[MN-dip] January Diplomacy

[Jim Swift]

In response to Ry4an...

> I'm still hellishly busy myself, but I need to get at least one game in
> before World DipCon in February in Denver.  I'm sure I can find some
> time in January.  Perhaps we should just pick a January date and make it
> formal.  It seems to me that when one is scheduling a group event one is
> always better of picking a date a month off over discussing when is a
> good date for three weeks.

I throw out Sat. Jan 18.  Comments?  We've discussed the time of 11-6pm in
the past.

> I wonder if anyone on the email list has any strong feelings in
> opposition of such a scheme.

I wonder if the email list is getting through.  Hello!  Anybody out there?
If so, please press [reply], type "arrgh," and hit [send].

> > 2. Venue...
> I'm happy to host, but having two games at once last time showed me I
> have a one-game-at-a-time house.  In the past friends and I have also
> reserved meeting rooms in public libraries which are generally
> comfortable but don't allow beverages stronger than coffee.  The
> Roseville public library (near Lexington and Hwy. 36) even includes a
> Dunn Brother's coffee shop and cafe.   I once attended the Minnesota's
> First Board Gamer's group which meets on (some?) Friday evenings at _The
> Source_.  They had plenty of tables * space, but the crowd was the sort
> that dismissed Diplomacy as "requireing too much talking".  Just the
> same if we brought seven people ourselves we'd likely have no problem
> getting a table there.

Any of these sound fine to me.

Jim