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(...) Well yeah. If we'd had to pack everything out each night, the whole fest would have been a stupid idea. I'd never even considered what we got as a plus...more like the base line. (...) I worked at the University of Missouri for three years and (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:Fw3FGx.5p5@lugnet.com... (...) needs (...) That location would be great, it's less than a mile from my parents house (FWIW)! I took a few graduate course at GMU before moving to North Carolina (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) ...We blocked a few rooms for the fest. They gave us a group discount, but I'm not sure how much :-/ (...) ...Not sure just yet... still recovering :-) (...) ...We will do this annually. It was just too much fun not to! Tho we have also talked (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) A couple requests: If you played in the pirate game, and haven't already identified yourself and your ship, please let me know your ship's and captain's names. Also, pointing out yourself in one of the many pictures would be helpfull (though I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) SF conventions regularly have most of the conference rooms at a hotel for the whole weekend. I don't think they spend 10s of 1000s of dollars (but perhaps close). A hotel probably isn't the right place to use however as they do expect to rent (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) When I tried to turn down the cash Stephen offered me for a 6204 and several 1747s, he mentioned something about the money coming from WAMALUG, but I may have misunderstood something. I'm glad to hear that most of the prizes were donated by (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Actually it was a 24 hour place for the stuff, just not the people. That was a huge advantage. There are very few places that will give you a space to occupy 24hrs without spending huge $$$. Most (all) hotel conference rooms are scheduled by (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Where did you hear that? Most of the prizes were donated by the LEGO Outlet Store at Potomac Mills. A few were donated by Denise. Even the T-shirts were advanced out of pocket by Denise. WAMALUG doesn't have that much money. KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) I saved every picture from both webcams on the server. That's 2 pictures every 10 seconds. That's about 19,000 images (but only 287MB). I'm still not sure what I'll do with them, but I do have them. KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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I think I would vote for a week earlier or later in June also, as June 15 is my NLS's birthday. Birthdays are rather big events in her family, and I doubt that I'd be able to go to Brickfest without dire 'reaper'-cussions. :-) -Andy Lynch ----- (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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