Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Nelson <nelson_mr at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Trees... forest....
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:

> An option for a growth that isn't big enough to warrant the ballroom
> is to
> swap the con suite space with one of the program spaces or use the
> Staph
> room for the con suite, give the prior con suite to programming and
> use
> another space for whatever the Staph room was for (I was only in
> there long
> enough to help Alexis move a couple of coolers up to their room after
> they
> were unloaded, but it appeared to be for storage).  Perhaps combine
> it with
> the Green room?  If the Green Room stayed where it was and was also
> Staph
> space, but the programming room next to it became the con suite, that
> wouldn't be inconvenient, and would open up two larger rooms for
> programming up on the main floor.  While the con suite was good this
> year,
> it did seem a bit...cavernous.  People were in there all the time,
> but it
> was never even close to full.  A smaller room would have accommodated
> it
> very well.

I would be tempted to try the following changes:

MEZZANINE LEVEL (off the lobby)

 - Put the con suite in Counsel (was main program)
 - Put the con suite prep room in Quorum (was green room)

If we could get Assembly, I would put gaming in
Counsel and the main con suite in Assembly.  Those
three rooms and the Assembly lobby area would make
a great con "suite" of rooms.  The big problem is
the limited handicapped access to Assembly.

SECOND FLOOR (Ballroom level)

 - Put the dealers' room in Potomac (was con suite)
 - Close off Chesapeake III and use it for con ops or
    program items (dealers' room was in I, II, & III)
 - Use Chesapeake I for main program (250 seats)
 - Use Chesapeake II for freebie tables, etc. and
    as the entrance to Chesapeake I
 - Use Severn and Annapolis for program rooms

Michael

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