From: brian@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu (Brian Louis Rogers  (BLuR))
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Subject: Minicon Consuite
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Date: 2 Sep 1992 12:12:26 GMT
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In article <1992Sep1.193838.10393@rtsg.mot.com>, king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven
King, Software Archaeologist) writes:
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|>From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
|>Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
|>Subject: Re: Convention Supplies
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|>Date: 1 Sep 92 19:38:38 GMT
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|>ddb@tdkt.kksys.com (David Dyer-Bennet) publicly declared:
|>>[About the Minicon consuite...]
|>>We get potato and corn chips and pre-cut vegetables and pretzels, and
|>>"gorp", and some fancy chocolate, and fresh bakery stuff in the
|>>mornings, and coffee and tea and instant outmeal and fruit juices and
|>>popcorn and, oh, I'm probably forgetting something but that's most of
|>>it.
|>
|>Minicon has, In My Not-So-Humble Opinion, the best consuite known to
|>mankind.  This is partly due to the physical space in the hotel (the
|>consuite is the entire 22nd floor, half of which is a single large
|>room) but mostly due to the parties committee and the dedication to
|>keep it up and running 24 hours.  Thanks, guys!

I say this, just incase someone forgets or didnt know.

Minicon relies very (*STRESS THAT AGAIN*) heavily
on their volunteers to get a lot of that stuff going and keep
it going.

I know that I am not alone in saying that I have worked my butt off
in the consuite at minicon (I am local in Urbana, We (12 -14 or so of us) 
drive there every year) and know for a fact that those 2 - 5 am shifts
are hellish but worth it to see people wander in late in the morning and 
smile when they find fresh coffee on the bar, or hot water for their
oatmealmushstuff.

And, yes, Minicon has the consuite of glory.  I do not think that I have 
ever seen a con or consuite that actually put down plastic in one of the 
rooms for 'people who liked to throw goldfish'.  
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|>If all you do in life are important things, then       |      Steven King
|>you'll never have any fun -- unless having fun is an   |   Motorola
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|>king@rtsg.mot.com
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