Definitely "rows," plural. I'm figuring we'd go with the Inner Harbor area - lots of hotels there (e.g., competition), and by far the most attractive and convenient location.
(b) i am quite certain i've eaten other things when in baltimore :)
Baltimore has amazingly good food. It's one of the city's best points, from my perspective.
(c) who? does anyone actually care about major sports teams when going to an alt.polycon?
piranha, I am so impressed that you identified the Orioles as a major sports team! I had no idea you were that up on sports. *grin*
(e) you are being very silly. you are not one of the love/hate personalities in alt.poly, so take this one right off the list. :)
Well, I don't have a lot of conrunning experience - not compared to past chairs like elisem. I'm on the concom for apc9, though. And I've put together a weekend-long 65 person event before, although given that it was a wedding I'm not sure how much the experience will generalize. Probably an alt.polycon would need less in the way of flowers and chapel rentals and wine and so forth.
But mostly I was listing myself as both an advantage and a disadvantage to be even-handed. If I didn't think I could probably run a con I wouldn't be suggesting it.
and there's lots of cool stuff to do in baltimore, starting with the inner harbour. people who'd want to make a longer stay could also easily visit washington DC.
Yeah, I love Baltimore. The National Aquarium (widely regarded as the best in the U.S.), the American Visionary Arts Museum (http://www.avam.org/), the American Dime Museum (http://www.dimemuseum.com/info.html), Edgar Allen Poe's grave, H.L. Mencken's house, Babe Ruth's birthplace, the USS Constellation (http://www.constellation.org/)...
And on weekdays you can take the commuter rail from downtown Baltimore to Union Station in DC for around $10 round trip. So people could easily visit DC before or after the con without having to worry about renting a car or finding a place to stay in DC.
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Re: baltimore for alt.polycon
Date: 2002-10-07 11:53 am (UTC)Definitely "rows," plural. I'm figuring we'd go with the Inner Harbor area - lots of hotels there (e.g., competition), and by far the most attractive and convenient location.
(b) i am quite certain i've eaten other things when in baltimore :)
Baltimore has amazingly good food. It's one of the city's best points, from my perspective.
(c) who? does anyone actually care about major sports teams when going to an alt.polycon?
piranha, I am so impressed that you identified the Orioles as a major sports team! I had no idea you were that up on sports. *grin*
(e) you are being very silly. you are not one of the love/hate personalities in alt.poly, so take this one right off the list. :)
Well, I don't have a lot of conrunning experience - not compared to past chairs like
But mostly I was listing myself as both an advantage and a disadvantage to be even-handed. If I didn't think I could probably run a con I wouldn't be suggesting it.
and there's lots of cool stuff to do in baltimore, starting with the inner harbour. people who'd want to make a longer stay could also easily visit washington DC.
Yeah, I love Baltimore. The National Aquarium (widely regarded as the best in the U.S.), the American Visionary Arts Museum (http://www.avam.org/), the American Dime Museum (http://www.dimemuseum.com/info.html), Edgar Allen Poe's grave, H.L. Mencken's house, Babe Ruth's birthplace, the USS Constellation (http://www.constellation.org/)...
And on weekdays you can take the commuter rail from downtown Baltimore to Union Station in DC for around $10 round trip. So people could easily visit DC before or after the con without having to worry about renting a car or finding a place to stay in DC.
go for it.
I believe I shall.