As is mentioned here:
http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?topic=11394.msg476217#msg476217 before the Elections Meeting I will host a 1 hour panel on Hotels, the OCC and related matters.
Basically, if I keep trying to explain the same things over and over again in certain threads here my brain will melt. It's hard to keep on top of everything and keep explaining why we cannot do things. So, anyone who is interested in knowing about about the 'Facilities' part of Kumoricon, or wants to talk venues on the forum or present ideas, I ask that you please come and attend this panel first.
In the meantime, myself and others will be doing more research to make sure we can answer as many questions as possible.
If people have topics they want covered, they may comment to this post. HOWEVER, I will NOT be answering these questions before the panel. I also DO NOT want people jumping in and saying 'hey ... I think that is because of blah de blah'. People giving incorrect or half-right answers creates lots of problems for us. Jumping in before people can give such answers is why I have spent so much time on the forums recently. Misinformation spreads very, very fast. Though, if I have already answered that question elsewhere, feel free to point the asker to the relevant post. Thanks.
Topics I will be covering:
*The Hilton, The Hilton and The Hilton - The only three hotels for cons larger than 2k attendees.
*The Oregon Convention Center - Why it would be so hard for us.
*Things that have shut other cons down, permanently, because they can no longer get hotel space.
*Outside parks and why we cannot rent them.
*General Meeting Space - why it sometimes takes us forever.
*Coffee - It's about $65/gallon at a hotel. No, seriously.
*Multi-venue options - If elevators fill up moving us between floors, the same thing will happen to buses between hotels.
For people who have interest in higher level positions at the con, this is also a great primer on how alot of the back-end stuff works. For us to grow we need more that more space, we need more people who will take on Manager and higher positions. We need more people who understand the ins and out of running a con.
Note: This panel will only run one hour. We cannot delay Elections and I will need a break before we start that grueling process. Also, if people ask pointless, inflammatory, of-topic stuff to this thread or start using it as a chat thread I will delete it or toss it into other threads. The point of this is to give me less to deal with, not more. Got it? Good