Having a FogCon book club or some other ongoing activity is a neat idea! (The Goblin Emperor could be an interesting choice.) I don't think I know metaphortunate, at least not under that name.
One thing that came up when I was talking to folks about this at the con was unstructured mealtimes. That's often when I feel most at a loss -- unless I happen to run into someone I know at a panel that ends right before lunch or dinner, I usually end up on my own. But on Sunday, I lucked into a group of people who were walking over to the Farmer's Market, and that was really fantastic. Professional cons I've gone to usually offer some sort of "dine with your colleagues" program, where you can sign up to go to a restaurant with a group of people; I don't know that it would need to be anything that structured, but something along those lines could be great.
BTW, we have really got to actually find each other at the con one of these years. :)
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One thing that came up when I was talking to folks about this at the con was unstructured mealtimes. That's often when I feel most at a loss -- unless I happen to run into someone I know at a panel that ends right before lunch or dinner, I usually end up on my own. But on Sunday, I lucked into a group of people who were walking over to the Farmer's Market, and that was really fantastic. Professional cons I've gone to usually offer some sort of "dine with your colleagues" program, where you can sign up to go to a restaurant with a group of people; I don't know that it would need to be anything that structured, but something along those lines could be great.
BTW, we have really got to actually find each other at the con one of these years. :)