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

[Shay]

Last year (in 2006) Anime Central was held May 5-7.

~Shay
On Nov 26, 2007 1:21 PM, Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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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