Hi Jason,Just to clarify, the confusion over the date was due to the fact that we were trying to move the show date a few weeks early this year. Last years snow storm got us thinking about a date change, that plus the fact that I have a conflict on Dec 6 meant that in order for me to be involved in WOC, the date had to move.
The Nov 29 date was only briefly considered before we realized that it was the American Thanksgiving. We then set the date for Nov 22 but we were informed that Nov 22 puts World of Commodore just 6 weeks after the Chicago show finishes, and the view from the Cincinnati show during the c64 friends chat was that moving it earlier might be hurting both the Chicago show and WOC as a visitor or demoer may choose to do one of the shows only. They may be forced to make the decision to drop one show if they are that close together if funds are short, or there is not enough time to regroup from one show to the next show.
So, the question is: Do you think that this is a valid argument? I hadn't heard of this being a problem before. Personally, I wasn't privy to any discussions about it. Would holding our shows six weeks apart hurt both of our shows? The date change is something we're considering for next year anyway. I know it would be a switch from the 'traditional' first week in December, but the real reason Commodore held the World of Commodore show on the first week in December was because they wanted to see thousands of C64's under thousands of Christmas trees during the holiday season!
Let me know your thoughts on this as a date change to the third week in November is something we are considering for next year, and again sorry for the confusion.
Greg
From: Jason Compton <jcompton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [torontocbm] WOC date still unclear Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:54:33 -0500So the official WOC site has been updated, but it doesn't actually answer the question at hand because instead of just having last year's date, now it says TBD. Not to twist the screws unduly here, but we're still at my original question--do you think you'll have this worked out before ECCC, and will you take into consideration that you'll get less American turnout if you pick November 29?The approach I've taken with ECCC is to simply re-up with the facility as soon as possible after it ends. Makes things easier for the following year, and also doesn't give them time to mull raising their prices.For the record, although I did get a newsletter over the summer, I didn't really pay a lot of attention to it. I think most people expect websites to provide the authoritative info on matters like this.
