[interactionfilk-discuss] Re: Filk location

[Bill Sutton <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I personally like very much the idea of all the late night activities 
(parties and after-hours filk) being in the same place, as I tend to 
wander from filk to parties to filk and so on. It would also be easy to 
post the filk on the party board each night and perhaps attract some new 
people or even people who have filked in the past but prioritise the 
parties.

A lot will depend on how late the filk programme is scheduled to go - if 
"filk programme" ends before parties begin (i.e. last concert or 
whatever ending by about 21.00 or so) then it would probably be OK to 
have the filk in the party hotel. However, if concerts and filk 
programme are expected to go until 22.30 or later, then the after-hours 
filk would be best in the Moat House so people don't have to go as far.

In other words, the important thing is whether a gap exists between filk 
programme and late-night filk. If none exists, then it all needs to be 
in the same place or very close (concerts in GECC and filk in Moat 
House, maybe). If a good gap exists, then the party hotel would be best 
in my mind.

Bill

Rafe Culpin wrote:

>I just received this from Paul Oldroyd in reply to a message of mine:
>
>>>OK, thanks. Most of the detail isn't particularly urgent as long as we 
>>>hear
>>>in time to do detail planning, but please do make sure that the hotel 
>>>for
>>>late night filk is fixed before the room booking forms go out. That 
>>>one is
>>>critical.
>>>
>>What it would be useful to know is whether filkers would like to be 
>>based in the "party
>>hotel" (which is the Hilton, about 10-15 minutes walk from the Moat 
>>House) or the Moat
>>House itself (which is the main convention hotel on site). Evening 
>>programme and fan
>>activities will take place in the Moat House: people enjoying parties 
>>will gather in the
>>Hilton.
>>
>
>My first reaction is the Hilton nearer the centre of town, as the important 
>bit is getting back from the filk to wherever people are staying, in the 
>early hours of the morning. It would be nice to be near the other 
>activities, but I think the getting home bit overrules it.
>
>Some people might be staying in the Moat House, but probably more in other 
>places. In 95 as I remember the on-site hotel was reserved for convention 
>staff (and disabled?)
>
>