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: 47 Posts: 601	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: All jacked up on Gator Juice in the Swamp. GO GATORS!!!! Age: 47 Posts: 15,221	Re: Future FORTcons? I vote for Atlanta! __________________ Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

10-09-2008, 04:48 PM	#3
hepcat Gleek Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,917	Re: Future FORTcons? It really just takes a person or two who wants to organize it. __________________ Charles Nelson Reilly figured out cold fusion, but he never, ever told a soul.

10-09-2008, 04:57 PM	#4
ElizabethG My little JAG Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia Age: 47 Posts: 601	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 A Meat Loaf Aday... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northern NY Posts: 2,857	Re: Future FORTcons? I vote NYC! Or anywhere else I can afford to travel to __________________ ~There is no way to Happiness. Happiness is the way.~

10-09-2008, 08:20 PM	#6
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: All jacked up on Gator Juice in the Swamp. GO GATORS!!!! Age: 47 Posts: 15,221	Re: Future FORTcons? You can get cheap flights to Atlanta. I could help somewhat in organizing it. I'm only 2 hours from Atlanta. __________________ 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: 34 Posts: 11,852	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 Thanksgiving! Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 38 Posts: 16,644	Re: Future FORTcons? Vegas was nice, though. __________________ He who laughs last thinks slowest

10-10-2008, 07:01 AM	#10
queenb Miz Smarty Britches Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: drinkin' muddy water, sleepin' in a hollow log Age: 49 Posts: 5,838	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. __________________ Tell your mind to stay cool brother man, seek the truth and don't be no fool Last edited by queenb; 10-10-2008 at 07:30 AM.