Denvention
Howard Brazee
Lawrence Watt-Evans
wrote:
>Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
I don't know. Will you? I wouldn't know how to go about ensuring you
meet me there.
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GSV Three Minds in a Can
wonderful person Lawrence Watt-Evans <l...@sff.net> said
>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:27:07 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>
>I don't know. Will you? I wouldn't know how to go about ensuring you
>meet me there.
Well the usual approach** is to say 'All RASW groupies (who want to
participate) will meet in place <x> (typically pick a bar) at time <t>
wearing an item <i> (printed badges are good, spock ears are a
deterrent).
** for other events, for other newsgroups
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GSV Three Minds in a Can
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Jon Schild
Howard Brazee wrote:
> Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
I will almost certainly be there, but who I might meet is indeterminate.
--
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
-- Galileo Galilei
Jon Schild
GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
> Bitstring <rpe074lsc17075dou...@news.rcn.com>, from the
> wonderful person Lawrence Watt-Evans <l...@sff.net> said
>
>> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:27:07 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>>
>>
>> I don't know. Will you? I wouldn't know how to go about ensuring you
>> meet me there.
>
>
> Well the usual approach** is to say 'All RASW groupies (who want to
> participate) will meet in place <x> (typically pick a bar) at time <t>
> wearing an item <i> (printed badges are good, spock ears are a deterrent).
>
> ** for other events, for other newsgroups
>
Some of us prefer a room party over a bar. Bars are too dark and noisy,
making conversation difficult, as well as interfering with memories of
the meeting later.
Howard Brazee
wrote:
>>Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>
>I don't know. Will you? I wouldn't know how to go about ensuring you
>meet me there.
Ahh, there's a pile of books to bring right there!
Charlie Stross
as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
> Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
entirely ...
-- Charlie Stross
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Bill Patterson
> Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spittle in awe
> as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
>
> > Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>
> I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
> entirely ...
>
> -- Charlie Stross
>
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I'll be there -- and I'm findable on the Heinlein panels. Requested
plenty of others and offered to be a "utility fielder" but those are
the only ones they've scheduled me for.
Keith F. Lynch
> Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spittle in awe
> as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
>> Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
> I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
> entirely ...
I won't be at Denvention, but if history is any guide, several people
will insist they saw me there.
I haven't been to a Worldcon since 2004, both for financial reasons
and because of the War on Tourism. Until the War on Tourism ends, I
doubt I'll travel outside the Northeast Corridor. I look forward to
the next Worldcon in that corridor (none are currently being bid), and
hope I'll be able to afford it.
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Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.
Howard Brazee
<cha...@antipope.org> wrote:
>I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
>entirely ...
I would expect those nominated for Best Novel Hugo would have extra
motivation to be there. Did you make it to Japan last year?
Mike Van Pelt
GSV Three Minds in a Can <G...@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>Bitstring <rpe074lsc17075dou...@news.rcn.com>, from the
>wonderful person Lawrence Watt-Evans <l...@sff.net> said
>>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:27:07 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>>
>>I don't know. Will you? I wouldn't know how to go about
>>ensuring you meet me there.
>
>Well the usual approach** is to say 'All RASW groupies (who
>want to participate) will meet in place <x> (typically pick
>a bar) at time <t> wearing an item <i> (printed badges are
>good, spock ears are a deterrent).
I don't know why I haven't though of this before. Everybody
is printing up badge ribbons for all kinds of stuff.
How about a RASFW badge ribbon?
I am making an order of 200 badge ribbons, blue with silver
RASFW in a sans-serif font.
If you want one or two, email me for my address, and I'll
send it in return for a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
If you want to order up a bunch of your own, I'm ordering
them from ribbonsgalore.com; a lot of the people at BayCon
get their badge ribbons from them.
(200 may be overkill, but I figure I can use them at BayCon
for however many years it takes to use 'em up.)
--
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KE6BVH
Mike Van Pelt
This is the sort of ribbon I ordered:
http://www.ribbonsgalore.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=121
They said I should get them by July 11.
Evelyn C. Leeper
> In article <4871d817$0$16036$d36...@news.calweb.com>,
> Mike Van Pelt <m...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>> How about a RASFW badge ribbon?
>
> This is the sort of ribbon I ordered:
>
> http://www.ribbonsgalore.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=121
>
> They said I should get them by July 11.
>
Of course, the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to
choose from. I can almost guarantee that half the ribbons at Denvention
will be horizontal and half will be vertical, and while this works if
you have all the ribbons to start with (do the horizontal ones first,
then the vertical), it does not work if you acquire as you go.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper
A great many people think they are thinking when they are
only rearranging their prejudices. -William James
David DeLaney
>Mike Van Pelt wrote:
>> Mike Van Pelt <m...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> How about a RASFW badge ribbon?
>>
>> This is the sort of ribbon I ordered:
>> http://www.ribbonsgalore.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=121
>> They said I should get them by July 11.
>
>Of course, the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to
>choose from. I can almost guarantee that half the ribbons at Denvention
>will be horizontal and half will be vertical, and while this works if
>you have all the ribbons to start with (do the horizontal ones first,
>then the vertical), it does not work if you acquire as you go.
But the differences allow you to decode sekrit messages sent by the random
factors of the Universe from their varying positions on the passing fen!
Dave "I regret to inform you - it's re-morse code" DeLaney
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Chuk Goodin
>Charlie Stross <cha...@antipope.org> wrote:
>> Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spittle in awe
>> as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
>>> Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>
>> I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
>> entirely ...
>
>I won't be at Denvention, but if history is any guide, several people
>will insist they saw me there.
I totally saw you there. And I didn't even go.
--
chuk
Keith F. Lynch
It must have been two other guys who saw each other there.
Wayne Throop
::: people will insist they saw me there.
:: I totally saw you there. And I didn't even go.
: "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@KeithLynch.net>
: It must have been two other guys who saw each other there.
"Hey, you're that one guy..."
"No I'm not! I'm... those two guys!
And neither one is the one you mean!"
--- Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy,
and Dave the Barbarian
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Howard Brazee
wrote:
>>I won't be at Denvention, but if history is any guide, several people
>>will insist they saw me there.
>
>I totally saw you there. And I didn't even go.
I'm picturing the John Lennon scene in _A Hard Day's Night).
Mike Van Pelt
>> In article <4871d817$0$16036$d36...@news.calweb.com>,
>> Mike Van Pelt <m...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> How about a RASFW badge ribbon?
>>
>> This is the sort of ribbon I ordered:
>>
>> http://www.ribbonsgalore.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=121
>
>are so many to choose from. I can almost guarantee that
>half the ribbons at Denvention will be horizontal and half
>will be vertical, and while this works if you have all the
>ribbons to start with (do the horizontal ones first, then
>the vertical), it does not work if you acquire as you go.
Hm... I haven't seen people handing out vertical ribbons at
local conventions. That seems to me would limit the number
of ribbons you could collect, and some people at BayCon
collect lots. Enough to turn their badge into a reasonable
fascimile of Tom Baker's "Dr. Who" scarf.
And, of course, the whole ribbon thing depends greatly on
the sort of badge that Denvention is going to be using. If
it's like what ConJose 2002 used, then it might not work
at all. (Looking at my ConJose pouch thing, it did have a
vertical "program participant" ribbon on it; about 2" wide
and 6" long. I'd forgotten about that.)
Ah, well. My ribbon order is on the way; for a stamped,
self-addressed envelope, you can have a few.
Charlie Stross
as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:07:13 -0500, Charlie Stross
Yes, I was in Japan. (I was in Japan for nearly a month -- I
want to go back!) A nomination isn't sufficient motivation
to guarantee I'll be at a worldcon, though -- it needs to
coincide with (a) sufficient money, and (b) the
desire/willingness to go to wherever the worldcon is being
held. As most worldcons are still held in the USA, for me to
get to one involves spending the thick end of $2000+ (for
intercontinental air fares plus membership plus hotel bills
plus subsistence for several days. I'm sufficiently middle
aged and creaky that sleeping bags and/or crashing in the
all night movie program doesn't cut it for me any more.)
-- Charlie
MajorOz
> On Jul 6, 10:07�am, Charlie Stross <char...@antipope.org> wrote:
>
> > Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spittle in awe
> > as <how...@brazee.net> declared:
>
> > > Will I meet anybody here at Denvention?
>
> > I'll be there. Whether or not you meet me is another matter
> > entirely ...
>
> > -- Charlie Stross
>
> > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
>
> I'll be there -- and I'm findable on the Heinlein panels. Requested
> plenty of others and offered to be a "utility fielder" but those are
> the only ones they've scheduled me for.
The hospitality suite of The Heinlein Society will be open from start
to finish at the Hyatt for any and all to gather to discuss cabbages
and kings. Ask at the desk.
And don't forget the blood drive.
cheers
oz, one of the go-fer's
Louann Miller
38ea37...@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
> The hospitality suite of The Heinlein Society will be open from start
> to finish at the Hyatt for any and all to gather to discuss cabbages
> and kings. Ask at the desk.
> And don't forget the blood drive.
Motto should be: "The Lieutenant _would_ like it."