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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 14:13:33 -0500
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Subject: Re: [i3detroit-public] Re: Penguicon Hotel & Date (April 19-21) &
 Event Deadline (March 8)
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I sadly have to echo what Nate said. While I love Penguicon, work
demands I attend Notacon.

Alex Gatti
586-873-9547

On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson <mys...@telcodata.us> wrote:

> On Oct 8, 9:25 am, Matt Arnold <matt.matt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It looks like Penguicon will be in the same hotel, the Dearborn
>> Hyatt, April 19, 20, & 21.
>
> Wait, what?
>
> Going back ten years, Notacon has always been the middle weekend in
> April, and Penguicon happens two weeks later. It's made for a fun
> start to the season. Now Penguicon moves two weeks earlier, to overlap
> Notacon's weekend, and forces us all to choose? Why?!?
>
> For as long as I've been going to Penguicon, it's been trying to
> convince the world that it has an honest-to-goodness tech track, no
> really, not just a sci-fi con! Last year saw significant strides
> toward that goal, but now it's competing with the midwest's best-
> established tech con, and I don't see that ending well for anyone.
> It's splitting the audience, which may not be a big deal (the events
> are 160 miles apart, after all), but it's also splitting the potential
> speakers, and that's likely to hurt Penguicon's fledgling tech track
> quite a bit. I'll be curious to see how this shakes out.
>
> Good luck, Penguicon, but mid-April is Notacon weekend. Sorry. I'll be
> there in spirit.
>
> -Nathaniel-
>
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