[PS] some people seem to be heavily overscheduled

[quietann]

I'd be happy to shift people around, but would appreciate having someone who
knows the system a bit better working on it and on chat with me while I do
it.

Ann

On Dec 3, 2007 9:40 AM, Rachel Silber <rachel.silber at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some people seem to be heavily overscheduled.  My experience in the past
> is that 3 panels back-to-back is not a good idea for almost anyone, and that
> more than 2 Friday/3 Saturday/ 2 Sunday is also a bad idea.  With the new 4
> day con, the numbers might be more like 2 Fri/ 3 Sat/3 Sun / 1 Mon.  There
> are a few exceptions to this rule but we should make sure that they are
> people we either know personally or can ask before schedules get published.
>
>
> You might think that participants will push back and say "no, really I
> didn't want to do that many panels" but in fact, what we found out in the
> past when we ignored this kind of sensible limit is that they will say to US
> "oh, that's fine" and then go off and be either quietly miiserable or loudly
> unhappy.  Or they will just not show up.
>
> Rachel Silber
>
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