From: Michael Pederson <mike at nthzine.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Balticon in 2006 - Hunt Valley Inn
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:35:39 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I'll chip in $50. Think it'll help?

-Mike P.

On Mar 14, 2005, at 4:21 PM, Mike B. wrote:

> At 03:32 PM 3/14/05 -0500, Michael Walsh wrote:
>>>>>> omni at omniphile.com 3/14/2005 3:19:30 PM >>>
>>
>> snippage occurs
>
> And a good thing too!
>
>>> Say!  Maybe fandom should just pool all our money and buy a hotel?
>>> Then =
>
>> "The Tucker Hotel was based on a suggestion of Bob's, in 1952 when the
>> ChiCon II and its prices signalled the start of the Big Convention =
>> movement,
>> that fans simply build a hotel of their very own for holding
>> conventions =
>> in, moving it from one site to another as required.
>
> That's not a bad idea, really...
>
> Seriously!  Put the hotel on a cruise ship and dock it in cities as
> needed.
>  That would let you hold cons on both the west coast and east coast, as
> well as much of the great lakes region over time.  You could also do
> seagoing cons that go to places like Bermuda for a week...maybe even
> meet
> AE449!  ;-)
>
> -- Mike B.
>
> --
> Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to
> discuss it.
>