Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:50:11 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What do you want from Capclave?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 04:47 PM 03/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>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?

No, Actually I met one person I liked, but if the label fits...