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The official drink is a [[Better Martini]]. Just in case you were wondering. | The official drink is a [[Better Martini]]. Just in case you were wondering. | ||
Communication about convergence officially happens on [[alt.gothic]], the [[Afterglow]] mailing list, | Communication about convergence officially happens on this Wiki, [[alt.gothic]], the [[Afterglow]] mailing list, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/168159947361 the Convergence Facebook group], the [http://community.livejournal.com/convergence/profile Convergence LiveJournal Community], it rough order of officialness. During the event, and for a small window around it, [http://twitter.com/convergtwit ConvergTwit] twitter account is used for communication of changes in locations and schedules, calls for public aid, ad hoc events, etc. | ||
<!-- ===Upcoming Convergence=== --> | <!-- ===Upcoming Convergence=== --> | ||
===Future Convergence=== | ===Future Convergence=== | ||
Updates will posted on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic] and other places. | The bid & vote process will get underway shortly. Updates will posted on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic] and other places. | ||
===Previous Convergences=== | ===Previous Convergences=== | ||
*[[C19 | Convergence XIX | *[[C20 | Convergence XX - Chicago]] | ||
*[[C18 | Convergence XVIII | *[[C19 | Convergence XIX - Austin]] | ||
*[[C17 | Convergence XVII | *[[C18 | Convergence XVIII - Buffalo NY]] | ||
*[[C16 | Convergence XVI | *[[C17 | Convergence XVII - Cozumel, Mexico]] | ||
*[[C15 | Convergence XV | *[[C16 | Convergence XVI - Park City, UT)]] | ||
*[[C15 | Convergence XV - Long Beach, CA)]] | |||
*[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa)]] | *[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa)]] | ||
*[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland]] | *[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland, OR]] | ||
*[[C12 | Convergence XII - New Orleans]] | *[[C12 | Convergence XII - New Orleans]] | ||
*[[C11 | Convergence XI - San Diego]] | *[[C11 | Convergence XI - San Diego]] | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 30 April 2014
alt.gothic Convergence is the annual party put on by the denizens of alt.gothic for the denizens of alt.gothic and ALL their friends that squishes together hundreds of net.goths from around the globe into a single city for a weekend of socializing, booze, musical events and sweet debauchery.
It started out in 1994 when the regular posters on alt.gothic decided that meeting up was a good idea.
Since then, every year a bunch of people from different cities put together bids to host the thing (I pity the fool...). The bids are then voted on, and the winner gets the job of doing all the work so that the rest of us can have fun (some people have a strange definition of 'win')
Some of the old bids have survived.
Some of the attendees put pictures on the internet. Take a look.
The official drink is a Better Martini. Just in case you were wondering.
Communication about convergence officially happens on this Wiki, alt.gothic, the Afterglow mailing list, the Convergence Facebook group, the Convergence LiveJournal Community, it rough order of officialness. During the event, and for a small window around it, ConvergTwit twitter account is used for communication of changes in locations and schedules, calls for public aid, ad hoc events, etc.
Future Convergence
The bid & vote process will get underway shortly. Updates will posted on alt.gothic and other places.
Previous Convergences
- Convergence XX - Chicago
- Convergence XIX - Austin
- Convergence XVIII - Buffalo NY
- Convergence XVII - Cozumel, Mexico
- Convergence XVI - Park City, UT)
- Convergence XV - Long Beach, CA)
- Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa)
- Convergence XIII - Portland, OR
- Convergence XII - New Orleans
- Convergence XI - San Diego
- Convergence X - Chicago
- Convergence IX - Las Vegas
- Convergence VIII - Montreal
- Convergence VII - New York City
- Convergence VI - Seattle
- Convergence V - New Orleans
- Convergence IV - Toronto
- Convergence III - San Francisco
- Convergence II - Boston
- Convergence I - Chicago
Other Convergi
Convergence has been used as a name for a few other gatherings
- CONvergence SF Con. A yearly SF convention in Bloomington, MN
- HGA Convergence A biennial international conference sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America
Links
Siobhan has a reasonable summary of previous Convergences on her website.