Quick Post from NY
Mar. 17th, 2009 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sharanAs you may have figured out by now, I'm in NY for Spring Break right now. While being awake and not tired at hours when I really should be asleep (except that I'm still on L.A. time) I just managed to catch up on my friends list here so I thought I'd make a quick post (besides, I wanted to see if the LJ way of posting to Facebook works so I can use my Notes section for Rockers Online instead).
Last Sunday I went to the 40th Anniversary of the Science Fiction Forum at Stonybrook and had a great time! I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a long time, although some I would have really liked to have seen were strangely absent (even a couple that lived locally). I even took a few pictures, which I posted here on Facebook. BTW, for the LASFS members out there the Science Fiction Forum is a lot like LASFS, just with students:).
Over the next few days I'm trying to meet up with a few friends I haven't seen in a long time, and then Friday I head up to Lunacon to see even more people. It should be a fun time! I was sorry to miss last year when they returned to the Escher Hilton, so I'm glad I could make it this year (and it's still there).
Well, I'm finally starting to get a little tired so I think I better get to sleep:).
Last Sunday I went to the 40th Anniversary of the Science Fiction Forum at Stonybrook and had a great time! I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a long time, although some I would have really liked to have seen were strangely absent (even a couple that lived locally). I even took a few pictures, which I posted here on Facebook. BTW, for the LASFS members out there the Science Fiction Forum is a lot like LASFS, just with students:).
Over the next few days I'm trying to meet up with a few friends I haven't seen in a long time, and then Friday I head up to Lunacon to see even more people. It should be a fun time! I was sorry to miss last year when they returned to the Escher Hilton, so I'm glad I could make it this year (and it's still there).
Well, I'm finally starting to get a little tired so I think I better get to sleep:).
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Re: 40th
Date: 2009-03-18 05:07 pm (UTC)Your assessment of the planning seems about right. Matt was not a bad President at all, but it seems that he largely let the 40th slip past the eboard's attention (probably partly due to sourcing for a new room taking their attention). Ian's crew were in a situation where they probably could have chosen between getting a better day or getting Jim Frenkel, but there was no way they could get both, as they no longer had enough advance time for flexibility in reserving rooms. So, yeah, I'm pretty happy that people already started planning for the next one. :)
Re: 40th
Date: 2009-03-19 06:23 am (UTC)Yeah, I'm sure moving the forum seriously disrupted any plans for this:(. It's too bad that had to happen now (or at all from what I'm hearing about the whole thing). I can definitely understand wanting to get Jim Frenkel! It is too bad there wasn't enough time to plan it better, though. I think even people who LIVE on Long Island may not have heard about it and weren't there (i.e.,where was Gary Halada?). JAM said he only heard about it a week before it happened, and he WORKS there.
Let's just hope the 42nd works out!