Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:13:27 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Idea for DC in 2011 Bid (fwd)

> mike.nelson at seahunt.org 7/5/2005 9:20:00 AM >>>
>Quoting dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>:
>
>> >From rassf.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>
>> >I was thinking about the problem DC could have with it's 2011 bid
>and I
>> >think I have a possible solution. I talked to Sam Lubell and some
>> >others about how a hotel convention is possible in DC. I can't find

>the
>> >e-mail address of the chair to talk about the hotel that may be a
>back
>> >up in case of no downtown hotel.  Would some from that bid
>please
>> >contact me? My e-mail address is Tstidm56 at aol dot com.  This
>is to
>> >protect me from spam.
>
>If it's the Connecticut Avenue hotels, there's just not enough large-
>scale
>function space for the "big tent" events like the Masquerade or Hugo
>Awards
>Ceremony.  Plus, we would have to run shuttle buses between the
>hotels.

Shuttle buses: been there, done that.  You don't want to do that.

You really, really, really don't want to do that.

Probably cheaper to buy Merto passes for the atttendees.

mjw