Oh look! A rare non-cat related post.

[dlacey]

Tomorrow is our AGM and I've been given full clearance to announce that SFContario is a go, with a hotel and guests of honour and everything.

The inaugural convention will take place November 19-21st 2010 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in downtown Toronto. It's a lovely hotel that overlooks Allan Gardens, beautiful greenhouses and gardens that even

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[mjlayman]

How cool! Doesn't it snow in Toronto in November?

[dlacey]

Well Detroit has a rather successful con in January, (Confusion), so that shouldn't actually be a huge problem. However, this weekend in Toronto has been quite mild. I was walking along the street tonight with a light jacket unbuttoned after dark and it was still comfortable. Hopefully next year it will be the same.

[foms]

I would be surprised to see snow and very surprised to see enough snow to stick to the ground in November, in Toronto.

[mjlayman]

The DC area is much lower and we sometimes get snow that sticks in November.

[dlacey]

It's not unheard of here. We had a snowstorm in the second week of November two years ago. (I only know this because this year it was practically beach weather on the same weekend and the local news weather guy did a then and now bit.) But it is unusual. We rarely get any serious snow before mid-December at the very earliest.

Not that I think it's an issue. The hotel is centrally located downtown, quite close to the train and bus stations. It's very easy to get to. Snow just wouldn't be much of an issue. And as I said above, Detroit has a fairly large con in January.

[pnh]

I'm pretty sure Toronto has heard of snow. Why, when I lived there (1975-77, and 1983-84), it happened more than once, and amazingly, life continued.

Mind you, I also understand that three millimeters of snow in DC is OMG THE END OF THE WORLD GET INTO THE FALLOUT SHELTER MYRTLE, but see, these Canadians are made of sterner stuff. They laugh at snow. Their national sport, curling, is played on ice, with mops and vacuum cleaners, in the great auditorium in the center of the National Igloo in Canada City. Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, B. Traven, A. E. Van Vogt, Cory Doctorow, and the entire defensive line of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were born and raised in Canada. Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving and invented foreplay long before American even considered such things. This is the heritage of the true North, strong and free.

[avt_tor]

I have not seen snow this year. The long-term forecast shows that it will probably snow on December 3.

Toronto gets an average of about three inches of snow each November. Bad weather isn't unheard of, but snow generally doesn't stick to the ground until January. Toronto's weather is similar to cities across the US upper Midwest or Northeast, excpet that the lake to the south makes the city a few degrees cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

Boston, Detroit, and Chicago manage to have conventions in January and February, when there is typically more weather. I'm sure we'll cope in November.