Future FORTcons?

ElizabethG · 10-09-2008, 04:32 PM

If this has already been addressed somewhere else, my apologies. I was just wondering if there have been any plans or discussion about having another FORTcon? I have recently come back more to the FORT after only sporadic reading/posting over the last couple of years and I immediately felt "at home" again and eager to reconnect with many of the members. I would love to meet a lot of you in person. So how about it John, any future plans for another FORTcon? If so, might I suggest the sunny south....Atlanta, Orlando, somewhere near a beach maybe?

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myrosiedog · 10-09-2008, 04:39 PM

I vote for Atlanta!

**hepcat** · 10-09-2008, 04:48 PM

It really just takes a person or two who wants to organize it.

ElizabethG · 10-09-2008, 04:57 PM

If it were held in Atlanta, I could definitely HELP organize it. Who was mostly responsible for organizing 2004 and 2005? Could that person or persons give a few tips? Organization is not exactly my strongest skill, but I am a great second tier worker bee.

ClosetNerd · 10-09-2008, 05:55 PM

I vote NYC!

Or anywhere else I can afford to travel to

myrosiedog · 10-09-2008, 08:20 PM

You can get cheap flights to Atlanta.

I could help somewhat in organizing it. I'm only 2 hours from Atlanta.

Stargazer · 10-09-2008, 11:39 PM

Somewhere near a beach for sure. We froze our butts off in Chicago.

dagwood · 10-10-2008, 12:01 AM

Vegas was nice, though.

Unklescott · 10-10-2008, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Somewhere near a beach for sure. We froze our butts off in Chicago.

You southerners.

queenb · 10-10-2008, 07:01 AM

Star, would a beach at Lake Lanier count

I'm voting Atlanta too, Unk. Too bad for you! I've never planned an event like it before, but I do know the city pretty well, and could share lots of info, good things to do, and what planning I could. . I'd much rather do another Fortcon than the 30th high school reunion I've already decided against. And MRD is right--you can get to Atlanta for $250 or less from almost anywhere in the country, thanks to Airtran, and Delta usually matches them. For those not served by Airtran, Southwest goes into Birmingham Alabama, so maybe some of our Alabaman friends and myself could do a pickup service.

Remember, we've already had it UpNawth and OutWest. So, it should be either DownSouth or NawthEast.

10-09-2008, 04:32 PM	#1
ElizabethG My little JAG Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia Age: 46 Posts: 441	Future FORTcons? If this has already been addressed somewhere else, my apologies. I was just wondering if there have been any plans or discussion about having another FORTcon? I have recently come back more to the FORT after only sporadic reading/posting over the last couple of years and I immediately felt "at home" again and eager to reconnect with many of the members. I would love to meet a lot of you in person. So how about it John, any future plans for another FORTcon? If so, might I suggest the sunny south....Atlanta, Orlando, somewhere near a beach maybe? __________________ Life was so much simpler then.....

10-09-2008, 04:39 PM	#2
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Being thankful Age: 46 Posts: 11,423 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Future FORTcons? I vote for Atlanta! __________________ Yes we can, Yes we DID!! President Elect Barack Obama. Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

10-09-2008, 04:48 PM	#3
hepcat Phooey. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: here Posts: 24,896 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Future FORTcons? It really just takes a person or two who wants to organize it. __________________ THE SMEAR: Barack Obama got 100% on "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar Hero. THE TRUTH: Barack Obama is a DDR fanatic.

10-09-2008, 04:57 PM	#4
ElizabethG My little JAG Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia Age: 46 Posts: 441	Re: Future FORTcons? If it were held in Atlanta, I could definitely HELP organize it. Who was mostly responsible for organizing 2004 and 2005? Could that person or persons give a few tips? Organization is not exactly my strongest skill, but I am a great second tier worker bee. __________________ Life was so much simpler then.....

10-09-2008, 05:55 PM	#5
ClosetNerd Sooo Meaty. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: I can see Russia from my house! Posts: 2,187	Re: Future FORTcons? I vote NYC! Or anywhere else I can afford to travel to __________________ "We cannot change the way we are perceived. We can only change the way, we are presented. ~TG

10-09-2008, 08:20 PM	#6
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Being thankful Age: 46 Posts: 11,423 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Future FORTcons? You can get cheap flights to Atlanta. I could help somewhat in organizing it. I'm only 2 hours from Atlanta. __________________ Yes we can, Yes we DID!! President Elect Barack Obama. Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

10-09-2008, 11:39 PM	#7
Stargazer RESIDENT JEDI MASTER Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On a Rocky Mountain High Age: 33 Posts: 11,612	Re: Future FORTcons? Somewhere near a beach for sure. We froze our butts off in Chicago. __________________ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda "I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson

10-10-2008, 12:01 AM	#8
dagwood Happy frog Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 37 Posts: 15,387	Re: Future FORTcons? Vegas was nice, though.

10-10-2008, 07:01 AM	#10
queenb Miz Smarty Britches Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: third shack on the right Age: 48 Posts: 4,523	Re: Future FORTcons? Star, would a beach at Lake Lanier count I'm voting Atlanta too, Unk. Too bad for you! I've never planned an event like it before, but I do know the city pretty well, and could share lots of info, good things to do, and what planning I could. . I'd much rather do another Fortcon than the 30th high school reunion I've already decided against. And MRD is right--you can get to Atlanta for $250 or less from almost anywhere in the country, thanks to Airtran, and Delta usually matches them. For those not served by Airtran, Southwest goes into Birmingham Alabama, so maybe some of our Alabaman friends and myself could do a pickup service. Remember, we've already had it UpNawth and OutWest. So, it should be either DownSouth or NawthEast. __________________ . Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, dogs are from Pluto, and cars are from Saturn and Mercury. Ease America's dependance on foreign oil-sign the petition http://drillheredrillnow.com Last edited by queenb; 10-10-2008 at 07:30 AM.