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alt.gothic | 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. | 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 [[ | Since then, every year a bunch of people from different cities put together [[Convergence:BidProcess | bids]] to host the thing (I pity the fool...). The bids are then [[Convergence:Voting | 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 [http://altgothic.com/priorbids.php old bids] have survived. | Some of the [http://altgothic.com/priorbids.php old bids] have survived. | ||
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Some of the attendees put pictures on the internet. [http://altgothic.com/faqs/galleries.php Take a look.] | Some of the attendees put pictures on the internet. [http://altgothic.com/faqs/galleries.php Take a look.] | ||
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===Future Convergence=== | ===Future Convergence=== | ||
*[[C15 | TBD]] Will it be [http://www.altgothic.com/c15longbeach Long Beach], [http://www.altgothic.com/c15omaha Omaha ] or [http://www.altgothic.com/c15seattle Seattle]? | |||
[[Ratification]] and then [[voting]] will decide. | |||
Stayed tuned to find out, or better yet go argue it out on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic]. | |||
===Previous Convergences=== | ===Previous Convergences=== | ||
*[[ | *[[C14 | C14 - Ybor City (Tampa)]] | ||
*[[C13 | C13 - Portland]] | |||
*[[C12 | C12 - New Orleans]] | |||
*[[C11 | C11 - San Diego]] | |||
*[[C10 | C10 - Chicago]] | |||
*[[C9 | C9 - Las Vegas]] | |||
*[[C8 | C8 - Montreal]] | |||
*[[C7 | C7 - New York City]] | |||
*[[C6 | C6 - Seattle]] | |||
*[[C5 | C5 - New Orleans]] | |||
*[[C4 | C4 - Toronto]] | |||
*[[C3 | C3 - San Francisco]] | |||
*[[C13 | | *[[C2 | C2 - Boston]] | ||
*[[C12 | | *[[C1 | C1 - Chicago]] | ||
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==Other Convergi== | ==Other Convergi== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
[[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]] | [[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]] has a reasonable summary of previous Convergences [http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html on her website]. | ||