Conference hydra::dejavu

    
    Finally!! some event close enough for the wife and I to attend!!
    
    But Elizabeth? 
    
    Craig

    Here is the phone number of the Holiday Inn-Jetport
    where the conference will be held.
    
    (201) 355-1700
    
    
    I had to call information to get this, it seems that the committee
    member in the house had no idea of the hotel's phone number.(sigh)
    
    
    Bob B.
    

    In the latest Analog there are two more phone numbers for Esotericon
    information.
    
    (201) 743-7674   and (201) 672-9244
    
    I hope that these will help supply more information for anyone who
    decides that they might need it.
    
    
    	Bob Beecher
    

    
    Who in this conference is going to this thingie??
    
    We are going for at least one day and would like to see 
    some of you folk if at all possible.
    
    Craig ;-)

    
    	WOW! All of those people!?!? how will we all fit in the hotel?
    
    	but seriously... will there be things available to do for people
    who dont have the 35$? Will people be able to look around and pick
    up literature, see displays, ect WITHOUT paying 35$? (is the 35$
    paid ONLY if you want to hear a speaker?) I sent a request to the
    address listed a few replys back but have not yet received a reply.
    But perhaps they are sold out and giving out further information
    would only result in too many folks showing up....Please provide
    us with an update on how this turned out! :-)
    
    Craig ;-)

    It's rather unlikely that you will be able to do much of anything
    except sit in the hotel lobby without paying the membership fee.
    
    As a long-time organizer of small and large science fiction conventions,
    I know the the vast majority of them don't make money and the committee
    (or if they are very lucky, the organization that sponsors it) end
    up footing the losses. 
    
    The expenses are great for a small, focused convention like this.
    I'd find it unusual if you were able to go into the dealers room
    without a membership badge. It's not unknown, but unlikely.
              
    Tamzen

    
    Did anyone make it to the conference? I was in NYC over the weekend
    ut couldn't make it due to prior commitments. I did get over to
    The Magikal Child on 19th; had a great time there, especially when
    the owner leapt up onto a chair and shouted, "For the next five
    minutes, everything in the store is half price!" There was quite
    a stampede to the register.
    
    Also, I attended a lecture by Sheila Attig at Unicorn Books recently
    (Sheila is listed as a speaker at Esotericon). I came away with
    the distinct impression that the woman knows naught of what she
    speaks. Distinctly unimpressive.
    
    Perry

    Yes, I made it to the con; but came down with some type of 'martian
    death' flu just when i got home the Monday afterwards and this is
    my first day back at work.
    	RE: 935.7  I think your correct about Sheila Attig. She impressed
    no one at the con either. Her method of "teaching" advanced tarot
    is to tell every one to "read my pamphlet" and then huddle in a
    corner with a 'favored few'. Other workshops in Shamanism, Chinese
    Herbalism and Creating Seasonal Rituals were well worth attending,
    and were also much better presented. Be happy to file a more complete
    report when the room stops spinning.
    
    
    	Bob Beecher