eastercon: Contemplation

The Magician (

the_magician) wrote in

eastercon,
@ 2006-11-02 12:05:00

Current location:	London
Current mood:	accomplished
Current music:	Show of Hands

Contemplation - Easter 2007
As Fran asked, here's a suggestion

Contemplation - an Eastercon replacement relaxacon/low-impact convention, to be held at the Britannia International Hotel, London Docklands over the Easter weekend 2007

In Fran's requested format: [1]

Relaxacon / London, Britannia International Docklands / people involved, none (or maybe Chris O'Shea if no one else steps forward) / 300ish (total guess) / 600 / room rates about £40-45pppn, no idea on membership rate (probably would take a straight transfer of Convoy membership) / official Eastercon? Yes, if possible, to simplify voting etc.

and in pseudo XML
<name>Contemplation</name>
<eventType>Relaxacon/Eastercon-lite</eventType>
<location>Britannia International Hotel, London Docklands</location>
<committee>Chris O'Shea, Hayley and anyone else that volunteers!</committee>
<minsize>300?</minsize>
<maxsize>750</maxsize>
<rates>membership tbd, probably £45</rates>
<eastercon>Yes, it would be a replacement Eastercon</eastercon>
<contactDetails>Chris O'Shea</name>
<email>contemplation@con.org</email>
<web>http://www.smof.com/contemplation</web>
<notes>Room rates around £40-45pppn sharing. Minimal programming but maximum socialising and having fun (plus a 2009 bid session). The programme may include London sightseeing. Hotel has a pool/healthclub. Easy access (via Docklands Light Railway) to central London.</notes>

[1] Event type / proposed location (city, venue) / people involved / minimum attendee size to make it viable / maximum attendee size you'd be prepared to handle / any ideas on cost / would you want to be the official Eastercon?

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	tanngrisnir 2006-11-02 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	Chris, if you go ahead with this, I would be happy to lend a hand, although I am not sure what I can do at this distance. Still, if I can do it, I will. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Thank you! the_magician 2006-11-02 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Greatly appreciated :-) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Thank you! tanngrisnir 2006-11-03 12:19 pm UTC (link)
	Don't mention it, and ignore the look of trepidation... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	timill 2006-11-02 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	I'd see what I could do (which may well be nothing). Marcia won't be able to do anything: her mother is sick again (possible operation rather than accident this time). (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Thanks Tim the_magician 2006-11-02 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Let's see what happens in the next week or so and particularly what comes out of Novacon. There are rumours of a couple of other groups researching stuff, but I felt it important to have at least that irritating speck of dust for the snowflake/raindrop/pearl to form around :-) and I am that irritant! Send my best wishes to Marcia, and I'm praying for her mother. (Reply to this)(Parent)

cobrabay
2006-11-02 01:55 pm UTC (link)

One possible venue that may be worth looking at is the old Redemption venue, the Ashford International. It has a great social space, decent restaurant, flexible programme space, will fit up to 600 (that was the size of the last Who's Seven held there) and a Sainsburys next door. Granted they became a bit of a pain in the arse after '01, but still may be worth a look (as long as they find a way to do real ale).
There is also the Palace Hotel in Manchester which we liked but which we thought might be a bit tight on function space and turned out to have all its rooms booked for '08.

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	Thanks the_magician 2006-11-02 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	I'll phone Judith and ask for the appropriate contact there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	djelibeybi_meg 2006-11-07 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	I'll second the suggestion of Ashford International. It has the best social space I've experienced at a con. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Thanks! the_magician 2006-11-10 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	I've phoned the Ashford and they are going to dig out the Redemption contracts and then see what they can offer us for Easter (which I'll take as an indication that they aren't booked up at Easter). Hopefully I'll get a reply this afternoon before heading off for Novacon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cpt_buggernuts 2006-11-02 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	email is being bounced right back. Am I being unbelievably dense or is it down? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Thanks for that the_magician 2006-11-02 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	... that's my fault, I forgot to add it to the list of valid "smof.com" addresses, I'll try to get that fixed now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Damn the_magician 2006-11-02 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Probably now not fixable until the morning ... I'd better update the website :-( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Email can be sent to the_magician 2006-11-02 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	contemplation (at) con.org until I get the spam block updated to allow contemplation through (Reply to this)(Parent)

	fjm 2006-11-02 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	willing to help (said with great trepidation) (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2006-11-10 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, great, Chris: you mean you're actually going to do something for once? Oh, no, my mistake. You're just going to claim credit for the work that other people do. Again. Ah well, I'm sure someone will run an Eastercon that you can claim credit for. Again. (Reply to this)

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