[Moonbase-discuss] Yuri's Night San Francisco Party Report -- April 12, 2002

[Samuel Coniglio]

Hi folks!

San Francisco's Party went surprisingly well.  We basically had three 
people organize a party from scratch in three months!  Many thanks to 
Susmita Mohanty of MoonFront, who handled our public relations.  A 
real huge thanks goes to Robert Greenleaf of NEKID Productions, whose 
untiring efforts to sell tickets and coordinate DJs, and deal with 
the venue managers was exceptional.

Thanks also goes out to the exhibitors who educated the partiers and 
stayed until midnight to have a toast to Yuri Gagarin.  They included:
Difinity, JP Aerospace, Lunar Traders, International Space 
University, Mars Society, Space Frontier Foundation, Chabot Space and 
Science Center, Space.com, Space Adventures, The Exploratorium, and 
XCOR Aerospace.

Finally, many thanks to Devin Harris and JD for designing a beautiful poster.

All told, we had nearly 1,100 people attend Yuri's Night.  Twenty 
(20!!!) DJs scratched the tunes in four different themed rooms from 
10pm to 4am.  The weather was unusually mild for San Francisco, and 
Kelly's Mission Rock, the venue, gave us a spectacular view of the 
Bay and ships sailing by.  The sky was clear and stars shone extra 
bright.

I just got the party photos developed and put on a CD-ROM.  I'll get 
them up on the YuriDrive within a few days. http://yuri.unsgac.org/

It's time to recover and plan for the future!

Samuel Coniglio
Yuri's Night World Space Party
San Francisco Party Coordinator
Phone: 408-930-0102
Email: spaceman@mindspring.com
Web (SF Party Tickets): 
<http://www.groovetickets.com/ordersystem/qbint/eventviewqb.asp?Events 
ID=1351&PGName=Fragrant+Music+and+Nekid>
Web (SF Party):     http://www.NEKID.tv/ORBIT_PR.htm
Web (Global):        http://www.yurisnight.net