Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:53:11 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Great Con Redux...(DMZ Version)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 01:10 PM 10/19/2005 -0400, dicconf wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Mike B. wrote:

>> Friday had 2 plus a video room (watching "Euro-Buffy" I think).  Saturday
>> had 4 that were on the board and that I attended at least briefly.  I heard
>> rumors of a couple of private parties as well.
>
>Correction noted.  But rumored private parties don't really count, I would
>say.

Agreed.  Invite-only parties are only parties for those invited.  For the
average con-goer there were at least 2 open parties Friday and 4 Saturday,
plus the con suite.  That's a pretty fair number, and better than last year
so the trend is in the right direction.  ;-)

It's also worth noting that none of the parties I was at got calls from the
hotel, or anyone banging on the walls, or shouting anything down the halls
about shutting up and letting people sleep, so the planning and effort that
went into isolating the parties from the mundanes and others who sleep when
it gets dark out paid off well.  Another check in the "things done right"
column IMO.

-- Mike B.

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