[PS] workshops

[Rachel Silber]

We did at least one Friday/Monday split program last year, with the knitting
topic that Judy Gentry ran.  Perhaps we can ask her if there were any
problems with that setup?  I don't recall hearing a specific complaint
however.

Rachel

On Feb 19, 2008 4:37 PM, Stephanie M. Clarkson <thespian at sleepingcat.com>
wrote:

> I would expect the Su/Mo class to be smaller; there will be people who,
> with an hour of instruction on Fr/Sa feel completely confident that they can
> take it from there, and people who having learnt it turn around and say,
> 'Man, that is so not a craft for me.' I was thinking, though, that what I've
> learned in the past has usually stuck better after a class and a follow up.
> Some people won't, and will feel they got enough out of the first half.
> Also, my thought was that if crafters can get a day or so to maybe give
> things a try, they can maybe get another hour or two of work done on the
> project, so that they'll get the 'benefit' of more hours for them to try the
> new craft, without us needing to provide physical space for it.
>
> Practically, it also avoids big blocks of time committed to the classes,
> and breaks up classes that do merit a little more time into bite size
> standard chunks. It does require the instructor to be available twice, but
> it can count as two panels to entice them for that. And indeed, some of them
> might prefer that, since 2 hours is a big chunk of time to be teaching 25
> novices to knit fair isle. :-)
>
> S.
>
> (also, it appears that program at arisia is subscribed to
> program-staff at arisia? I'm getting each email that is sent to both, twice.)
>
> Crystal M. Huff wrote:
> > I'm sure you've thought of this, but the major potential issues I see
> > are thus:  There are bound to be folks who're desperate to take the
> > workshop but can't be at both days of the con, and problems are likely
> > to arise if folks show up to the first half and not the second.
> >
> > But it's certainly a creative solution, and if those risks are ones
> > you're willing to deal with, it's a better option than not having the
> > workshop at all.  :)
> >
> > Alternatively, perhaps we could run the workshops in question on both
> > Friday and Monday, in order to reach a wider audience and yet not take
> > up prime real estate during the height of the con?
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