you could try to scrape me off, but you know how much i enjoy this sh-t from amityville, ya got me for the long haul but i reserve the right to get drunk at night. 031119 ... Dafremen I'm in. I'll make the wife let me stay out late. Someone's going to have to make sure I get to bed at a reasonable hour or she won't let me go though. And I won't have much spending cash, like..less than a hundred bucks, so I'll have to crash in the park or something. Is that cool in Oregon? (Can I bwing Mistah Bwanky?) 031119 ... girl_jane I like freak's idea of having it in some sort of central location...but I'm in the midwest so of course I'm bias. The other idea for location-where the highest concentration of blatherskites are-is good too. This would cut down on a lot of travel cost for the majority of the people. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST people people, please discuss the location in BLATHER_LOCALE hehe there is a whole blathe dedicated to that discussion. if people are going to have a hard time affording a downtown hotel, let me know and i will try to help you find cheap and affordable accomodations. 031119 ... REAListic optimIST oops that's BLATHERCON_LOCALE hehe 031119 ... jane i would find a way to come no matter what 031119 ... karl the weed motherfucker!!! i wanna go but theres no way in hell itll happen. besides youd all be sorry if i went :) 031120 ... p2 i considered going because i'm sure there are more than 10_blatherskites_i_would_love_to_meet as well as 10_blatherskites_i_would_love_to_eat however i came back to my senses when i realized 1) i'm trying to save money 2) i hate traveling 3) i'm not good at being social 4) i have no conversational skills 5) i'm a wallflower so if i just send a pic could someone just staple it to the wall cuz that's pretty much what i'd do if i went 031120 ... misstree i could staple your pic to a stuffed animal and carry it around with me, if ya like. i might hijack this idea and run with it for some other machinations, but this is where i start getting sneaky so there's surprises. *sneak sneak* *sneak sneak* 031120 ... nom hmm p2 i am having a lot of those same thoughts 031120 ... Death of a Rose hey REAL, i'm deviously in. (hehe) just let me know what legwork you need done. 031120 ... Death of a Rose oh....and i have a full tank and money to buy more...so yes...i could commit time and effort. and if you want me as a committee member just let me know. 031120 ... misstree committee people will tenatively be the moderators for the mail list (yahoogroups, look it up, i know you're all interaolwebnet.com literate). doar, ya gotta sign up for that before i can moderate ya. for everyone else, signing up for the list may be the best way of getting an official head count going, and there's always the option of turning off delivery if you don't want to hear the discussions. 031121 ... Doar mystique....i thought i had already signed up for said group. 031121 ... misstree didn't see ya on there, email me at misstree@chaosmagic.com and we can get this sorted out, tho it may take me a bit to get to my real email. 031121 ... p2 misstree if i were a stuffed animal what stuffed animal would i be? nom why would you send a pic of me? 031121 ... Bespeckled I've said this before, but I'll say it again: I'm definitely in. I suppose it just really depends on: 1) The locale (which I will discuss at BLATHERCON_LOCALE) 2) The cost 3) Whether or not anyone will talk to me when I get there!!!! 031122 ... Death of a Rose bespeckled....i don't think you could stand the amount of attention you would receive. 031122 ... dramatic bespeckled I hope you're right, DOAR. I hope you're right. 031122 ... REAListic optimIST