[interactionfilk-discuss] Re: Filk Liaison

[rafe@xxxxxxxxxx (Rafe Culpin)]

Katy said:

> Actually ... I have to admit that at the moment I am not at all sure who
> of the German filkers / if anyone at all will be there. 
> I have read in several mails (mostly from Rafe) that in 1995 there had
> been "so many filkers from Germany" present. Now ... I'm kinda
> flattered that we seem to have made such an impression back then, but
> also very stumped - because in fact the participants from Germany back
> in 1995 were only Yooh, Kirstin, her then-boyfriend Cevin, and me. That
> was *it*. Noone else. 

Umm, maybe I'm getting confused with all the Germans who've been at the UK 
filkcons. I thought there were more there, but you're right, that's the 
only ones I can actually remember.

I don't know if maybe more would be interested this time? There's certainly 
a lot more German filkers around these days. And I'd love to have more of 
them along there. So they can meet other filkers they wouldn't normally see 
and so the USans and Canadians can meet some of the amazing talent there is 
in German filkdom, that's not normally seen at all outside Germany except 
for some of them at the UK con.

> It still is like that to me. Worldcon per se isn't THAT interesting to
> me (and I honestly have to say that I hated the Glasgow location, the
> having to drive around late at night with the shuttle busses and the
> guitar since the con locations aren't in walking distance to each other

There is supposed to be better transport this time, but it still won't be 
all that easy.

> money is the reason why I cannot definitely say yet that I will be
> there even though it is not only Worldcon but also Eurocon. Largest
> reason is the still-unknown hotel prices (which unfortunately tend to
> be much higher in the UK than in the US),

That's supposed to be being better sorted this time with the past 
experience, but I don't know how well. And of course our exchange rate 
doesn't help for you or the US.

> the fact that a flight to Glasgow from my home airport Hamburg is much
> more expensive than one to London

Would it be possible to get to London and then travel up from there with UK 
fans? But then I suppose most of us will be using train or plane rather 
than car.

> Would I *like* to be there? Yes. I'd love to spend time with the filkers
> at Worldcon, and IF I make it there you can definitely grab me and make
> me run around and work for the filk track, also spontaneously, I can
> say that right here and now. BUT I cannot promise anything yet. 

I think most of the work will be done before the con? I'm not sure how it 
works.
 
One thing - the hotel booking forms will be going out probably at the 
beginning of September, and of course it's important for filkers to be in 
or near the hotel where the late night filk is. So it's best to book early. 
Which means booking *before* FilkCONtinental this year if possible. Could 
you make sure that the German filkers know about that, just in case?

Rafe