Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 22:28:29 -0500
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What do you want from Capclave?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

alexis gilliland wrote:

> In the context of an art show for Capclave, Ted White asks what is the
> benefit of having a larger convention.   This is the wrong question; if you
> run an annual con, either it grows or shrinks.  Capclave I was about, 300,
> and clearly has room to grow.  When and if it gets above 1000 the qurstion
> can be revisited.  In the meantime an art show can help us grow the con.  An
> addes plus is that the artists tend to be actively involved in setting the
> show up, being participants rather than spectators, and while such fannish
> activity shoulde be encouraged in its own right, I would rather party with
> artists than almost anybody.

I'm glad to see you posting here, Alexis.   But I can't agree with you that an
annual con "either...grows or shrinks."  In the literal sense of never having
*exactly* the same number of members/attendees, I'm sure that's true, but in
statistical terms, a stable size is certainly possible and practicable, and in
fact has often been the case.

The real question is this:  Was Capclave #1 a "success"?   If it wasn't, then
clearly improvements of some sort are called for.  But if it *was* a success,
then only fine-tuning/tweaking is required.   From my point of view, and from
conversations with others, Capclave *appeared* to be a success.   How does it
rank with WSFA?

--Ted White