1. Oh, I'm going. Also, I'm co-chairing programming. 2-3. I'm not sure of the actual membership numbers right now; but even last year, we weren't sold out in January. Also, there's a fair amount of turnover, in terms of people who figure out they can't go and then they either transfer their memberships to friends, or get refunds from the con and those memberships go to people on the waiting list. betsy might know more than me about how full childcare is at this point. 4. Not sure; but I think people do manage to. 5. I generally roomshare with 3 people, with some overlap each year, but no kids. So, n/a. 6. My friend Jen tinyhand brought her 6-month-old to parties in a sling this last WisCon, with no askance looks.
I'm *not* sure what the current state of the hotel is, in terms of the room block being "sold out"; definitely call instead of using the website. I know there's been a certain amount of people reserving more rooms than they themselves need, just in case, so there will certainly be a brisk business in hotel room transfers closer to the con. It might be the case that you make a reservation at rack rate, and can get someone's block rate reservation later. We're still working out kinks with the new hotel management (as of last year) in terms of things like room block waiting lists.
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9. I know people who do this for WisCon every year, and don't think it's insane. But I don't have any direct experience.
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Date: 2008-08-30 01:31 am (UTC)2-3. I'm not sure of the actual membership numbers right now; but even last year, we weren't sold out in January. Also, there's a fair amount of turnover, in terms of people who figure out they can't go and then they either transfer their memberships to friends, or get refunds from the con and those memberships go to people on the waiting list. betsy might know more than me about how full childcare is at this point.
4. Not sure; but I think people do manage to.
5. I generally roomshare with 3 people, with some overlap each year, but no kids. So, n/a.
6. My friend Jen
I'm *not* sure what the current state of the hotel is, in terms of the room block being "sold out"; definitely call instead of using the website. I know there's been a certain amount of people reserving more rooms than they themselves need, just in case, so there will certainly be a brisk business in hotel room transfers closer to the con. It might be the case that you make a reservation at rack rate, and can get someone's block rate reservation later. We're still working out kinks with the new hotel management (as of last year) in terms of things like room block waiting lists.
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9. I know people who do this for WisCon every year, and don't think it's insane. But I don't have any direct experience.