How relevant knowing parts of eastern New Mexico and Colorado are east of the boundary (the New Mexico/Texas border is a fair ways east of 104 degrees west longitude) depends on how likely we are to see someone thinking that Tucumcari New Mexico, Fort Morgan Colorado, or La Junta Colorado (to pick on three not tiny towns that are in New Mexico or Colorado but lie east of 104 degrees west) is going to want to bid.
Since we've seen only a handful of bids or Westercons in cities near the eastern boundary (Denver, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, El Paso, and possibly Cheyenne, Laramie, Regina, and Saskatoon are probably the only cities that would be practical for a Westercon of its current 500-800 member size), it probably isn't that relevant. But I don't know if we should require people to be familiar with the boundaries to realize that only parts of two states are excluded, and part of another state and a province are included. (I think people are likely to think of Texas and Saskatchewan as not being "west").
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Date: 2015-06-29 10:26 pm (UTC)Since we've seen only a handful of bids or Westercons in cities near the eastern boundary (Denver, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, El Paso, and possibly Cheyenne, Laramie, Regina, and Saskatoon are probably the only cities that would be practical for a Westercon of its current 500-800 member size), it probably isn't that relevant. But I don't know if we should require people to be familiar with the boundaries to realize that only parts of two states are excluded, and part of another state and a province are included. (I think people are likely to think of Texas and Saskatchewan as not being "west").