[ST] [CP] Arisia going to 4 days

[Elka Tovah Davidoff]

I agree with most of what's been said; a lot of it parallels some 
recent off-list discussions.  To wit:

- We're all intimately familiar with how much work goes into a 3-day 
con.  A 4-day con would take even more work.  A lot of the concom 
might burn out and not want to work the next year.

- The MLK holiday following the con gives out-of-towners a day to 
commute home.  With a 4-day con, they wouldn't be able to take 
advantage of that.

- Perhaps more importantly, as several people have mentioned, the 
holiday following the con gives us that day for load-out.  I know 
logistics people who take 3 days off for the con already 
(Th,F,M).  The people who do have that Monday off would have to take 
Tuesday as vacation to work load-out, and the people who usually take 
Monday as vacation would have to take another day on top of it.  We 
aren't a rich crowd, a lot of people won't be able to afford that extra day off

- Also, right now attending the con costs about $300, which, while 
better than many, still isn't cheap.  Many of our attendees might not 
be able to afford an extra hotel night.

What exactly are we hoping to gain by doing this? 
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