# Teeming Millions Convention 2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 1999, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279 "1999-11-19T00:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/81 "1999-12-15T08:12:00Z")
I vote Vegas because I’m a poor college student and I would actually be able to afford a wee trip there. I’d love to go to Chicago or Somewhere in Canada, but unless SiC happens to be Vancouver, I really can’t afford it. ::sighs:: Are there any SD Travel Scholarships? How about a couple simultaneous conventions? * * * ~Kyla “You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine.” ---
**Author:** ![Robbespiere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@Robbespiere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbespiere)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/82 "2000-03-11T15:41:00Z")
I’m renewing this discussion. I think Chicago because its centrally located-three hours from almost anywhere in the continental US. Also, SD HQ. Besides, Chicago is a great town. * * * Roll the tumbrils! ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/83 "2000-03-11T16:59:00Z")
So, did this just fall through the cracks, or what? * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/84 "2000-03-11T17:05:00Z")
Vegas, baby. * * * I’ll buy that for a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/85 "2000-03-11T20:04:00Z")
I still say Chicago. It just doesn’t make any sense to have it anywhere else. So, Vegas has all these fabulous diversions…I don’t wanna diverted, dammit. I’m “cultishly addicted” to y’all, and I’d be just as happy pulling up a square of carpet at Valerie’s place in Chicago. Plus, I’m scared to fly. * * * “I like toast.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/86 "2000-03-12T00:53:00Z")
ill second the notion for Santa Barbara… its awesome, very nice weather, and i love it there. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by pricciar: > \*\*Santa Barbara would be the perfect place to have the convention. Its beautiful. Not too hot. Not too cold. The beach is right there. > Sure, its far. Sure, its expensive. But, think of it this way. I wouldn’t have to travel to get to it. > Sorry, had to make a vain attempt to have it here. 🙂 > > pat\*\* * * * Check out my site: [Chief’s Domain](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/87 "2000-03-12T03:24:00Z")
I vote for Chicago (since it would be easiest for me…I live just outside of it). My next two votes, in order, would be St. Louis, then Memphis. But, if I’m driving far (or flying) it depends on when it is. ---
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/88 "2000-03-12T06:04:00Z")
If I were going to go to it, I’d pick Vegas because that’s so close to where I am. I’m afraid if I made a trip to St. Louis, I’d stay there, as I grew up there and am kind of nostalgic for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/89 "2000-04-23T06:35:00Z")
OK, so St. Louis didn’t pan out. What say the masses now? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/90 "2000-04-23T07:37:00Z")
Diane: things must have changed a LOT since I was there 2 years ago, then. When I was in Vegas, our hotel was over $100/night, it cost almost $9/person just for BREAKFAST, and ALL the entertainment cost money (except sitting around in bars or watching fountains) Also, the climate is just miserable. It’s so hot all the time you’re exhausted just from being outside for 3 minutes. It’s also WAY WAY west of being a central location. I’d vote for just about anywhere that is somewhat central and not too expensive. I’d also vote for DC, because it’s cool and really close to me. * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. [http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg](http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg) O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) NEW UBB board, all are welcome: [http://fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro](http://fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/91 "2000-04-23T13:38:00Z")
I’m with Kyla. I vote for closest for me, due to the travel $ problem. Montreal is an amazingly beautiful city. The canadian dollar’s exchange rate is fantastic. There’s a ton to do and see, and we can laugh at the French-Canadians who think they’re French. (sorry, Quebecquois) As a secondary vote, I vote for DC. My rockin’ 85 year old great Aunt is down there. And I similarliy vote for sometime during July 4th week, as I have that week off. * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/92 "2000-04-23T14:50:00Z")
The only way this is going to happen is if one or more people take on the responsibility of coordinating the convention. Then, the coordinator chooses where the party is held. Any volunteers? We have people wanting to go to DC, St. Louis, and Vegas, also Chicago. I’m game for anywhere, but if I did the coordinating, it would be held in Grapevine! Plus we need ideas on what we want to be doing. So far all the IRL meetings have been in bars or restaurants. Do we want to have any special outings? Hey - if we had it in DC, we could descend en masse on the Smithsonian! * * * I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money. (Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!) ---
**Author:** ![lablonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@lablonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lablonde)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/93 "2000-05-01T13:51:54Z")
SingleDad volunteered over in GQ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lablonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@lablonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lablonde)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/94 "2000-05-01T15:04:26Z")
The GQ thread was moved to MPISMS(see SDMB Convention). The new software currently removes a thread from the originating board when it is transferred, per ManhattanMOD. SingleDad, talk to beatle as he has done a mini-convention in Houston before. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/95 "2000-05-01T15:35:21Z")
Just throwing my vote in for Vegas. Why do you think so many conventions are held there? ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/96 "2000-05-01T15:54:25Z")
There’s no way to hold a convention without making it a commercial enterprise. We can’t make it a commercial enterprise without at least the permission of the Chicago Reader to use the trademarked “Straight Dope” name for the convention and to use the SDMB for the purposes of promoting a commercial enterprise. If a convention is going to happen, the CR needs to take the next step and and either coordinate the convention in-house or lend its official Col. Sherman Potter Okey-Dokey to a coordination team from among the Teeming Millions. Personally, I’d rather travel to Chicago, Vegas, L.A., etc. than accept the monumental task of organizing a convention, but I will serve if called. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/97 "2000-05-03T02:27:52Z")
I’ll be in Vegas next week again. My reservations made over the internet are $39.00 and $45.00 per night (depending on the night) at Excaliber but you can find cheaper rooms in the older, but still nice, casinos. The best deals are through the internet. In addition to the information I posted in the begining of this thread, I will check out a few more prices while I am there if anyone is interested. The last time I was there, last November, I spent a total of $200.00 in three days, including my share of our hotel room (I went with friends). I didn’t gamble at all. It really is a fun place and pretty cheap if you know your way around. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/98 "2000-05-03T03:18:55Z")
So, Diane, does this mean you’re volunteering to organize this? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279/99 "2000-05-03T12:46:23Z")
Me? Organize anything? Hell, you should see my office. I’ll get information if anyone wants it, but the organization would be better left to someone else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions-convention-2000/16279.md?page=4)