[ST] Arisia going to 4 days

[Bridget J Boyle]

My opinion:
(and I have one)
But first pose questions for pondering in your thoughts. No need to 
answer them right now..:
Can you get panels to run past 3 on Sunday?
Can you get respected professionals/knowledgeable speakers to stay 
longer on Sunday for panels?
What could be done in a "relaxcon" kind of way to enliven the third 
night of Arisia that would not load the burden on the existing staff?
How do we plan a 4th day that has very little programming?

Now on to my opinion but after a short observation:
One of  the things that struck me as ugly (and that is the word I really 
do want here) on Sunday early evening was the amount of work needed to 
be done. This year I was unable to even lift a finger to help. So as I 
waited out my time watching. since I've had Aileen I have not really 
done a real loadout. But for years beforehand I did. Now for the 
ugliest. I saw a man who I know has never has lifted a finger to help 
Arisia. He was waiting for the dead dog to start. Somewhere along the 
way the idea of why the dead dog was held was lost. When I got to the 
dead dog with Tamar (she needed to check the room set before we left. I 
needed some sugar.) I saw this man in the room. He seemed totally 
unaware of the tired people who were sitting there in between their 
loads. At that moment I realized that going to a 4th day would be hard 
on those were so weary but still working. That moving the dead dog to 
Monday would also cheat some of those people who worked so hard and 
could not stay another day. That people who leach off us will continue 
to do so.  That the people who truly add life to Arisia with their 
attendance, the pros and the con attendees, will take several years 
before they can re-aline their private lives to make another day worth 
doing.

Now really the opinion.
Arguing here, on both lists, without looking at Tem's expansion plan is 
arguing in a vacuum.

Tem, please give us your plans for stretching the con into a 4th day?

Bridget