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

[Dan DeSloover]

A quick look on WikiPedia shows that they've only done the early May 
thing once and it was actually still the second weekend in May.
All other years appear to follow the weekend after the second full week 
in May formula.

Matt is proposing, the very first weekend in May. None of the previous 
Anime Central dates conflict with it.

For my 2 cents worth; I believe in warmer not colder. I like early May 
more for that and also for a few of the already stated reasons.

As for Beltane (forgive me I only show my ignorance) and weddings;, it 
seems the perfect time for weddings and it's not like Peguicon hasn't 
hosted any.

Shay wrote:
> Also, as I emailed Matt... there is a possiblity that the first 
> weekend of May might conflict with Anime Central.  ACen fluctuates 
> between the first few weekends of May.  It may or may not interfere, 
> but do we want to risk losing the Youmacon staff for the anime room, 
> along with myself and a number of other possible attendees?
>  
> ~Shay
>
>  
> On Nov 26, 2007 12:23 PM, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chuck.child at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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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