Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:52:35 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Pontooncon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>> Lawhorn.William at bls.gov 3/14/2005 6:41:10 PM >>>
>WAS:RE: [WSFA] Re: Balticon in 2006 - Hunt Valley Inn
>--Ted White said:
>Periodically bids have been placed for cruise-ship Worldcons -- but
>none
>successfully.  I think there are several problems, one of them being
>expense, and another the "captive" nature of the con (you couldn't
>leave the
>ship in mid-con).  More recently there seem to be health problems
>associated
>with cruises.
>
>If we go smaller for Capclave and moved to a summer weekend we
>could rent
>pontoon boats and do the whole thing afloat... Cabin cruisers for
>sleeping...

Knowing the delicate nature of fans we may go broke with supplying
dramamine.

mjw
>
>Bill
>