Re: Vintage Computer Festival East pre-announcement

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

rbernardo writes ...
> 
> For all of you Apple fans, below is Sellam "Sam" Ismail's pre-announcement
> of the Vintage Computer Festival East (East Coast of the United
> States).  In the past, Apple I and II have figured prominently in the West
> Coast VCF's.  Give the VCF website a ring and state your preferences.
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>                                         Truly,
>                                         Robert Bernardo
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> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:49:45 -0800
> From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf@siconic.com>
> To: rbernardo@value.net
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> Subject: Help Us Plan VCF East
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> Greetings Vintage Computer Enthusiast!
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> I am happy to announce that the VCF is moving ahead with plans for an
> event on the East Coast of the United States.  We are considering
> hosting the event somewhere in the New England area, with Boston being
> heavily favored both for its central location and historical relevance
> to computing.
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> But we want to be sure to hold the event in a locale that will be
> amenable to the highest number of potential attendees, so we are polling
> our mailing list subscribers to determine where the most ideal location
> would be.
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> In deciding on a locale, we'd like to keep these criteria in mind:
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> 1) Availability of an affordable location suitable for the Festival
> 2) Geographical proximity to the most number of potential attendees
> 3) Proximity to major airports
> 4) Availability of decent and affordable accomodations
> 5) Weather
> 6) Historical relevance (i.e. near Route 128 near Boston, as a parallel
>    to doing the main Festival in the Silicon Valley)
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> So if those who are entertaining the notion of going to a VCF East could
> mosey on over to the following URL and fill in the survey we'd be most
> appreciative:
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> http://www.vintage.org/survey.html
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> Your input will help to decide where we will host the first VCF East.
> The event is tentatively scheduled to fall somewhere in between VCF
> Europa (April 28-29, 2001) and VCF 5.0 (Fall 2001).
>
 ....

     Okay; I filled out the survey. Thanks for posting the info.



Rubywand