Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 09:09:35 -0500 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Interesting Inventions Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> > ase at wdn.com 04/01/02 11:27PM >>>> >Erica VD Ginter wrote: > >> The best way to avoid lines for the masquerade, Hugos, etc., is to have = an >> SO on the tech crew. You can slip in and sit with them. The down side = is >> they are busy doing techie things for the whole con. > >Another way to avoid lines is to volunteer yourself. *S* Which is how I >got to see the 2000 Hugos in person, with a reasonably good seat, and >saw most of the '01 Masquerade entrants up close. Of course, it takes a >chunk out of your late afternoon and evening, which could be spent doing >other stuff (panels, resting, dinner- forgettable stuff like that. *S*) > >Ase(Thinking about what to volunteer for at ConJose- the art show, of >course, and maybe the Masquerade again? It was pretty fun [in an >exhausting, time eating sort of way] last time.) ><*> > Sometimes the con chair gets good seating, quite often is off elsewhere = dealing with "adventures". Best to volunteer . . . really. mjw