[ST] Arisia going to 4 days

[David D'Antonio]

Hi Carsten,

People left in 2005 because they were afraid of being snowed in,  
which is exactly what happened. Keeping the con running wasn't a fun  
thing and we did a minimal job. There were no new Events or  
Programming, for example.

A "serious campaign to score more volunteers" isn't going to replace  
the seasoned staff we have now. Plus, you're likely to have to score  
some more DivHeads and a few more conChair candidates, too, and those  
aren't a dime a dozen. Arisia has had problems getting "new blood"  
without the stress of having to replace the burnt-out blood.

DDA

On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:15 PM, Carsten Turner wrote:

> People left a con that was bursting at the seams already. As I recall,
> there was a robust number of attendees that year.
> We have a membership cap of 2,000 in this smaller hotel. We're  
> bound to
> lose some people who got fed up at the vertical con with no rational
> elevator solution.
> I still don't see a problem that can't be solved by a serious campaign
> to score more volunteers.
> -C
>
> On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:11 PM, David D'Antonio wrote:
>
>> Hi Carsten,
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:59 PM, Carsten Turner wrote:
>>
>>> In 2005, we had a con that effectively ran into late hours on Sunday
>>> night.
>>> As far as I could see, no-one was bleeding out of their eyeballs  
>>> over
>>> that. Granted, we had extenuating circumstances, but in all, we did
>>> pretty damn well by any measure.
>>
>> I can tell you that the DivHeads were pretty burnt and the conChair
>> was damned toasty, too. And those extenuating circumstances resulted
>> in LOTS of people leaving Saturday so we had far fewer folks on  
>> Sunday
>> than normal.
>>
>>> I really don't see what the fuss is about. Let's give it a shot, and
>>> if it doesn't work, we know not to do it again.
>>> Otherwise, we're shooting at shadows in the dark.
>>
>> The fuss is about burning people out so they don't want to come back
>> in 2009.
>>
>>> -=>Carsten:-)
>>>
>> DDA
>>
>>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:25 PM, SciFiFanBoston at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since we have a long weekend, why not at least keep the convention
>>>> going until later on Sunday?  I think shutting down most programs
>>>> and other things by 4pm on Sunday (or earlier for Art Show and  
>>>> such)
>>>> effectively makes this a one day convention.  If we could at least
>>>> stay open all day on Sunday, and do pack-out on Monday... well, I
>>>> just think it makes us a better convention.
>>>>
>>>> That is all,
>>>> -Mary_______________________________________________
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>> DDA
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>>
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