Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:53:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] WFC
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

The zeroth day of WFC went well.  I arrived at about 5 pm, to help
unload the truck.  The truck arrived promptly at 8:30.  It wasn't
empty yet when I had to leave at 11:30 to catch the last Metro.

I think the truck may have contained more books than I own.  Boxes of
books were being moved from the truck onto carts and hand trucks at a
rate of one every few seconds, for three hours.  Some were freebies,
others were for the dealer room.

There were also tons of steel pipes, pegboard, and other material for
the art show, which had to come off the truck.

Shortly before the truck arrived, another truck arrived and parked in
such a way as to block all three loading dock bays.  Fortunately, the
hotel people were helpful, and convinced that truck's driver to park
across the street.

The only downside is it appears to be impossible to get from the lobby
and function space areas to the con suite and party floor, except by
elevator.  And the elevators are amazingly slow, even with almost
nobody there yet.  Also, there are at least two towers, each with its
own elevator bank, so if you aren't careful you're likely to find
yourself in the wrong one.

The con suite is on the 3rd floor of the higher-numbered tower, so
presumably that's also the party floor.  Unfortunately, mundanes have
been booked into rooms on that floor, and WSFAns who volunteered to
take rooms on that floor have been booked elsewhere.  I hope there's
still time to sort things out.
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