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alt.gothic Convergence is the annual party | 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. | ||
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===Future Convergence=== | ===Future Convergence=== | ||
Convergence XXI will be held in Hollywood, May 1st-3rd 2015. [http://www.altgothic.com/c21hol Visit the website] for more details. | |||
Updates will posted on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic] and other places. | |||
Updates will posted on | |||
===Usenet - why do we still use it?=== | ===Usenet - why do we still use it?=== | ||
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Usenet is old, unloved and barely used. Nearly all the net.goths have moved on to newer, shiny places like FB, LJ, Reddit, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace, etc., etc. so you may want to know why we insist on keeping the alt.gothic Usenet group as the official home of C*. | Usenet is old, unloved and barely used. Nearly all the net.goths have moved on to newer, shiny places like FB, LJ, Reddit, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace, etc., etc. so you may want to know why we insist on keeping the alt.gothic Usenet group as the official home of C*. | ||
There | There's two major reasons: | ||
1. History. That's where we started, it's our home. In these days of constant change a bit of continuity is a good thing. | |||
2. Usenet is a distributed network, not a proprietary website. It can't disappear overnight. The corporation that owns it can't delete the group or prevent people from accessing it. | |||
===Previous Convergences=== | ===Previous Convergences=== | ||
*[[C20 | Convergence XX - Chicago]] | |||
*[[C19 | Convergence XIX - Austin]] | |||
*[[C18 | Convergence XVIII - Buffalo NY]] | |||
*[[C20 | Convergence XX - Chicago | |||
*[[C19 | Convergence XIX - Austin | |||
*[[C18 | Convergence XVIII - Buffalo | |||
*[[C17 | Convergence XVII - Cozumel, Mexico]] | *[[C17 | Convergence XVII - Cozumel, Mexico]] | ||
*[[C16 | Convergence XVI - Park City, UT]] | *[[C16 | Convergence XVI - Park City, UT)]] | ||
*[[C15 | Convergence XV - Long Beach, CA]] | *[[C15 | Convergence XV - Long Beach, CA)]] | ||
*[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa) | *[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa)]] | ||
*[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland, OR]] | *[[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]] | ||
*[[C10 | Convergence X - Chicago | *[[C10 | Convergence X - Chicago]] | ||
*[[C9 | Convergence IX - Las Vegas | *[[C9 | Convergence IX - Las Vegas]] | ||
*[[C8 | Convergence VIII - Montreal | *[[C8 | Convergence VIII - Montreal]] | ||
*[[C7 | Convergence VII - New York City | *[[C7 | Convergence VII - New York City]] | ||
*[[C6 | Convergence VI - Seattle | *[[C6 | Convergence VI - Seattle]] | ||
*[[C5 | Convergence V - New Orleans | *[[C5 | Convergence V - New Orleans]] | ||
*[[C4 | Convergence IV - Toronto | *[[C4 | Convergence IV - Toronto]] | ||
*[[C3 | Convergence III - San Francisco | *[[C3 | Convergence III - San Francisco]] | ||
*[[C2 | Convergence II - Boston | *[[C2 | Convergence II - Boston]] | ||
*[[C1 | Convergence I - Chicago | *[[C1 | Convergence I - Chicago]] | ||
==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]. | ||