2008 NAC in Montreal

I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and François de Champlain. The hotel and venue for the NAC will be Le Nouvel Hotel & Spa Hotel in downtown Montreal (http:// www.lenouvelhotel.com). The cost of a single or double occupancy is $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should be $40-$50 Canadian. The date for the NAC has yet to be determined. It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html The Montreal NAC team will post more detailed information, including the schedule of events and the Week of Nightmares, as it becomes available. - Ben Peal, US National Coordinator

On Aug 13, 11:10 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. I am please to hear it! > > The Montreal NAC team will post more detailed information, including > the schedule of events and the Week of Nightmares, as it becomes > available. > Will that include a date? best - chris

[ quoted text not captured ] It stands to reason that the date will eventually become available (i.e., be known by the organizers), yes. Perhaps you overlooks this bit of Ben's post: On Aug 13, 11:10 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: [ quoted text not captured ]

[ quoted text not captured ] Yup. Tucked in there at the end of the paragraph, I just plain missed it. It's amazing actually that rates for the hotel can be pinned down, but not the dates. Good price on hotel though. Congrats to the Montreal team! Montreal was beautiful but chilly when I visited last in October 2001. I don't remember what the summers are like, since it was 1976 when I was there in the summer. Probably hot... If the tournament is in the fall, I would love it to be when a Bruins vs Canadiens game is happening at the Forum, erm, wherever the Habs are playing now (Molson Center?)... I know Ben would too. best - chris

On Aug 13, 11:10 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer > for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, > Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu > Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and > François de Champlain. The hotel and venue for the NAC will be Le > Nouvel Hotel & Spa Hotel in downtown Montreal (http://www.lenouvelhotel.com). The cost of a single or double occupancy is > $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. > The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should > be $40-$50 Canadian. The date for the NAC has yet to be determined. > > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html > > The Montreal NAC team will post more detailed information, including > the schedule of events and the Week of Nightmares, as it becomes > available. > > - Ben Peal, US National Coordinator Nice. Very exciting. I can't wait! -Robert

On Aug 13, 3:17 pm, librarian <chrissh...@gmail.com> wrote: > If the tournament is in the fall, I would love it to be when a Bruins > vs Canadiens game is happening at the Forum, erm, wherever the Habs > are playing now (Molson Center?)... I know Ben would too. Thanks for the suggestion. The organisers will soon create a post where everybody can leave idea about what they would like to do during the week. We're all pretty excited to host the NAC 2008, and we would love to create something amazing that everybody would remember. By the way, here is the address of the Quebec's vtes forum. It's mostly french, but as Montreal has two official language, almost everybody speaks english and french. Feel free to ask whatever comes to your mind! http://www.la-cellule.org/VEKN/index.php

[ quoted text not captured ] I'll bet it won't be on Canadian Thanksgiving in 2008. :) -Robert

[ quoted text not captured ] Do you have to register just to read the posts? Do guests have no rights anymore? Vegas gNat

On Aug 13, 11:10 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer > for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, > Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu > Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and > François de Champlain. The hotel and venue for the NAC will be Le > Nouvel Hotel & Spa Hotel in downtown Montreal (http://www.lenouvelhotel.com). The cost of a single or double occupancy is > $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. > The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should > be $40-$50 Canadian. The date for the NAC has yet to be determined. Congrats to all of you for hosting and to Ben for getting this arranged. > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html Ah, thanks for the tip, Ben. Glad to know you're on the job. -Robert (whose old passport is expired, marked with various scribblings of the Jordanian and Syrian police, and which features a photo of him with hair. )

Robert Goudie <rob...@vtesinla.org> wrote: > -Robert > > (whose old passport is expired, marked with various scribblings of the > Jordanian and Syrian police, and which features a photo of him with > hair. ) Fucking terrorist! >:D

On 13 août, 14:10, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer > for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, > Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu > Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and > François de Champlain. The hotel and venue for the NAC will be Le > Nouvel Hotel & Spa Hotel in downtown Montreal (http://www.lenouvelhotel.com). The cost of a single or double occupancy is > $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. > The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should > be $40-$50 Canadian. The date for the NAC has yet to be determined. > > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html > > The Montreal NAC team will post more detailed information, including > the schedule of events and the Week of Nightmares, as it becomes > available. > > - Ben Peal, US National Coordinator Yes, i am very proud of hosting the NAC 2008 in Montreal. For the date it will be either Oct 19-26 or Oct 26-Nov 2. We will put our website and forum online as soon as possible to answer any question.If you have any question so far please ask. Me or a member of my staff will answer you asap. Hope to see a lot you next year. Richard Blais Archbishop of Montreal

Robert Goudie wrote: > Congrats to all of you for hosting and to Ben for getting this > arranged. Heh...Richard and the Quebec team are the ones who found the hotel and put together the proposal. :) > > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html > > Ah, thanks for the tip, Ben. Glad to know you're on the job. This website has the most current information I could find about US citizens traveling to and from Canada: http://www.amcits.com/passport_requirement.asp The long and the short of it is that a US citizen will need a passport to re-enter the United States from Canada. We should all have passports anyway. They make it a lot easier to play more V:TES. :) - Ben Peal

On Aug 13, 2:10 pm, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > The cost of a single or double occupancy is > $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. > The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should > be $40-$50 Canadian. Silly question, but the hotel prices are also in Canucks, right? -- - Gregory Stuart Pettigrew

On Aug 14, 11:12 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > Robert Goudie wrote: > > > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > > > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > > > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html > > > Ah, thanks for the tip, Ben. Glad to know you're on the job. > > This website has the most current information I could find about US > citizens traveling to and from Canada: > > http://www.amcits.com/passport_requirement.asp > > The long and the short of it is that a US citizen will need a > passport to re-enter the United States from Canada. > Yup. Given that the current backlog is huge and that Passports are good for 10 years, I suggest getting one as soon as you can afford it. [ quoted text not captured ]

> Yes, i am very proud of hosting the NAC 2008 in Montreal. For the date > it will be either Oct 19-26 or Oct 26-Nov 2. We will put our website > and forum online as soon as possible to answer any question.If you > have any question so far please ask. Me or a member of my staff will > answer you asap. Hope to see a lot you next year. I suspect some people (myself included) would rather be at home for Halloween weekend partying with friends and thus would prefer the 19-26th of October for the NAC. > Richard Blais > Archbishop of Montreal -John Flournoy peon of Chicago

On Aug 13, 11:10 am, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer > for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, > Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu > Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and > François de Champlain. The hotel and venue for the NAC will be Le > Nouvel Hotel & Spa Hotel in downtown Montreal (http://www.lenouvelhotel.com). The cost of a single or double occupancy is > $119 a night, and includes a continental breakfeast every morning. > The cost for registering for the NAC is to be determined, but should > be $40-$50 Canadian. The date for the NAC has yet to be determined. > > It is important to note that as per a new law, Americans visiting > Canada will need a passport to enter the country. Information on this > can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html > > The Montreal NAC team will post more detailed information, including > the schedule of events and the Week of Nightmares, as it becomes > available. > > - Ben Peal, US National Coordinator Congrats! I'm really glad to hear Canada will be participating in the NAC. I've never been there and it'll be a great excuse to go. What a great team, should be fun! I wonder if you could get Rush to play the NAC!? That would be great ;) ***JediMike***

On Aug 14, 1:36 am, "rblai...@hotmail.com" <rblai...@hotmail.com> wrote: [ quoted text not captured ] If you put it that late in the year, then I will have to not be able to attend. :( Hopefully, kicking some ass at the 2007 NAC will help me overcome what a downer missing the first Canadian NAC. Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr XZealot Archon of the Swamp

"gpett...@gmail.com" <gpett...@gmail.com> wrote in news:1187106183....@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: [ quoted text not captured ] Looks like. Rack rate is about 149 Beavers per night, so I'd guess that 119 is a typical group rate... DaveZ

On Aug 14, 12:38 pm, ***JediMike*** <jedispa...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Congrats! I'm really glad to hear Canada will be participating in the > NAC. I've never been there and it'll be a great excuse to go. What a > great team, should be fun! > I wonder if you could get Rush to play the NAC!? That would be > great ;) > > ***JediMike***- Hide quoted text - I'm sure you meant that "Canadians will be participating in hosting the NAC". Cause we've been stealthily (or not so much with the stealthilyness) infiltrating the NAC for years. :) John P. Winnipeg

[ quoted text not captured ] And sometimes, even winning it. ; ) Maléfice Unofficial Bishop of Montreal Team NAC 2008 Montreal

On Aug 14, 3:36 am, "rblai...@hotmail.com" wrote: > Yes, i am very proud of hosting theNAC2008in Montreal. For the date > it will be either Oct 19-26 or Oct 26-Nov 2. Which means... hockey season! Abraço, Luiz Mello Hopefully will be able to attend

On Aug 13, 2:10 pm, benp...@gmail.com wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that the V:TES North American > Championship in 2008 will be held in Montreal, Quebec. The organizer > for the event is Richard Blais, and the team includes Hugues Bertrand, > Christian Chénard, Marc Desaulniers, Jean-François Houle, Mathieu > Guimond, Etienne Leblanc, Yam Beauchamp, Charles Lechasseur, and > François de Champlain. This is such great news! I can't wait for next year! Maybe a special edition of Powerbase: Montreal can be printed just for this NAC? hehe congrats Richard and the rest of the team!