Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:56:19 -0400
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Great Con Redux...(DMZ Version)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Ernest Lilley wrote:

>  Ted,
>
>  Not programming through parties is definitely worth considering,
>  though lots of cons have some sort of late night stuff. I had to
>  leave my own party to got to the panel, but I kind of enjoyed it. The
>  party was still there when I got back.

Yeah, I ran into you at the elevator as I was coming down from the
Neilsen Haydens' party.  It was hard to tear myself away.

>  I think the reason for having late panels was to fit more stuff in
>  with the space constraints we were working with.

Well, I can't argue with success (we *did* have an audience), but it
seems to me the late-night programming ought to have a "late night"
flavor to it, if you know what I mean.  And there's no rule that says a
con must have programming from 9:00 am to midnight.  Parties in the
evening are the counter-balance to the daytime programming -- the
informal balancing the formal, and a chance to chat with program
participants on a more social level.  But I offer these thoughts purely
as observations and not criticisms.  The panel we shared went well, I
thought, and Bob was a good moderator.

--Ted White