Lately, Reinhold(my SO), Osip, and I have been throwing around the idea for another Bamadope.
I would like to see this one become large, not as large as ChiDope or NYCDope per se, but I’d like to see more Dopers attend this one.
I’d like to know when and where you guys would like to have it.
I’d suggest either Birmingham or Atlanta (which would make it GeorgiaDope, I guess). Both are large cities with things to do, and both have an airport. If we did it in Birmingham, I could offer sleeping arrangements to a couple of you at my Tuscaloosa apartment.
I know that NYCDope is in early January, and I wasn’t thinking Bamadope would happen soon. Take a look at your calendars around February and March and start chiming in with suggestions. I have no problem setting up reservations and such as long as you guys weigh in with places and times.
Yay for BamaDope! (I promise that if I make it to this one, I won’t be hysterical. Really.) My vote is for holding it in Birmingham, if only so we can see a more completed version of The Palatial Estate.
Bham works better for B and I for mid-march-ish … St. Paddy’s day, mebbe? Give people’s finances a chance to recover from NY, but not quite into the (or so I’ve heard) oppressive heat of The South.
After my miserable no-show at the last one, I hesitate to even comment at this point. However, if we’re voting, I’ll vote for B’Ham in March. Maybe I can avoid a conflict this time.
I’d love to make a BamaDope if possible. My schedule is wide open right now, but I haven’t the faintest idea of what it will be in March. Please let me know the time & place the rest of you settle on, and hopefully everything will work out so that I can be there. I’m only about an hour away from B’ham.
Well, I’d love to make it (yes, I can hear the comments now - that Lsura, she claims she wants to, but she never shows). Perhaps some Tennessee dopers would like to carpool down?
Of course, Chattanooga is incredibly central to Atlanta, Nashville, Birmingham and Knoxville…
Lsura, If you can make it to Huntsville I can get you to Birmingham. Besides I will need help loading the “body” in the trunk if Ogre resists
Hopefully more people will see this and chime in. I am hoping it is the holidays that have kept people from checking the board as often as they should.
Ok, since it’s been a while since this was up top…I’ll send it back up and see if there is any other interest.
And…from what I can see at the moment, St. Paddy’s day works ok for me. (And I am, after all, a grad student with classes only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. :p)
I’d really love to go, but finances are tight. Unless I get a job soon, I probably won’t be able to. But I’m always hopeful. Plus, I’d love to see Nocturne, Reinhold, Serendipity, and especially bobkitty again. So I’ll do it if I can.
After my pathetic last minute bail-out last time, I’ll give a tentative nibble of interest.
Hopefully, I’ll be in a better position personally and transportationwise this time. The St. Paddy’s Day in B’ham idea sounds good to me, far enough ahead of time for me to work things out. But I’m agreeable to whatever works for others.
