Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 17:49:49 -0500
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What shpuld Capclave be?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Candy Madigan wrote:

> At 02:56 AM 03/09/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Why do you want to "swell the throng"?  More bodies don't guarantee a better
> >convention.   I think Capclave should find and exploit an underused niche
> >and
> >not try to be All Cons For All People.   And it seems to me that Capclave #1
> >has
> >already moved promisingly in that direction.
> >
> >--Ted White
> >
> >I believe the saying is, "The more, the merrier."  Cons are for people.
>
> I have to weigh in with Lee on this one.

Why?  Is this some Eternal Verity?  So far there has been no substantive
discussion of this issue -- just emotional assertions.

Obviously at some point "the more, the merrier" breaks down.  I would suggest
that occurs *well* before Worldcon attendance levels (5,000 to 10,000), but the
real question is *where*?

Equally, the question must be asked:  What benefit does having a much higher
attendance bestow upon the convention?  More money?  (Will that counterbalance
More Headaches and More Work?)   It's time to clarify goals and determine what
"success" means in terms of Capclave.

--Ted White