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===Future Convergence=== | ===Future Convergence=== | ||
The [[ | Voting for CXXVI hasn't started yet - put in your bids! The bidding and voting timeline can be seen [[Timeline#Timetable|here]] | ||
Updates will posted on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic], on the book of face, 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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There are four major reasons: | There are four major reasons: | ||
[list] | |||
# History. That's where we started, it's our home. In these days of constant change a bit of continuity is a good thing. | # History. That's where we started, it's our home. In these days of constant change a bit of continuity is a good thing. | ||
# 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. | # 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. | ||
# You don't have to give a corporation private information to access it. | # You don't have to give a corporation private information to access it. | ||
# [[User:Hellsop | Peter H. Coffin]] doesn't have to run a Forum on this website for us to hold the discussions on. | # [[User:Hellsop | Peter H. Coffin]] doesn't have to run a Forum on this website for us to hold the discussions on. | ||
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===Previous Convergences=== | ===Previous Convergences=== | ||
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*[[C18 | Convergence XVIII - Buffalo, NY]] | *[[C18 | Convergence XVIII - Buffalo, NY]] | ||
*[[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), FL]] | *[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa), FL]] | ||
*[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland, OR]] | *[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland, OR]] |