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SMOFcon 21
SMOFcon comes to the heart of the Midwest.
Rosemont, IL December 5-7 2003.
Yep, it's true. Midfan is pleased to bring SMOFcon, the traveling convention dedicated to the fine (err) art (ahem) of running conventions, to the heart of the Midwest. Well, to a suburb very close to the heart of the Midwest. Hey, it's close to the highway and the airport. We'll cope.
Membership Rates
Attending: $60
Supporting: $25
Rates good until 30-Nov-2003
At-Door: More.
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SMOFcon 21
707 Sapling Lane
Deerfield, IL 60015-3969
Hotel
Our hope for a downtown hotel faltered in the face of a large convention, but we may be the first SMOFcon in a beta-tested hotel. We're using the Embassy Suites O'Hare, in Rosemont, IL, a hotel very close to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the intersection of interstate I-90 (The Kennedy Expressway/Northwest Tollway) and I-294 (The Tri-State Tollway) and the Rosemont stop on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line. Getting there, or getting away from there, couldn't be easier.
Where
Embassy Suites Hotel O'Hare-Rosemont
5500 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
The room block closed on 07-Nov-2003. However, we've tucked away a few rooms, so drop us a line if you need a room
Phone:
1-888-476-7366, Mention Smofcon
Online:
Embassy Suites Hotel O'Hare-Rosemont
Be sure to use Group/Convention code "SMO". Note that putting this into the Promotion Code field, helpfully placed right after the dates, does not work, and will tell you that the hotel is sold out. It isn't, it is just sold out of the SMO promotion rooms. There are, however, still SMO group rooms. Aren't computers grand?
Rates
Single: $105
Double: $115
Triple: $125
Quad: $135
All rooms include complimentary hot breakfast.
Program
There will be one. What exactly we are doing will is firming up now. More details soonest.
What I can tell you now. The reception/opening will be at Friday at 2030. Program is currently slated to start at 1500 Friday, 1000 Saturday and Sunday. The inquistion will follow San Diego's lead, and be held at 1400 Saturday, without counterprogramming. These may change. There will be a couple of slots for "bring your own" items.
We are also offering a few slots for "rants" -- a time where you, and you alone, can command the floor against all comers in support of your position. So far, we have one ranter, who will use the time to discuss convention badges. If you'd like a slot on the soapbox, drop us a line.
Banquet
There isn't one.
However, that doesn't mean there is no food. At the reception, there will be dessert like items aplenty, so don't order dessert at dinner. Lunch will be provided both Saturday and Sunday, with the Chicago in 2008 bid providing lunch on Saturday, following the grand tradition of the Australia in 2010 bid at San Diego last year -- except we seriously doubt we'll be standing around outside in shorts. And, of course, if you stay in the hotel, the hotel gives you breakfast.
Members
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Adina Adler, Cambridge, MA |
Jim Mann, Pittsburgh, PA |
Updated 24-Nov-2003: webmaster@midfan.org