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alt.gothic | alt.gothic Convergence℠ is the annual alt.gothic newsgroup party, squishing 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.] | ||
Somehow we're slow to learn, 'cos in August 2008 we're having number [[C14 | 14 in Ybor City, Florida]] | |||
Previous Convergences | |||
*[[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]] | |||
*[[C2 | C2 - Boston]] | |||
*[[C1 | C1 - Chicago]] | |||
*[[C12 | | |||
*[[C11 | | |||
*[[C10 | | |||
*[[C9 | | |||
*[[C8 | | |||
*[[C7 | | |||
*[[C6 | | |||
*[[C5 | | |||
*[[C4 | | |||
*[[C3 | | |||
*[[C2 | | |||
*[[C1 | | |||
==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]. | ||