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[Stian Rødven Eide <stian AT fripost.org>]

Hi Thomas!

I believe you're right, I'm afraid. That also corresponds with replies
to our previous year's invitation. The problem is that we usually wait
with setting the date until after we get the venue booked, and also that
we tend to wait and see what date other conferences choose.

I think we could change that procedure though. We tend to collide with
some conferences anyways, and we could probably live with a slight
uncertainty regarding the venue.

/Stian

On 2014-08-02 12:53, Thomas Gramstad wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm going to the science fiction worldcon, Loncon 3, in London
> 14.-18. august. I'll meet some interesting people, including
> people considered for key notes at FSCONS, such as Charlie
> Stross, Ken MacLeod and Cory Doctorow.
> 
> I've been thinking about key notes at FSCONS, that we probably
> have a too short time limit for inviting many of the potential
> key notes, less than a year is too short time. Ideally, we would
> be more than one year, up towards two years, ahead on key note
> invitations. Meaning that, e.g., we would be sending out key note
> invitations for FSCONS 2015 well before FSCONS 2014.
> 
> For example, Charlie Stross writes this on his web page,
> "FAQ: Inviting Charles Stross to speak - what you need to know",
> at
> http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/07/faq-inviting-charles-stross-to.html
> :
> 
> "If you're thinking of inviting me to an event, please be aware
> that I'm usually booked up a year in advance, and I don't usually
> accept invitations to events outside Edinburgh or Glasgow at less
> than three months' notice—because such invitations almost
> invariably mean international travel, which is disruptive at
> short notice.
> If you still want to invite me to your event, read on." [...]
> 
> The "booked up" period may be even longer for Doctorow.
> I can check this with Doctorow and MacLeod.
> 
> So, I suggest to consider working out key note logistics one
> year earlier than now.
> 
> Thomas
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