[penguicon-general] Penguicon 7: May 2-4, 2009?

[chuck child]

Really?   when-is.com indicates that Passover begins on Thursday, April
9'th.   That would be 4 days after penguicon has completed.   Or three for
those who stayed to help clean up the consuite.

-Chuck


On 11/26/07, Molly de Blanc <molly.deblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  The current date –does- interfere with Passover.
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> FY,
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> Molly
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> *From:* penguicon-general-bounces at penguicon.org [mailto:
> penguicon-general-bounces at penguicon.org] *On Behalf Of *chuck child
> *Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2007 12:23 PM
> *To:* penguicon-general at penguicon.org
> *Subject:* Re: [penguicon-general] Penguicon 7: May 2-4, 2009?
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> So, what I have read so far:
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> Reasons for making the date Earlier:
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> Interferes with Finals for some schools.
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> Possibly into spring wedding Season.
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> Interferes with the beginning of Walleye Fishing Season on the LP.
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> Reasons for Keeping that date:
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> Avoids Easter.
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> Avoids Passover
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> Avoids Notacon
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> Avoids Finals week for Local Schools.
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> Let me throw another into the pot. . . And wethere this is pro, or con, is
> a matter of oppionion.
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> Overlaps Beltane.
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> On 11/26/07, *Matt Arnold* <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Expressing opinions on this thread would accomplish little but to give
> others something to dispute, and would likely snowball.
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> As I said in the original mail, this is not a vote, and not an opinion
> poll, only a distributed research effort. This is an issue on which
> consensus is impossible. Penguicon is very open, but this is one topic
> on which a community-based process functions poorly.
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> No one person has all the facts with which to have an opinion that
> matters. Really, no one person can be expected to. We're collecting
> value-judgement-free data about major events and holidays, and then we
> will decide who we have to disappoint.
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> It will be a disappointing decision on some grounds, no matter which
> weekend it is. This is a question to which there is no right answer,
> only the least bad answer.
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> When one centralized group has all that information, they will meet
> and make the tough decision, probably at a concom meeting. We'll let
> you know so you can be there!
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> -Matt
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