Hamilton. This is where it all started, by local fans [some specifically having A LOT to do with making the Joe Meet what it is] least we forget. As for the logistics of this growing gathering, there has to be a venue around that would work, and if the Hamilton Convention Centre turns out in the end to be the only place to do it, so be it. And hopefully it may outgrow that someday too.
Saturday or Sunday, unless you get an overwhelming majority suggesting one day over the other, you'll never satisfy everybody. Seeing as the convention continues to grow, it will eventually become more than a one day event and this will be a mute point.
This is an open board and by all means express yourself and your comments. As for myself I will stick to the topic of location and date and shall refrain from writing about such things as:
i) Suggesting one day over another because it interfers with my personal schedule.
ii) Suggesting I need Sundays to recover, presumably from eating too many timbits which are a Viper favorite around here.
iii) Suggesting my home town for the next Joe meet because I wouldn't have to travel as far as I did last year.
iv) Suggesting a city or area because I would like to do other things "also" on the side, because frankly I'm interested in the Joe meet, that's what the convention is about. If I want to see or visit other places, I don't really need you to move the event to the falls just for me. I can go another time or will just go there AFTER I'm done with the convention.
v) Suggesting a different month to suit ME better. I always thought downhill skiing would be better in the summer weather but I guess it just won't work. If I want to go to the Joe Meet, you pick the date, I'll show up.
vi) Suggesting that the event moves to Toronto because all the big events end up there and we'll get more people. It's real easy to get to Hamilton from Toronto. There's the roads, trains, and buses that everybody uses to go to all the big events in Toronto and get home so there's no problem taking them to get to Hamilton. And any costs coming to Hamilton are more than made up for by the fact that it is cheaper (cheaper, cheaper, cheaper) staying, eating, parking, and being in Hamilton.
vii) Suggesting that we move to any other city than the hometown of the Canadian Joe Meet. Yes it is Hamilton, yes it is a steel town. Still I have a few good places I'd like to build some Terror Dromes around the city. Here's a super quick rundown of the city and some really nice shots of the town that even locals forget are around.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_OntarioUnfortunately I won't get to see the city much during the meet.... because I'll be at the meet.
viii) Suggesting that maybe we not switch to the falls. Niagara Falls is really best in the warmer weather, and gets lots of people there without a Joe Convention. Trying to drive around Cliffton Hill during the tourist season at just about any time of day is worse than rush hour in Toronto. Of couse you could just park your car and walk, if you can find a place to park, and enjoy the fact that Cliffton Hill is in fact a hill, and a good solid hike. Us Vipers don't have a problem with this though.
But I will suggest to anybody who wants to visit Niagara Falls, by all means book a weekend in the falls, well in advance, and for the summer. It is a truely unique adventure and there is lots to see.
As for those people that want to go to the Joe Meet, we'll go where the show is.
Sorry Mike, but you won't be able to make the event perfect for me, I don't neccessarily want to read all 1000 posts on here later on with every suggestion for "ME". Good luck with next show, I think in the end it's in good hands as we can all see with the direction that this has taken and should only grow with the new GI Joe movie in the future. A whole new generation of fans will come to find what we all love about GI Joe.......Great, now I'm off topic.....
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COBRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
