[penguicon-general] Penguicon 7: May 2-4, 2009?
chuck child
chuck.child at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 12:48:22 EST 2007
Sorry, My bad. . Mixed up months
Passover ends on April 15'th. This, 17 days before Penguicon begins.
Sorry for the mixup.
On 11/26/07, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > FY,
> >
> > Molly
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *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?
> >
> >
> >
> > So, what I have read so far:
> >
> >
> >
> > Reasons for making the date Earlier:
> >
> >
> >
> > Interferes with Finals for some schools.
> >
> > Possibly into spring wedding Season.
> >
> > Interferes with the beginning of Walleye Fishing Season on the LP.
> >
> >
> >
> > Reasons for Keeping that date:
> >
> > Avoids Easter.
> >
> > Avoids Passover
> >
> > Avoids Notacon
> >
> > Avoids Finals week for Local Schools.
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me throw another into the pot. . . And wethere this is pro, or con,
> > is a matter of oppionion.
> >
> >
> >
> > Overlaps Beltane.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/26/07, *Matt Arnold* < matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Expressing opinions on this thread would accomplish little but to give
> > others something to dispute, and would likely snowball.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > -Matt
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