Convention Facilities Planning

     Because we have the entire Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, we have a great deal of flexibility and plan to keep our final decision about how to use the space open for a while.  Several things are definite.  We plan to keep most, if not all of the convention on the Ballroom Level, although we may use one room at the top of the escalator to the lobby level for programming.

     The one exception to this is the consuite.  If we use function space for the consuite, we would have to let the hotel cater it, which — for obvious reasons — we'd rather not do.  We will probably be using one of the Presidential Suite on the top floor.  While this places the consuite farther away from the rest of the convention than we'd like, the top floor is served by six elevators and is down the hall from the excellent Capitol View Club.

     We have decided that Registration will be in the area outside of Ticonderoga. When we held the 1996 Disclave here we found that there is enough room for that and to allow people to circulate and talk. The Regency Ballroom A will be the dealers room, which also worked well for Disclave. Columbia A and B will be used for the art show.

     The Autograph session on Friday and the Banquet on Sunday will be in Valley Forge, Yorktown, and Ticonderoga.  This allows plenty of room for autographs and gives us a large space for the banquet.  Green room, office, storage etc. will be in the smaller rooms of the Hall of Battles, most likely Lexington and Concord.

• Regency A measures 97' x 58' (5,626 sq. ft.) with an 18' ceiling
• Columbia A and B measure 69' x 52' (3,588 sq. ft.) with an 12' 9" ceiling
• Ticonderoga / Yorktown / Valley Forge measure 97' x 53' (5,141 sq. ft.) with an 18' ceiling

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