Are meet & greets at both Westin and Con Center?
Posted by Volknochi on Sat, 2007-11-03 16:35
 Location: Northern VA
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Okay, I was checking the side menu and going back and forth through many links to find some answers, which I have, however, I'm still a bit confused on a few things. Hopefully, someone can help straighten me out? Does both the Westin and the Convention Center both house meet-and-greets and some events? Or, is the Westin only allowed to hold meet-and-greets, and the Con Center holds other places for meet-and-greets and events only? The FAQs and Program Event Guide was giving me a small clue, but I'm still confused. Can anyone help me out? |
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Ok, if you downloaded the PDF already, you know what kind of events take place.
They take place in the Westin and in the convention center.
The Westin is where we have the official offices (Registration, Internet, the Zoo,
the messageboard), and the smaller function rooms with events-
the Armstrong Room, the Cambria Room, etc.
The (name) Rooms, basically.
Everything else is done in the convention center. Larger ballrooms have the big
events (Uncle Kage's Story Hour, the Masquerade, the Guest of Honor events,
the dances). The Dealer's Room/Artists Alley are on the second floor of the DLCC.
There's also a few rooms set up for things there as well-
the videogame room, the tabletop and cardgame room.
Both places have a Headless Lounge for fursuiters to take off their heads and rehydrate.
Official events can be held in either building, subject mostly to security concerns
(no archery contests) and space/time concerns (small rooms are not for 400 people),
and special considerations (if you need special equipment, like a lifesize firetruck
or a wading pool in the room, you probably can't get it).
So, if a meet-and-greet is scheduled, it could be held in either building.
Then again,
you can meet INFORMALLY and hang out with friends.
DON'T USE THE HOTEL LOBBY. That's what THE ZOO is for.
There's several places mentioned in the books as good places to hang out with friends,
starting with The Zoo. You can also meet with people in your hotel room, providing
you're expecting small numbers of them and won't violate hotel safety standards.
Of course, you can meet people anywhere, and make lots of new friends. That includes
the off-site locations like where we eat. (That includes the Buca di Beppo dinners
and the nearby food places.)
Did that answer your question, at any point?
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permalinkThat and so much more. The reason why I asked is because I've never heard of convention that used a hotel to hold some events as well as a convention center. Which is why I asked to ensure I was correct in assuming that events were held at both a hotel and at a convention center.
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permalinkWell, we have a lot of events on the calendar, allowing you to select what you want to attend and skip what you don't want to attend. Having that many events at the same time
means we need lots of locations to use at the same time.
(I'm not an AC official, but I am a panelist, so that's what the "we" refers to.)
One thing I like is the consideration for warm weather. The Westin is air-conditioned,
and the walk into the DLCC is about 2 blocks, 1 block of which is under the DLCC's "roof"
and is cooled by a nearby waterfall designed for that, it appears. Then you're back
indoors and in air-conditioning again, following the escalators and signs up to the
events. I'm biased- my panels all end up in the Westin, and I like the much shorter trip
to the panels. However, I attend panels in both locations like everyone else.
I also like that there's reasonably-priced food a few blocks from the Westin.
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permalinkCool, thanks for the info.
I noticed that the Events Planner is from AC '07. Will it be pretty much the same for AC '08, time/day/location-wise?
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permalinkNo guarantee of that is suggested or implied.
All events are subject to being moved or replaced with other events.
Obvious exceptions are some of the dances and UKSH, major events.
Also, the "So this is your first AnthroCon" panel, obviously,
must be early Friday.
Some panels will return, and some of them request the same time-slots they occupied last
time. (Mine certainly will.) Generally, Programming attempts to accommodate the
panelists for the times they request-although there's no guarantees.
However, consider the previous Events Planner to be a sample of what the schedule MIGHT
look like.
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permalinkWebsite: [Link]
Not in '07, the water was off
Ron, never did figure out where that loading dock was that allowed a truck to be over the waterfall...
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permalinkSpeaking on the subject of events and scheduling -
Flickering through the 2007 event planner I can see that there are very few events that are right after each other in the same room.
But when that does happen, what is the proper etiquette?
Does one to exit the room, only to return 2 or 3 minutes later, or wait patiently his room?
Noy
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permalinkBlog: [Link]
There is nothing wrong with staying in the room for the next panel, unless for some reason people are requested to leave (the chairs may need re-setting or somesuch).
We ask our panelists to stop 10 minutes before the hour and make their closing comments or take final questions. We want all programs finished before the hour is up so that there is time for new people to come in, existing audience members to go take a rest break, and so on.
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