rbrown%mariah.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (08/12/85)
From: rbrown%mariah.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (Ron Brown - The Midnight Manager - DTN 522-2251)
Would like to go to the NASFiC conference in Austin. Anyone out there have
information on it? Or who might I call?
RonSEB%CRNLNS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (08/16/85)
From: SEB%CRNLNS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (Doubtless you've gotten lots of responses by now, but...) (This is being written from memory from PR3, received yesterday) This year's NASFiC, the Lone Star Con and Occasional Chilli Cook-Off, is in Austin, Texas, from August 30th through September 2nd. It is now past the cut-off date for mail-in memberships (August 1st). Memberships at the door are $70 for the whole thing, $35 for 1 day. (Registration is in the Convention Center, 10am to 6pm(?), including on Thursday, Aug. 29.) All of the blocked rooms in the main Con hotels (Hyatt Regency and Sheraton) are full, (although some of the $140+ per night rooms are still available...(+10% room tax)). There are lots of cheaper hotels/motels, of course, but most are farther from the ?? Convention Center. (I don't remember the name, it's next to the Hyatt.) The Sheraton is the party hotel and the ConSuite is there. (No open door parties allowed in the Hyatt, and they insist on supplying all beverages. The Sheraton has a corkage rule too, but their garage connects directly to the second floor...) The Chilli Cook-Off will be in the Con Suite: provide your own crack-, uh, crock-pot, and about a gallon of chilli. The ConCom reccommends that you cook and freeze it at home, thawing it at the Con. Pearl onions are an automatic disqualification. The Masquerade will be at the Sheraton (50 entries of 2 minutes max), as will daytime movies. No children's masquerade, but prizes for hallway costumes. The Hyatt will house the main programs (5 tracks), author readings and night-time movies. The Art show, dealer's room and special-interest displays will be in the CC. Both the Art show and the dealer's room are full: no at-the-door entries are available. No food or beverage may be brought into the Convention Center. PR3 made a big point of this. Apparently the people (?) with the food concessions (in the huckster's room) can get the Con thrown out if they catch anybody bringing stuff in. Selden Ball Cornell University, LNS NYNEX: (607) 256-4882 Wilson Synchrotron Lab BITNET: SEB@CRNLNS Dryden Road ARPA: SEB%CRNLNS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA Ithaca, NY 14853