On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dominic <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dmcdevit@cox.net">dmcdevit@cox.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    The date&#39;s not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same
    weekend as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I&#39;m not sure if
    that really affects many people.<br>
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    Any later, though, and I&#39;m afraid we&#39;re getting into finals time and
    then summer for students (and, on a personal note, I&#39;ll be
    traveling); make it earlier and we&#39;re giving people that much less
    notice. (Also, not to seem indifferent to your situation, I imagine
    almost everyone else traveling from outside New England is coming
    from relatively nearby on the East Coast.) So, that&#39;s why I
    originally picked it, at least.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have a potential conflict that weekend.  Is the previous Saturday also an option?  </div><div>You could post two dates on the page to see who is available when, and put the word out.  </div>
<div>I&#39;ve been telling people it is the 21st, though :-)  It&#39;s good to have a date.  </div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts on a Boston venue: if it&#39;s nice out, we could hold it outside on the Commons... </div><div>
<br></div><div>SJ</div></div>