In an effort to create additional information, I pulled together
currently posted flight costs for London to several US cities. (I
know that you aren't in London but in Wales, Clint, but I don't know
what local airport that would equate to for you [I'm geographically
challenged]). Anyway...
Washington DC, Atlanta, Boston ~ $530 US
Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit ~ $650 US
Las Vegas, Minneapolis ~ $730 US
The other part of the equation would be the number of people that
would need to fly to a given location. I would assume that the 10-15
people in the Chicago area would need to fly to the east coast with
tickets likely range around $250-$300. With this in mind, it is
cheaper for a larger group to compensate Clint & Co. for any
additional costs.
With this in mind, it would seem that a city should be chosen that
minizes all costs involved (including personal travel). Now, if this
doesn't make it outrageously complicated, I don't know what will.
Someone mentioned the idea of hosting an event as several sites with
an East vs West motto. Is it possible to have one 12 person team
located in say DC and another in Chicago and the data entry is done
at each individual location with this completed file being sent to
whichever would be the base processing point? Then the result files
would be returned. Not as clean as a central location...
On another note, depending on the number of people involved, I could
help organize an event in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) and
would be able to offer at least one spare bedroom to our visiting
dignitaries and have plenty of floor space to spare. With the other
6-7 people in the area, I am betting that they could offer up
additional rooms for all needed... I would even go so far as to
offer my house as a place to host the event (this would entail
sending the live-in gf off to CA to visit family, but well worth the
cost!). I could even offer a computer to host the game on...
Minneapolis, St.Paul?
Great! I'll add more floor space to the ante!
Plus then we can hit DiGidio's for lunch.... MMMmmmmmmm Pasta......
Mmmmmmmm..... Beer......
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-----Original Message-----
From: mrchris66 [mailto:cameyer@visi.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 11:27 AM
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mepbmlist] FTF USA - another log on the fire...
Greetings all,
In an effort to create additional information, I pulled together
currently posted flight costs for London to several US cities. (I
know that you aren't in London but in Wales, Clint, but I don't know
what local airport that would equate to for you [I'm geographically
challenged]). Anyway...
Washington DC, Atlanta, Boston ~ $530 US
Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit ~ $650 US
Las Vegas, Minneapolis ~ $730 US
The other part of the equation would be the number of people that
would need to fly to a given location. I would assume that the 10-15
people in the Chicago area would need to fly to the east coast with
tickets likely range around $250-$300. With this in mind, it is
cheaper for a larger group to compensate Clint & Co. for any
additional costs.
With this in mind, it would seem that a city should be chosen that
minizes all costs involved (including personal travel). Now, if this
doesn't make it outrageously complicated, I don't know what will.
Someone mentioned the idea of hosting an event as several sites with
an East vs West motto. Is it possible to have one 12 person team
located in say DC and another in Chicago and the data entry is done
at each individual location with this completed file being sent to
whichever would be the base processing point? Then the result files
would be returned. Not as clean as a central location...
On another note, depending on the number of people involved, I could
help organize an event in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) and
would be able to offer at least one spare bedroom to our visiting
dignitaries and have plenty of floor space to spare. With the other
6-7 people in the area, I am betting that they could offer up
additional rooms for all needed... I would even go so far as to
offer my house as a place to host the event (this would entail
sending the live-in gf off to CA to visit family, but well worth the
cost!). I could even offer a computer to host the game on...
