Mittens 2008: location debate

Disco · Wed 01/08/2007 02:33:02

Quote from: Pesty on Wed 01/08/2007 02:14:37
Also, I am fully willing to host an inbetween Peteins anytime of the year!

Good. Between your Peteins, the AGS Formal I would someday like to organise, and the Amerittens that, you never know, might actually take off this year, opportunities for the budget-minded are endless.

And if all else fails, we'll always have Paris. Er.... :

Darth Mandarb · Wed 01/08/2007 02:33:42

Quote from: AGA on Wed 01/08/2007 02:32:15Just starting swimming now, you lazy bastards.

I can't swim ... but I do have a row-boat. It seats 2 comfortably, so if anybody wants to help row let me know!

Domino · Wed 01/08/2007 02:35:08

I don't fly, so i will row with you Darth.

(Last time on a plane was 1982, when i was 9 years old) But i am to afraid to get into an airplane now.

Disco · Wed 01/08/2007 02:36:52

Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Wed 01/08/2007 02:33:42
I can't swim ... but I do have a row-boat. It seats 2 comfortably, so if anybody wants to help row let me know!

Depends. Could we take the Red Cross with us?

Quintaros · Wed 01/08/2007 03:27:14

If there's one thing I learned from organizing this year's event, it's that you can't please everyone and that if you ask for everyone's input it's impossible to reach a consensus.

Typically a Mittens location is decided during the prevous year's event. I'm not exactly sure why but my guess would be because having a discussion on the forums would be unwieldly and many people who can't realistically get their shit together to attend anyway will sway the vote. We tried discussing next year's location a few times last week but for the most part we were too busy having fun to really address it properly. When we were riding back into Toronto on the final day, we took the time to make a decision and it came up France. Maybe that seems a little unfair because some attendees were absent but these things are never representative of the overall community.

Ultimately it doesn't matter much to me where Mittens is because I'll attend regardless. I just want an organized plan in place. People might have thought I was nutty when I was trying to get committment from people in December of last year but it really did require early organization to book a good venue. So I want to see the same thing for next year's event.

Quote from: Pesty on Wed 01/08/2007 02:14:37
Screw all of you selfish europeans! You've had way more Mittens, let us Americans have another one! I want to see Eric and Jess again!

Pete, it's great that you and the rest of Team Foxhump are new Best Friends Forever but I don't know if that's really what Mittens should be all about. I don't think you made many attempts to interact with others. If you want to get together with Eric and Jess again, go for it but if you're going to form a tight little clique anyway there isn't any need to call it Mittens.

MrColossal · Wed 01/08/2007 03:48:20

Wow Rudey McHarsh, that was quite uncalled for, I'm sure Pete was joking around.

If anything Team Hot Tub was more of a clique than people who rode in the same car together three times, jeez.

AGA · Wed 01/08/2007 03:51:00

So aside from Pesty, is there any real objection to France, apart from 'I'd love Miami, but France is fine too', which lots of you seem to think?

MrColossal · Wed 01/08/2007 03:52:29

The objection to france I would have would happen when I find out how much a ticket would cost to get there. Also my slowly evolving fear of flying... But I'm sure I can overcome that...

Quintaros · Wed 01/08/2007 04:09:42

Quote from: MrColossal on Wed 01/08/2007 03:48:20
Wow Rudey McHarsh, that was quite uncalled for, I'm sure Pete was joking around.

If anything Team Hot Tub was more of a clique than people who rode in the same car together three times, jeez.

Eric, I spent a lot of time debating whether or not to post that because I didn't want to appear unneccessarily harsh but it was my perception of things. It went beyond just the car rides because there was a certain exclusivity of private jokes established during the car rides that were continued all week. Maybe I could have stated it more eloquently but Pete is over the top enough herself that I thought I was speaking her language.

Team Hot Tub was never a clique...because there was no Team Hot Tub. Some people used it some people didn't. All were welcome.

Grundislav · Wed 01/08/2007 04:23:52

The main reason I started this thread was because, not having been in the van on the way back, I didn't know that France had been officially decided as next year's location. As this is the case, I add my support to it.

But I still call dibs on '09!

Darth Mandarb · Wed 01/08/2007 05:15:23

I'm down with France ... as long as we can go to Paris and there are lots of pretty French gals hittin' on me with their sexy French accents.

AGA · Wed 01/08/2007 05:17:54

Hmm. While I realise it's a bit early to expect any definite answers, the earlier I/we can get started arranging, the better. So: who would at least TRY to attend if Mittens 2008 was in France, sometime late July, early August next year? If I can get approximate numbers, I can start scoping out likely places.

Grundislav · Wed 01/08/2007 05:19:23

I see no reason why I shouldn't be able to make it.

Ubel · Wed 01/08/2007 05:26:50

I will try my best but it's very very unsure for me because army is coming up next year and stuff. Time will tell.

AGA · Wed 01/08/2007 05:35:38

Okay, I'll start a list:

AGA
Andail
Becky
Chrille
Creed Malay
custard
Dark Stalkey
Darth Mandarb
DaveGilbert
Disco
Disco's sister
DutchMarco
Esseb
Ghormak
Grundislav
Helm
Jess
Layabout
LimpingFish
Lorena
Matt Goble
miez
MillsJROSS
minimi
m0ds
MrColossal
Nacho
Pablo
Pesty
Petteri
Quintaros
Radiant
scotch
Sinitrena
The Ivy
Tuomas
Zoot

Total: 37

Disco · Wed 01/08/2007 05:49:33

I have no doubts as to my attendance, would be glad to leave this hemisphere again.

Pesty · Wed 01/08/2007 06:07:31

Quintaros, I'm sorry you felt like I only hung out with a couple people during Mittens, or that anyone was being "clique-y", that was never my intention, nor anyone else's I'm sure.
I was absolutely only kidding, as my only real opposition to France is that it'll be extremely expensive for me, and me going to Miami is much more possible.

AGA · Wed 01/08/2007 06:09:08

That is another benefit of getting this started so soon - people know roughly how much they need to save, and have almost a year in which to do it.

Esseb · Wed 01/08/2007 07:11:03

Yes, get cracking, Pete!

Put me down for likely, also. I want to make it to at least one Mittens. Those fancy titles under your nicks look so excluding.

Nacho · Wed 01/08/2007 07:44:57

I think Lore and me are in if it' s in France, and if it is close to the PyrinÃ©es(Someone mentioned the final location?), count also with two bikes, one mine and one lended from my biking touring business, for Quitaros, the triathlete!

It' s not only that the PyrinÃ©es are closer to Spain, therefore, less driving (I hope to get the lisence asap), but also because I love the place, ArgelÃ©s-Gasost is lovely and close to some touristical places like Lourdes (If you believe in such things, you know?)

Anyway, if someone wants to see Paris, I wouldn' t mind... Champions League champions, aaahhhh, good memories!