[atariparty] Atari Party Coordination

[Marianne Waage]

I also like the Davis library, because it encourages all the library goers to peek in. The room windows look over the kids area, encouraging some younger ones to explore.

Marianne

On October 2, 2017 8:08:42 PM PDT, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 12:39:44AM -0700, Marlin Bates wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> In light of the recent cancellation, I really want to start planning
>> for the next party so we can make sure it happens.  I cannot do it
>> without you!
>> 
>> I am *very* open to suggestions for days/dates/venues.
>> 
>> I appreciate that not everyone can volunteer to run the whole thing,
>> but if you can volunteer for anything, it would be appreciated.  The
>> first thing to decide is VENUE!
>> 
>> Suggestions on where you would like to see this held?
>
>My vote is still for the Davis library, since it's free, it's
>been there before (so we know it works, and they're familiar with
>the event). [*]
>
>If you can get a Saturday, that's the best -- since they open
>at 10am, and close at 5:30, IIRC.  What I generally did was
>set-up from 10-12, show from 12-5, and break-down from
>5-5:30 (well, technically, starting a bit before the show actually
>ends).
>
>That's what I've done the past; e.g.:
>
>  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2016/schedule/
>  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2015/schedule/
>  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2013/schedule/
>
>It MAY be possible to go after hours, at least for the volunteers-only
>clean-up phase -- running the show til 5 or 5:30, and then spending
>a more reasonable (read: more) amount of time breaking things down.
>
>(It might cost a little bit of $$$, and may involve getting a key,
>and locking up the front of the library yourself, though I'm not
>sure what the library can do, these days.  No harm in asking!)
>
>
>Another venue that's been tossed around is the community center
>in West Sacramento, where Sac Indie Arcade held its show the
>last two years (2016, 2017).  It's a lot bigger, though...
>possibly overkill for an Atari Party.  But last I heard, they
>were eager to see if I'd be interested in holding it there.
>
>
>FINALLY, the librarian that invited me to do the Atari Party
>down in Sunnyvale in 2014 now works at the Santa Clara library,
>and reached out to me at the beginning of this year.  However,
>since I was looking to move (spoiler: I moved), I knew it'd
>be a bad idea to try and pput something together both out of town,
>_and_ during the summer, when I was fairly sure I'd be packing. :)
>
>If there's interest in another silicon valley Party, though, I can put
>you in touch with her!
>
>
>-- 
>-bill!
>Sent from my computer
>
>[*] The one time I did an Atari Party in Davis at a _different_
>    venue was when the public library was closed for renovation.
>    (That was 2010, at a little building you can rent from the city
>    of Davis over at Redwood Park.  Sponors (mostly individuals) were
>    gracious enough to donate some cash, so I could pay for both the
>    room rental, and to do a TRON movie screening!)
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