Baitcon

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Baitcon 26 will be held on August 28th-31st, 2015
at the Mountain Campground of the Abode of the Message.

Why Change the Date?
The severe snow and ice this winter has impacted everything in the Northeast – roads, public transportation, roofs, buildings of all sorts (both inside and out), school schedules, etc. Last week, the Abode staff shared some concerns about the potential impact to our site due to the weight of the snow on various buildings and structures and also the possible ground conditions in June. As we are always the first event of the Mountain Campground season, many assessments and repairs are often in-progress during our event. This year, it seems more than likely that many spaces may be unusable even in late June.

Why August?
This was the only available Abode’s only other available weekend this summer. Our new date, much like our traditional date, is sandwiched between many wonderful things. This year, Baitcon 26 will be right after Worldcon and right before Burning Man and Labor Day weekend. This unique date offers us all a chance to experience the Mountain Campground at a different time in the summer, celebrate before kids go back to school.

Registration will open in late May this year. The same go/no-go condition we always have for Baitcon will still apply despite the date change: we need at least 120 paid adult registrations to meet our minimum attendance guarantee and go forward with the event.

We know that many of you many have already planned around our traditional late-June date. We’re sorry about that and we hope you can still join us this year. If you have questions, please email us via this address: exec AT baitcon DOT org

BaitconXXV approaches and this will very likely be our last post before the con …

Important things to note:

Registration is closed. There is no admittance for unregistered guests/last-minute arrivals.

All cabins have been assigned – there are no open/available cabins or huts at this time.

You may also need Directions or a look at the Map

You can arrive any time after 2p. on Friday.  Do not arrive early, do not decide that you’re only one-car/one group of people and it is no big deal.  It is and we’ll be really grumpy about this if it happens. We are handling our deliveries differently and have trucks going up & down the mountain before the event starts.  So if you arrive in the area before 2p., explore greater Pittsfield or tiny New Lebanon for a bit until 2p when you can head up the mountain road.  Further more, please note the information about unloading your gear and Parking

The chefs will be providing plenty of good food for everyone – check out the Menu

Wondering what else there is to do for fun at Baitcon?  Check out the Merriment page a or bring an idea of your own 🙂  We are excited to announce that in addition to ice cream making&eating, the late-night contra dance, gaming & exploring nature, Platypus Rex will return to the Baitcon stage on Saturday night after nearly a decade! We are so excited about that!  We’re kicking off the concert with a parade!

And, of course, you should view the Ice Cream pages, including Pre-Con Ice Cream Advice, Ice Cream and Kids Ice Cream … and perhaps dream up your own sorbet/ice-cream/ice-milk flavor.

We still need somevolunteers to help with meal service/beverage refills, clean up & parking.  If you’re willing to help with any of those for a couple of hours, please see Tamar (kitchen), Hobbit (parking) or JB (dishes).

We’re all rolling towards the mountain today & tomorrow.  If you have questions, email us if you have any questions –  via info dash {this year}@ baitcon dot org  before noon on Thursday!

Holy crap.

It’s less than 2 weeks til Baitcon XXV.

Expect to see a bunch of communications from us in the next week.

If you haven’t registered yet, now’s the time!