[penguicon-general] Post-con Report

[Molly de Blanc]

My (lame) conreport is on my lj at http://etain.livejournal.com

FY,
Molly

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:19 AM, W Craig Trader <craig at trader.name> wrote:

> A question and an observation:
>
> First the question:  how many attendees did Penguicon 6.0 have?
>
> Now the observation:  while the con suite does a good job of putting on
> food, it is not (and should not be) a primary source of food for
> anyone.  Thus it is important that the attendees be able to find
> someplace *nearby* and *within their budgets* and *open* to eat.  The
> convention needs to put together an up-to-date list (and preferably a
> map) of nearby restaurants and food stores including (1) type of food,
> (2) relative cost, and (3) hours of operation.  Friday night left my
> wife and I driving around almost at random searching for food
> (eventually we found the only 24-hour IHOP in Michigan).  Sure there are
> restaurants within walking distance of the hotel, but they all close
> remarkably early on the weekends (presumably because of the business
> park location).
>
> I am given to understand that next year the convention will be held in a
> completely different locale, very close to DTW.  It will then be doubly
> important to have a good restaurant list available.
>
> - Craig Trader, attendee from Virginia, and the guy who spent most of
> Friday evening clinging to a ladder, tuning the Chaos Machine -
>
> Greg wrote:
> > As usuak, I had a great time.  Plenty of panels to go to, plenty of
> > food in the consuite, the Brazilian beef was as tasty as I remember the
> > the Tesla coils were just incredible.  My only quibbles, and they're
> > minor, is there was no hot tub and the Internet connection in the
> > computer room sucked.
> >
> > Great time all around.
> >
> >
> >
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Faithfully yours,
Molly J. de Blanc
Penguicon 6.0 Talent Wrangler
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