Matthew Temple 880167 Posted April 6, 2007 at 05:29 AM Posted April 6, 2007 at 05:29 AM We will be doing it differently this time. The first vote will be for the Region that will host it. The two regions left that have not hosted one are: 1. Northeast Region (ZBW, ZNY, ZOB, ZID, ZDC) 2. Southern Region (ZMA, ZJX, ZTL, ZME, ZFW, ZHU) Voting for the regions begins now and will end on May 6th 2007. After the Region has been determined and announced I will ask the winning regions ARTCCs to submit one city located in their ARTCC for the final vote. Once I have the list of cities, I will post them in this thread to be voted upon. Voting for the city will end 30 days after the cities are announced. Please submit your vote to vatusa1 at vatusa dot org in the following format: Subject: VATUSA Convention Region Vote Please have the body of your email contain your CID and the name of the region you are voting for. I will be tracking the votes on a spreadsheet which I will make available to anyone requesting it after the vote closes. Matthew Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted April 9, 2007 at 08:17 PM Posted April 9, 2007 at 08:17 PM After the Region has been determined and announced I will ask the winning regions ARTCCs to submit one city located in their ARTCC for the final vote. I am curious why the actual city choice is being restricted to the ARTCCs. Considering that VATUSA attendance has been somewhat (ahem) limited, it might be interesting to solicit expressions of interest as far and wide as possible. Additionally, have you solicited participation from groups and/or organizations that might be interested in putting something together? Please have the body of your email contain your CID and the name of the region you are voting for. You mean VATSIM ID, correct? Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Ferry 942166 Posted April 9, 2007 at 11:04 PM Posted April 9, 2007 at 11:04 PM (edited) After the Region has been determined and announced I will ask the winning regions ARTCCs to submit one city located in their ARTCC for the final vote. I am curious why the actual city choice is being restricted to the ARTCCs. Considering that VATUSA attendance has been somewhat (ahem) limited, it might be interesting to solicit expressions of interest as far and wide as possible. Additionally, have you solicited participation from groups and/or organizations that might be interested in putting something together? Please have the body of your email contain your CID and the name of the region you are voting for. You mean VATSIM ID, correct? Cheers! Luke I think thats a fair choice. However, I have been to both Conventions and set up last years...it seems everyone is interested in putting in input for where its at but, these usually end up being mytown, usa Please elaborate on "groups" that may be interested in putting something together? Edited April 9, 2007 at 11:52 PM by Guest Tom Ferry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Temple 880167 Posted April 9, 2007 at 11:30 PM Author Posted April 9, 2007 at 11:30 PM Luke, We are voting between the two Regions (Southern, and Northeast) who have not yet had a chance to host the convention. Each ARTCC in the winning region will put up a city for a vote. I feel that by the vote, everyone who wishes to have a say in the convention will have a fair opportunity to vote on it, but we are going the give the Regions who have not hosted it yet a fair shake. After we get the voting on the city out of the way, we will start diving into the nitty gritty of the convention. Would you like an opportunity to help plan some parts of the convention? I'm never one to turn away good help, and I would like to avoid at all costs pinning the whole thing on one or two people. When I refer to CID, I do mean VATSIM ID, bad habit of mine. Matthew Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted April 18, 2007 at 01:46 AM Posted April 18, 2007 at 01:46 AM Please elaborate on "groups" that may be interested in putting something together? Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Here's the situation I'm in. The folks at DVA have been nagging me for several years to put something together for members of the virtual airline. I don't think we're alone in this; there are a number of organizations that have people who want to get together and there's a fair bit of overlap between these groups and VATUSA or VATSIM in general. We have a number of folks with contacts in certain areas. One of our staff members is a VP/GM for a hotel chain in Virginia; there are others with contacts within the airlines. I've looked at event hosting around Macon (which is seriously off the beaten path, but the site of an excellent aviation museum available for rental). And ultimately, the ace in the hole is that the "Get together" discussion thread on our web site was the busiest thread in terms of responses and page views in years. I think this kind of thing is a win-win for everyone. We can lessen the load in planning a get together by sharing the organizational work with others. In return, we can provide 50-100 participants who are either VATUSA members or after a weekend of meeting folks who are, will soon be. (I am serious about those numbers, by the way. If we're doing this in late March, I think we could easily weed out some of the less serious types and with regular advertising, we could probably drum up that amount. A decent percentage could probably plunk down a $50 deposit to let you know we're serious.) While I'm personally partial to the Atlanta area (because I've investigated the Warner-Robbins AFB and its event facilities and multi-pilot F-15 and C-141 sims and I can bring my own PC network) I don't mind supporting any area that's easily accessible by air and relatively close. Really, I think the choice is going to boil down to two or three really committed people picking a place and volunteering to organize there. That's also where soliciting groups comes in. What I don't want to have is a VATUSA conference with 20 people. I also don't want to turn it into a DVA or VA conference. I believe I can get you a lot of people, and I think the other American virtual airlines can do so as well. Let's help you out in working together to get pilots, and if you need resources and contacts, we can help. This is still vague and just brainstorming, but I think we have a good window of time to get people organized and get the advertising started NOW so we can block off the time and make plans. Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Temple 880167 Posted April 18, 2007 at 01:51 AM Author Posted April 18, 2007 at 01:51 AM Luke, I think you have a great idea. Email me at your earliest convience and I'll get you in touch with one of the VATUSA convention planning team members. Matthew Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted April 23, 2007 at 04:44 AM Posted April 23, 2007 at 04:44 AM As a follow-up, I took another peek at a site I was interested in for a VA conference. It's the museum of aviation in Warner-Robins GA, about 80 miles or so south of Hartsfield Airport. The museum has a number of interesting aviation types that are shown below in my photographs, but what is more interesting is the fact that we can rent the facilities for private events. They also have a number of multi-pilot PC based simulators as well as a full-motion sim "ride" that can also be exclusively rented by the hour. We also have the ability to organize base tours at Robins AFB. I think this is an exciting opportunity, but at the same time there are two significant drawbacks with this location. First, it's a little ways away from a major airport, so it's going to involve rental cars or organizing a minibus rental. Second, Warner-Robins is not exactly as "cosmopolitan" as Las Vegas. There's restaurants and hotels, but it's a world apart. Is there any interest in at least getting some ballpark quotes (I have a contact name and number for the facility rentals) for renting a hanger for a day or two, and getting some catering quotes for a dinner within one of the museum hangers, or is the location just too far out of the way? Here's some pictures, I've got some inline, and other links. Simulators Aircraft Displays http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture15.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture22.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture25.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture28.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture29.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture34.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture46.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture49.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture53.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture54.jpg http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture65.jpg A useful add-on for your Cessna: http://www.deltava.org/luke/warner-robins/picture70.jpg The event facility: A young F-15 pilot: Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Beach 915973 Posted April 23, 2007 at 09:42 AM Posted April 23, 2007 at 09:42 AM If we are going to show off pictures, then here I am. We could hold it at the Westin @ KDTW. Here are a few links... http://www.metroairport.com http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1415 Brian Beach VatsimPHP Developer: http://www.bbflights.com/VatsimPHP/ AFA Detroit Hub Director: http://www.flyafa.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariano Buitrago 830786 Posted April 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM Posted April 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM If we are going to show off pictures, then here I am. We could hold it at the Westin @ KDTW. Here are a few links... http://www.metroairport.com http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1415 I've stayed at the Westin, and it's great because every room has a view of the airfield, and it's right there at DTW. I really liked that about the Chicago convention, that you just land, and never leave the airport grounds... Mariano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Polston 810032 Posted April 23, 2007 at 05:31 PM Posted April 23, 2007 at 05:31 PM Hi Luke, I've been to Warner Robins and had the opportunity to spend a day on the AFB base with a few friends. I didn't get a chance to see the aviation museum, but I know that the small city, although out the way, does have a lot to offer to enthusiasts. I think this is an exciting opportunity, but at the same time there are two significant drawbacks with this location. First, it's a little ways away from a major airport, so it's going to involve rental cars or organizing a minibus rental. Second, Warner-Robins is not exactly as "cosmopolitan" as Las Vegas. There's restaurants and hotels, but it's a world apart. Is there any interest in at least getting some ballpark quotes (I have a contact name and number for the facility rentals) for renting a hanger for a day or two, and getting some catering quotes for a dinner within one of the museum hangers, or is the location just too far out of the way? For a location to host the convention, I think it's too out of the way, but it could work out to be a nice addition for those who wanted to maybe organize a tour to drive down there with the main convention being in an Atlanta area hotel (the Renaissance Concourse hotel gives a complete view of the field BTW ) Of course, if Atlanta is voted in to be the next location. Mark Polston vZTL ARTCC | VATSIM Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Temple 880167 Posted May 8, 2007 at 12:27 AM Author Posted May 8, 2007 at 12:27 AM The Region voting results are in: Southern 25 Northeast 10 The next convention will take place in the Southern Region. I have instructed Tom Seeley, VATUSA9 to have his 6 ARTCCs submit one city each which will be put up for a vote. I will have the cities posted in this thread no later than one week from today. Thanks to all who voted! Matthew Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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