Here are some suggestions for locations in North America that I’m aware have enough logistical capacity and numbers to host their own Solstice events for 2015.
Vancouver*(-Seattle)
Ottawa-Montreal-Toronto corridor**
Detroit-Toronto**
*Us in Vancouver are friends with those in Seattle, and may plan an event with them. Amongst ourselves we’ve discussed the possibility that Portland might also join in for a Pacific Northwest Solstice. This would almost certainly be centered in Seattle. The future of those who would organize such an event in Vancouver is uncertain, so we might find it easier to help out with and piggyback on a Seattle event.
**I’m aware this corridor of Canadian cities occassionally meets in Ottawa for extra-big rationality meetups. I also have contacts there who can and could bridge the gaps between separate secular communities to make this happen, as Raemon has done in New York. Alternatively, Toronto could host a cross-border event with Detroit, and Montreal and Ottawa could throw an event together if they wanted to, but found that neither city had enough of a groundswell to make the event feel exciting enough by hosting two separate events.
The idea of an intercity, or ‘super’-solstice event seems interesting. Cross-border ones strike me as a stretch because the difference for travel is one bus somewhere downtown if one is staying on one’s own side of the border, and a 2-3 hour drive each way if one is crossing the border. On the other hand, respective cities in Canada might not have a grand enough community committed to making a Solstice event happen all by themselves.
Either way, feel free to contact me if you live in any of these places, and would be interested in attending a Solstice event in 2015. If you would be willing to help plan, that would be great, esp. in Vancouver where we have a dearth of volunteers with enough spare time to handle how big this event can be. Even if you’d only be interested in just attending, or what it might be like, drop me a line.
If you live in Toronto, Montreal, or Ottawa, I don’t live there, so I can’t personally tell you what Solstice events they might hold, but I have contacts in those cities I can put you in touch with so you can start that conversation.
Here are some suggestions for locations in North America that I’m aware have enough logistical capacity and numbers to host their own Solstice events for 2015.
Vancouver*(-Seattle)
Ottawa-Montreal-Toronto corridor**
Detroit-Toronto**
*Us in Vancouver are friends with those in Seattle, and may plan an event with them. Amongst ourselves we’ve discussed the possibility that Portland might also join in for a Pacific Northwest Solstice. This would almost certainly be centered in Seattle. The future of those who would organize such an event in Vancouver is uncertain, so we might find it easier to help out with and piggyback on a Seattle event.
**I’m aware this corridor of Canadian cities occassionally meets in Ottawa for extra-big rationality meetups. I also have contacts there who can and could bridge the gaps between separate secular communities to make this happen, as Raemon has done in New York. Alternatively, Toronto could host a cross-border event with Detroit, and Montreal and Ottawa could throw an event together if they wanted to, but found that neither city had enough of a groundswell to make the event feel exciting enough by hosting two separate events.
The idea of an intercity, or ‘super’-solstice event seems interesting. Cross-border ones strike me as a stretch because the difference for travel is one bus somewhere downtown if one is staying on one’s own side of the border, and a 2-3 hour drive each way if one is crossing the border. On the other hand, respective cities in Canada might not have a grand enough community committed to making a Solstice event happen all by themselves.
Either way, feel free to contact me if you live in any of these places, and would be interested in attending a Solstice event in 2015. If you would be willing to help plan, that would be great, esp. in Vancouver where we have a dearth of volunteers with enough spare time to handle how big this event can be. Even if you’d only be interested in just attending, or what it might be like, drop me a line.
If you live in Toronto, Montreal, or Ottawa, I don’t live there, so I can’t personally tell you what Solstice events they might hold, but I have contacts in those cities I can put you in touch with so you can start that conversation.
Thanks a bunch for taking this initiative!