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Chicagocon '09 - The Internet Invades the Midwest

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Liz:
Alright folks, it's that time of year again. Here is the dealio.

Last summer, at the end of June, approximately 18 of your fellow forumites met up in Toronto and had the most rad series of hangouts known to mankind. This summer we are hoping to top that, both in number of forumites and quality of hangouts. The focus of the meetup this year is the lovely city of Chicago, Illinois. The internet will be descending on the unsuspecting village from July 31 (Friday) to August 3 (Monday).

This thread is for planning! Mainly we are looking into housing, as it's about that time to start booking before things fill up. Here are the options so far:
 
- Staying with friends of yours in the city, booking a hotel/hostel room. BUT---
- We have a house on reserve, if you will. It can sleep a ton of people, and the more we get, the more fun it will be (and cheaper! See it here http://www.elitechicagorentals.com/listings/details/45)

Basically what I am looking for in this thread is a list of attendees so we can see what are options are. Please indicate whether you are coming, how sure you are of that decision, and what sort of housing you are looking at.

See you in July!

ATTENDANCE

Definitely:
Kris (Metope)
Jens (Jeans)
May  (Barmymoo)
Stephen (ackblom12)
Kat (Papersatan)
Liz (Misconception)
John (KvP)
Edith (Edith)
Jodie (jodizzle)
Linds (Linds)
Emilio (E.Spaceman)
Oli (Oli)
Matt (mberan42)
Dennis (dennis)
Katie (calenlass)
Johnny (Johnny C)
Tommy (Ptommydski)
Jordan (ozymandias)
Mai (mooface)
Sean (Vendetagainst)

Probably:
Jason (RedLion)
Jon (Cernunnos)
Cathy (ruyi)
Tyler (Tyler)

Maybe:
Rachel (pen)
Yelley (yelley)
Jason (someotherguy)
Jill (Darkbluerabbit)
Emaline (Emaline)
Anna (20_Jazz_Funk_Greats)
Lise (Lise)
Jussi (Dollface)
Phil (Boro_Bandito)
Brian (LiterSize)
Tom (Gilead)
Ernie (Ernest)

HELL NO:
Shane (valley_parade)
Darryl (Sox)
Alex (Alex C)
Sean (objects inside clouds)
Jace (PantsFTW)
James (slick)
Will (Will)

CHICAGOCON ACTIVITIES
 - All attendees will pose with a sign that says "Hi Andy and Ally!" because they want us to.
 - Chicagocon Prom- good times!

Barmymoo:
We have a Facebook events page which is quite helpful but since not everyone has Facebook it'd be better to duplicate that list rather than rely on it.

Here is the link for anyone who is Facebooking and not yet a member. If you RSVP and then your attendance status changes it'd be helpful if you could change it on the events page too. :-)

There is also a facebook group; it is private so you need to send Linds a facebook message in order to join it. Please post there to let Edith know whether or not you are staying in the house.

The Accommodation

An extremely nice house has been booked for Friday 31st July to Monday 3rd August, which is three nights. Below is a list of people who are staying in the house, maybe staying in the house or definitely not staying in the house.

Definites
May (Barmymoo)
Edith (Edith)
Stephen (ackblom12)
Kat (Papersatan)
Emilio (E.Spaceman)
Liz (Misconception)
Kris (Metope)
Jens (Jeans)
John (KvP)
Linds (Linds)
Jodie (jodizzle)
Oli (Oli)
Katie (calenlass)
Johnny (Johnny C)
Mai (mooface)
Tommy (Ptommydski)

Definitely Not
Cathy (ruyi)
Jordan (ozymandias)
Richard (october1983)

Yet To Reply
Dennis (dennis)
Matt (mberan42)
Sean (Vendetagainst)
Tommy (Ptommydski)
Jason (RedLion)
Jon (Cernunnos)
Tyler (Tyler)
Will (Will)
??? (Dollface)
Anna (20_Jazz_Funk_Greats)
Brian (LiterSize)
Emaline (Emaline)
Jason (someotherguy)
Jill (Darkbluerabbit)
Lise (Lise)
Phil (Boro_Bandito)
Rachel (pen)
Yelley (yelley)

Metope:
Jens and I are 100% sure, we already booked flights and we will be at Edith's place before and after Chicagocon. I don't know about him, but to me renting an apartment or a house seems like the best idea.

ackblom12:
Me and Kat, barring some horrible family or monetary incident, are definitely coming. Housing is going to depend entirely on what other folks are feeling. We're all for the hotel/rental idea personally. More contact wsith the forumites over the weekend is better.

pen:
I really really wanna go to this, but I'm far too poor, right now. I kept thinking with my tax return I could pull it off, but it's really not practical for me. 

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