On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Califf, Jennifer wrote: > I refused to give them any money for that waste. I can think of so many > more worthwhile things than Ogre in a Sailor-fuku. :-P I contributed a moderate sum to the "NO" pot (i.e., "don't make a fuku for Ogre...") > How much do you think it would cost to bring Takayuki Karahashi to A-kon, so > we have some idea of what would be needed? Well, like I said, Taka said to me in an email a while back that he would consider coming if he could be covered for hotel or airfare. This was a while ago and I haven't contacted him since becuase I haven't had much luck in cobbling same together (and I didn't think an appeal here would meet with much success, but maybe I'm wrong). Since time before the con is growing short and airfares increase the closer to departure, we should try to do this quickly if we are to do it all. I have no idea offhand what the airfare would be (need to check travelocity) and I am not sure where he would fly from (Orange County? LAX?) but I would guess at least $250-300. The hotel cost would likely end up similarly ($90 or so is it? times 3 nights) ============================================================================== "Zu jeder Zeit, an jeder (sic) Ort, bleibt das Tun | Walter Amos der Menschen das gleiche..." - Galactic Heroes II | amos(at)sedl.org