> Who would show up for a weekend if I booked a place?
I would, as would at least a dozen former members of the Amiga Atlanta user group (who hosted the 10Yr Amiga celebration/banquet (there is an excellent video available by Aaron Ruscetta
http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron_Ruscetta/643964087professionally edited on 4:2:2 BetaCam of the entire event) with Stewart Chifet, the Leutennant Govener of Georgia, a then famous CNN AnchorWoman, Dale Luck, Tim Jennison, etc.
> Would you bring your Amiga?
Um, yeah, easily for sure! In fact lots o' stuff! CBM and DTV64 stuff --> and even my Boxer MB!
I'd donate some door prizes too.
Note: The ole' Amiga Atlanta User Group crew is FLUSH with Amiga/CBM/Video/net/projector HW, etc.
> We could have competitions, movies all night
Indeed run multiple Videos (scattered about in parallel) for all 36+hrs of an event. Then we dine close by (or better order food-IN) then at night we chill, party and talk until whenever at the hotel/resturant Bar...
> Amiga dealers
Redrum!, and hopefully more.
> 'celebs'?, etc.
HEH :*)
If it happens on a 3 day weekend you are sure to attract more friends to attend. You plan a slick event and me and others will be dialing thru our Ole' Amiga Rolodex's, mail, and email files to gather a storm of GENIUS forth to Atlanta!
I'll bring at least four Amiga literate chicks, my wife (...and possibly even grovvel to host my X girlfriend who is so L337 these days. 8*) *GRIN*)
Amiga Atlantan Robert "LostMan" Hamilton of "Death is only the begining" T-Shirt fame is good for at least a dozen more painting w/computer women. (He taught' em how!)
If you have an Atlanta Amiga Party, THE SOUTHEAST WILL RALLY TO ATTEND!
The GatewayAmiga-ish shows from 97+'s that CUCUG had in St.Louis were awesome and the Midwest Amiga Expo in Columbus show ROCKED!
and more recently (2002) the "Amiga Expo" show that Nova Design's Kermit Woodall put on was awesome! He'd have some good advise too.
http://www.ann.lu/comments2.cgi?show=1016337671&category=forum&3Ya might want to widen the scope to include the C-64/DTV64
scene as they have more active USA members these days...
Note: I've attended over 50% of the USA Amiga/CBM shows(and many in europe) this last 2 decades, so IMNSHO:
Be sure you charge enough for tickets to make your well deserved profit!
I never minded a high-ish priced banquet: _IF_ its worth it, but dont charge $40 for a non-sit-down buffet banquet w/o desert.
Nor ask "just" $10 for one run of all-you-can-grab-n-eat Pizza...or infinate amounts of 2L generic softdrinks at room temprature all 48hrs - very lame and fratboy-ish...
HOWEVER!
Amiga events in hotels near fast food-courts and liquor stores dominate the great times we all had:
Atlanta ComDex and Atlanta Siggraph 1988, Amiga Devcon Atlanta 1990, Orlando 1993, Midwest Amiga Expo in Columbus.
Anyone had some good times there? 8*D
We are mature Amigans, we can afford quality, and having some more good Amiga times will be well worth it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT IDEA RICCOFL!!!!
Joe Torre
amiga@mindspring.com
P.S. There will be Boing Levitation.
