Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:47:42 -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>

Candy Madigan wrote:

> At 10:28 PM 03/09/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> I was bored and only came back because it was my club putting it on.

All those people from other parts of the country were just losers, eh?

--Ted White