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Re: How about a Brickfest West?
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lugnet.events
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:06:24 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Mark Sandlin writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd at corsair@schlickbernd.org wrote:
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> > No, I haven't forgotten, and yes, there are people who are going to not go
> > if it isn't conveniently close no matter where it is held. More will not go
> > to Seattle than not go to California.
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> How do you figure?
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> A Seattle fest would attract people from Oregon, Washington, Canada, and
> some of the other Northwestern states. Seattle is about 3.5 hours north of
> Portland, and 2 hours south of Vancouver, BC.
"More" implies an amount of people - you note cities, states, and all of
Canada (Newfoundlanders seem an unlikely prospect <g>), but avoid population
numbers. I'll use Lugnet member numbers (acknowledging that all who read
Lugnet and might attend aren't members, but it at least gives us some idea).
Washington: 41
Oregon: 15
ALL of Canada: 67
California: 144 (oooooo, a gross!)
With the exception of Colorado (19 members) virtually all the other close-by
western states have miniscule memberships. How many in Canada are from B.C.
or perhaps as far away as Alberta, I couldn't say...20? We're talking about
twice as many in California as Oregon, Washington and Western Canada combined.
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> It would take me 14 hours just to drive to San Francisco, to say nothing of
> making it all the way to Carlsbad. So I would *have* to buy a plane ticket
> just so I could have time to be at the 'fest, as would almost anyone else
> who doesn't live in California.
And how long would it take a someone to drive from San Francisco (much less
L.A. or San Diego) to get to Seattle? Note that it will take those Southern
Californians 6-9 hours to make it to San Francisco (and my coworker reports
getting to his parents place 20 miles north of the California border in
Oregon takes him 12 hours from Pasadena).
The point is not whether someone somewhere ends up with sizable travel
trouble - someone will no matter what! It's a question of how many are put
out. Like I said, a NW and a SW con make a lot of sense to me. In any
case, I only offered my comments as something that should be taken into
consideration (which it seems some are determined not to do).
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> Don't get me wrong, I would love to come to LLC again, but I just think your
> above claim needs a bit of clarification. I don't think having LLC nearby
> will guarantee you a large attendance, in fact, it might rob you of some
> attendees who go to the park instead of attending the 'fest.
If you plan it as a two-day event rather than a three day with a specific
Legoland day, no doubt it would. I only mentioned Legoland because others
had already (why do I get picked on?). :-)
Me, personally, I have a friend I'd enjoy visiting in Seattle - I have no
problem with it (beyond I wouldn't pick January as a good time to visit
Seattle). I also mentioned rotating sites (which you cut out), as have others.
Bruce
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| Bruce Schlickbernd at corsair@schlickbernd.org wrote: <snip> (...) By "some" I assume you mean me. It would be rather silly for me to promote a 'fest in SoCal, wouldn't it? It's starting to look like we'll end up with two West Coast fests. (...) I'm (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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| (...) How do you figure? A Seattle fest would attract people from Oregon, Washington, Canada, and some of the other Northwestern states. Seattle is about 3.5 hours north of Portland, and 2 hours south of Vancouver, BC. It would take me 14 hours just (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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