# Springfield, IL - Dopefest! Who wants in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623 "2002-09-25T15:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/1 "2002-09-25T15:21:18Z")
I am very seriously considering taking on the planning for a Springfield, Illinois Dopefest. I have not chosen a date for any gathering because I wanted to get a feel for any interest and what works best for everyone. Who might be able to make it out here and any particular months favored over others? I know we are fast approaching winter and while I’d love to meet up this fall, I know that many of you may have quite packed schedules. Also, you can e-mail me at: [TibsTanglewood@aol.com](mailto:TibsTanglewood@aol.com) Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/2 "2002-09-25T16:04:28Z")
I would love to be there, **Tibs**. But October is already pretty shot, and November isn’t looking too much better. But I’m definitely interested and will make it if I can. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/3 "2002-09-25T16:05:44Z")
Early November would be best for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/4 "2002-09-25T16:14:18Z")
I just reviewed my schedule. My October is filled to the gills. November is better. After that, I think we would need to go into next year. I’m sorry for the short notice. In November, I have the 5th (Tuesday) off of work and the 11th off of work which lends me to those weekends immediately prior. (Recovery time) If we do a fall gathering (Fun!) - how do the weekends of November 2-3 or November 9-10 strike people? Porcupine, it’s been almost 2 years - I need some hugs from you. You come down! Tibs. p.s. Katsu, we’re waaaaiiiitttting. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/5 "2002-09-25T16:17:32Z")
Just a note that the proposed November 2-3 conflicts with Halloween OhDope (presuming it actually comes together). ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/6 "2002-09-25T16:23:28Z")
Ahh, good to know. The 9th - 10th is preferable to me, as it happens. I should have checked the OhDope dates; it may be that having two Dopefest so close in time is like shooting myself in the foot. I am still willing to have a gathering that weekend, even if it is small. Thank you for the information, Porcupine. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/7 "2002-09-25T16:52:43Z")
oh can i come 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/8 "2002-09-25T16:54:43Z")
Spiffled! ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/9 "2002-09-25T17:31:19Z")
Yes!!! November is much better for me than October. 9-10th is fine. Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/10 "2002-09-25T17:37:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > **I should have checked the OhDope dates; it may be that having two Dopefest so close in time is like shooting myself in the foot.** Not necessarily. Last October some die-hard dopers (IIRC, **thinksnow** as well as me) did 3 dopefest weekends in a row - _The Quiet ChiDope_, _DopetoberFest_ (LA), and _Halloween OhDope_. I, for one, am not capable of that this year, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/11 "2002-09-25T17:49:43Z")
Nov. 9-10 would be great for me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/12 "2002-09-25T18:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > Last October some die-hard dopers (IIRC, **thinksnow** as well as me) did 3 dopefest weekends in a row - _The Quiet ChiDope_, _DopetoberFest_ (LA), and _Halloween OhDope_. Amateurs. On June 17, 2000, several of us ( **Cabbage** , **dcnewsman** , **SqrlCub** , **Falcon** , and myself) attended Dopefests in [Raleigh](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23324), [NC](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27960) and in [Greenbelt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21224), [MD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27903) (just outside of DC) _on the same day_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/13 "2002-09-25T18:52:49Z")
I’m gonna say it. fuckin’ kick ass. We’re having a party. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/14 "2002-09-25T20:01:44Z")
I’ve penciled in the weekend of November 9th. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/15 "2002-09-25T20:12:31Z")
I can make an attempt, if anyone’ll be getting a carpool going from O’Hare (bus stop there). ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/16 "2002-09-25T20:37:43Z")
Just checked…train fare from Chicago to Springfield is a mere $40 round trip. I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/17 "2002-09-25T20:56:27Z")
Just think, Gundy, I can wave as you get off the train and you can think to yourself, “Who is that yahoo??” Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/18 "2002-09-25T21:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > \*\*p.s. Katsu, we’re waaaaiiiitttting. > \*\* For me? ::glances around to see if there is anyone else by that name here:: Well, that very same weekend (November 9-10) there _might_ be a Unafest in Florida. Let me check with **galen ubal** on that and, if I don’t have to kill myself to avoid choosing, I’d more to happy to be there and meet you and the other Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/19 "2002-09-25T21:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > \*\*Just think, Gundy, I can wave as you get off the train and you can think to yourself, “Who is that yahoo??” > > Tibs. \*\* Chump is more like it. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623/20 "2002-09-25T21:30:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Chump is more like it. I’m going to laugh. So that I don’t cry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-il-dopefest-who-wants-in/129623.md?page=2)