Interest for skmb convention? (2013)

**blunthead** · May 14th, 2012

...almost all of the other participants were women...

I am so going!

**hossenpepper** · May 14th, 2012

I vote for August 14th as the kickoff date. Mostly because it's my birthday, which makes it awesome.

Will it be OK if I set up a burrito stand and make a little scratch?

How about grilled possum on a stick? Unicorn jerky?

**Lily Sawyer** · May 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by Damaris

I understand, Lily, and I know summer is all-around the best option for the Great Shindig. But August... Aside from the normal overwhelming run of tourists, the state fair brings in 60-70,000 people the first weekend or so and the folk festival brings in around 150,000 the third week or so. Bangor's population is only about 35,000 to begin with, so these are big influxes of people. Flights are higher, rooms are higher, traffic is worse, blah blah blah, I'm a real Negative Nelly. Just ... is July completely out of the question?

The only way to decide this is to do it democratically and vote on it.
I've started yet another poll based upon previous poll results: the given (so far) is that the location is Bangor, and the preferred months (so far) are July or August.
I've listed all Fridays & Saturdays in both months so that folks have an idea of when they may have conflicts, with the assumption that Thursday will be included in the final dates.
July isn't out of the question at all! I think it won't make much of a difference, though, when it comes to Bangor being overrun with tourists, as there are festivals all over the state in July and August.
If it were left up to me, I'd have this happen in the first week of May.
I was merely pointing out that July is a wetter month than August in Bangor (as well as a warmer one), and if we're wanting to gather outdoors (the cheapest way to do this), rain is less likely to intrude if the event is scheduled for August.

So when the poll goes up, please vote! It's the only fair way to determine when we convene.

**GNTLGNT** · May 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by *Ally*

Ooh ooh, can I be your glamorous assistant? Or do only magicians have those?

Don't get any ideas about sawing me in half Mr Man!

*I'm gonna stop talking now!*

...assistant?...why sure...just wear something very low cut...and I'll wear somethin' frilly....

**GNTLGNT** · May 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by blunthead

It can be tricky, GNT. I heard it goes something like, "Nah, nah, nah, nah nah nah, Nah! Nah nah nah Nah! Hey...", etc.

...I know, but I always slip up and leave out at least one "nah"...and if you've ever left your "nah" out-you know how painful that can be....

**Garriga** · May 14th, 2012

I'll can bar tend.

**gniknehpets** · May 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by Garriga

I'll can bar tend.

And I can attend the bar...

**OCSOUTHERNGIRL430** · May 14th, 2012

I would be willing to help

**Patricia A** · May 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by dsurrett

I told my wife about the gathering and asked if wives could come along and that she'd never been that far north (Bangor, Maine.) I told her the group will most likely be predominantly female so wives and husbands could come. I was playing trivia on Stephen King Central on Facebook at the time and when she saw almost all of the other participants were women, she said she'd definitely be going to Maine with me.

My Sissy is coming (my big sister). I talked her ear half off telling her about our plans, and by the end of it we had decided to go together and take the train in from WA. She's a Stephen King fan too. She's a total book head, she even reads the classics without being told to. She actually likes many of them too, go figure. Anyhow The Shining and The Stand are two of her all time favorite books ever and thinks the hobnob sounds like a lot of fun, plus she used to live in Maine about 100 years ago and would love to see it again.
Y'all are going to love her, she's the berries.

**Lily Sawyer** · May 15th, 2012

The poll to determine which part of July or August we'll meet is up. It's called 2013 SKMB Hobnob Weekend.

Please, please vote, as this is the only democratic, fair way to set dates for the shindig, something we need to do NOW.
Why?
It gives people plenty of time to a) request vacation days well in advance; b) investigate accommodations and possibly book something now instead of at the eleventh hour; c) determine how they will travel to Bangor; and d) allow the planners set dates with which to work. (See Ms. Mod's note about setting up a tour of All Things Related to Stephen King in Bangor through the Chamber of Commerce.....nothing can be done until firm dates are established.)

More details to come as they arise. :-)
Thanks for voting!