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After way too little sleep last night, this morning at 9 AM the WSFS Mark Protection Committee/Worldcon Intellectual Property Board of Directors met with the cooperation of SMOFCon 40, as they let us use one of their meeting rooms. The meeting was open to both in-person and virtual attendance from SMOFCon 40 members, although aside from the long-suffering technical support volunteers, only MPC members attending, including several attending online.
( A Rare Non-Worldcon MPC Meeting )
After the MPC Meeting, I had to skip the rest of programming because I really, really needed some sleep. I did get a sandwich from the make-your-own setup in the Con Suite, which I took back to my room and ate, also appreciating the excellent flavored (but sugar free) seltzers that the con had on offer. I was very happy to have lots of fizzy water drinks that weren't cola or similar. Then I slept for a bit over two hours. It wasn't really enough, but it was enough to keep from from fading out entirely.
( Feedback Session )
After the end of convention programming, I joined Don and Jill Eastlake and others for an early dinner. We lingered over it for a long time, and I enjoyed both the food and the company. I though the food from the hotel restaurant was good, although the service was slow. I had the same dinners both times I ate here: clam chowder and seafood scampi. I was also a bad person and had their nice key lime pie.
( Final Night in the Con Suite )
Around 10 PM, I counted the few hours before my alarm would go off and concluded that as much as the socializing at SMOFCon, particularly in its most relaxed form, is the most fun I have at this event, I really had to get off to bed. I said my goodbyes to everyone and returned to the room to start packing what I could. Shortly after I post this, I need to get to bed as my alarm is set for 2 AM (with a backup alarm after that). My hard deadline is to be at Providence Station, roughly 1 km from the hotel, for the 4:15 AM train to Boston, where I will catch the bus to the airport for my 8 AM flight to San Francisco. At SFO I hope to use my remaining United Club pass before continuing home to Reno later tomorrow afternoon. This train trip will be local commuter train, not the speedy Acela trip, but it costs much less and runs when I need it to do so.
I had an excellent time here in Providence, lack of sleep notwithstanding. Next year's SMOFCon will be in Seattle, run by SWOC (not the 2025 Worldcon organization, but the group that ran the 2015 Worldcon in Spokane). I plan to be there.
( A Rare Non-Worldcon MPC Meeting )
After the MPC Meeting, I had to skip the rest of programming because I really, really needed some sleep. I did get a sandwich from the make-your-own setup in the Con Suite, which I took back to my room and ate, also appreciating the excellent flavored (but sugar free) seltzers that the con had on offer. I was very happy to have lots of fizzy water drinks that weren't cola or similar. Then I slept for a bit over two hours. It wasn't really enough, but it was enough to keep from from fading out entirely.
( Feedback Session )
After the end of convention programming, I joined Don and Jill Eastlake and others for an early dinner. We lingered over it for a long time, and I enjoyed both the food and the company. I though the food from the hotel restaurant was good, although the service was slow. I had the same dinners both times I ate here: clam chowder and seafood scampi. I was also a bad person and had their nice key lime pie.
( Final Night in the Con Suite )
Around 10 PM, I counted the few hours before my alarm would go off and concluded that as much as the socializing at SMOFCon, particularly in its most relaxed form, is the most fun I have at this event, I really had to get off to bed. I said my goodbyes to everyone and returned to the room to start packing what I could. Shortly after I post this, I need to get to bed as my alarm is set for 2 AM (with a backup alarm after that). My hard deadline is to be at Providence Station, roughly 1 km from the hotel, for the 4:15 AM train to Boston, where I will catch the bus to the airport for my 8 AM flight to San Francisco. At SFO I hope to use my remaining United Club pass before continuing home to Reno later tomorrow afternoon. This train trip will be local commuter train, not the speedy Acela trip, but it costs much less and runs when I need it to do so.
I had an excellent time here in Providence, lack of sleep notwithstanding. Next year's SMOFCon will be in Seattle, run by SWOC (not the 2025 Worldcon organization, but the group that ran the 2015 Worldcon in Spokane). I plan to be there.
