Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:48:18 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What do you want from Capclave?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>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.

I had a pleasant time.
& so did all of the out-of-towners I talked to.
Ever so much a case of YMMV.
I would count CapClave 1 a success.

mjw
First Disclave: Skyline Motor Inn, wheeeee