Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:20:33 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Philcon 2005 (was Re: Balticon 2006) > kfl at KeithLynch.net 6/12/2005 4:43:17 PM >>> >"Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote: > >> Anyway, maybe it's just me, but it seems silly not to have a Philcon >> 2005 site, even if just says something like: :"here will be a >> Philcon this year. Trust us." or somesuch. > >It's not just you. For them *not* to have a 2005 site positively >screams "this con is pining for the fjords". > >There is, after all, not only a Capclave 2005 site, but also a >Balticon 2006 site, a Capclave 2006 site, and a Capclave 2007 site. > >There's also a DC in 2011 site, but there isn't anything there yet. http://www.dcin2011.org/ . The problem is that there is no "convention center" hotel, just a number of smallish hotels near the convention center. Next year BookExpo is in DC (19-21 May) and I have their housing list/map if anyone is interested in seeing it. >But I don't plan to worry about that lack for another year or so. Wise move <g>. mjw