From: jcj@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (j.johnk)
Subject: Re: SB: Convention thoughts
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:29:35 GMT

In article <6921@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> suzanne+@pitt.edu (Suzanne G Traub) writes:
>
>	I just sent off a personal e-mail letter to Leila about this
>and then thought I might as well post it to the net:
>
>	My family would be delighted to host as many of you as
>would like to come to Pittsburgh! We live in a large old house and
>so we can accommodate 10 people in beds ourselves. With friends
>who are also willing to host, that goes up to 20 beds. For those
>of you who are willing to come with sleeping bags in hand, floor space
>is readily available so the number of free accommodations can go up
>accordingly. My feeling is, let's see how many of you can make it
>and then we'll plan from there. The weekend my husband and I were
>married, we hosted a party for 150 people, 100 of which were from out
>of town -- we like organizing big parties and are rather good at it.
>
>	If people are willing to share hotel rooms and/or rent cars, 
>I can scout the suburban hotels for low rates. Hotels in the city
>are a bit more expensive but the Pittsburgh public transportation
>system is good, clean, and reliable. I'm sure we can also work out
>carpooling arrangements.
>
>	For those of you who feel Pittsburgh is too far away, I agree
>that a second simultaneous convention is a good idea. Let's coordinate
>our efforts!
>
>	Aside from making the opportunity to meet each other face to
>face, this sounds like a good time to set up an SB memorial library.
>Every who comes to Pittsburgh should bring VCR tapes -- we have two VCRs
>and I would be happy to copy as many tapes as people want. If someone
>wants to act as the official SB repository archivist, then he/she would
>make sure that he/she has at least one copy of every tape that all of
>us put together have. I also have a complete set of Soap Opera Weekly
>and Soap Opera Digest from the past 2 years; whoever becomes archivist
>should take those as well as any other SB stuff we can compile.
>
>	Regardless of who can travel and who can't, we should steal an
>idea from the AMC group and put together an SB yearbook of ourselves.
>We should make group photos when possible or send in individual photos
>to the brave soul who wants to take this project on and then distribute
>the results -- then at least we'll all know what we look like! Bios, 
>essays, etc., could be included. What do you think?
>
>
>	I really hope we *can* get together in mid-January. January 15th
>is a Friday; the following Monday is Martin Luther King's Birthday. If
>any of you can make it to Pittsburgh, feel free to come as early or leave 
>as late as you want. My husband and I will happily shuttle people back
>and forth to the brand new Pittsburgh airport, as needed (Pittsburgh
>is USAir's main hub; to accommodate their traffic, they built us a huge
>new airport!). For those of you who are driving, contact AAA for triptychs;
>I'll photocopy localized maps to our house.
>
>	Looking forward to hosting you!
>
>			Suzanne
>
Suzanne,
This sounds wonderful, Thanks again for getting this
off the ground.  I am looking forward to it.
For anyone who lives in the central New Jersey area,
John and I are discussing carpooling so if there is
anyone else interested let us know.

I for one will come with a small suitcase for clothes
and a large one filled with blank tapes.  I have been 
keeping some stuff of Warren since the March timeframe
and of the Gina/Lionel wedding episode.  In addition,
I have keeping everything since I heard of the sad
cancellation news (I edit out the commercials and
anything dealing with Ken/Sophia and Lisa/Rafe and
some Lily stuff as well.  Anyway I will bring all
those tapes as well.

Is there anyone who can get word to New World (they
own SB don't they?), anyway they can see what some
of us are doing, mini conventions, tape swapping,
etc., maybe this will help them find another home
with some supportive material from the net. (I would
like to volunteer but will unable to.  I will be in
a class mostly all of next week and I am trying to
plan a vacation for November.) I know everyone is
real busy but if someone could find the time I 
for one would truly appreciate it.

Well back to work for me.  Thanks everybody for what
you've done so far to keep SB alive.  I'm getting
another letter off myself.

Joyce