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[PRIME] PAX & Labor Day Weekend
koduza
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Previous PAX's did not fall on Laborday Weekend. Can we please avoid having PAX contend in a battle royal for our attention on the busiest weekend of the summer?
Seriously? Between Bum-Shoot, Burningman, vacations, family reunions, and all the crap people do on the last long weekend of Summer, I would hate to wave good bye to PAX attendance because it wants to compete for the hearts of an already conflicted single threaded Labor Day populous.
August is an Awesome month - please keep PAX nicely sandwiched between Defcon and Laborday.
Seriously? Between Bum-Shoot, Burningman, vacations, family reunions, and all the crap people do on the last long weekend of Summer, I would hate to wave good bye to PAX attendance because it wants to compete for the hearts of an already conflicted single threaded Labor Day populous.
August is an Awesome month - please keep PAX nicely sandwiched between Defcon and Laborday.
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Please keep Labor Day off of PAX weekend.
ditto
Somebody talk to Khoo... I think he'll have the power to make it happen.
"Labor Day Weekend, 2009 (September 4th, 5th and 6th)"
You're never going to please everyone with the date of the event, unfortunately, but it suits me. *shrug*
1. Given 70% of attendees are coming in from out of town, it allows for 1 extra day of travel as opposed to rushing back on Friday night.
2. Seattle (despite Bumbershoot being that same weekend) is actually dead in terms of out-of-town travel on Labor Day Weekend. What this means is we're able to negotiate hotel room rates at much more aggressive rate than the week before - we're literally talking a difference of hundreds of dollars for the weekend for attendees.
3. Because most conferences/trade shows are business-to-business, we're actually able to get the space we need as opposed to being crammed in with another large show.
This would involve sneaking up on him.
We're fucked.
He also has drum sticks to bonk you on the head with.
PAX is a family fun event! bring em all along!!
EDIT: Meant to come after CougRon's post.
I've tried attacking a drummer playing rock band before, it ended up in much pain for myself due to a profusion of ANGRY STICKS hitting me.
3- I think it means most shows are work related, and there's no work on labor day. so no business book the trade center on labor day. it's a day off. so the whole place should be open that weekend. notice that only other thing going on this year at the trade center wasn't business related, either.
wow, that's the first time in years i've seen an "can't open page" error on that page!
For these exact reasons, I'm relieved that it's on Labor Day. For some of us non Seatlites it's quite an expense to make it out. I for one appreciate the consideration, Khoo.