[ST] 4-day Art Show (was: Re: Art Show debrief report)

[David D'Antonio]

Hi,

I asked on the lists where I recruited people to help run the Art  
Show and it was rather clear to me that *they* didn't want to work  
extra days; in addition, I was told the artists are often lining up  
to check out as soon as they can. In fact, some of my staff *did*  
leave on Sunday as did some of the artists.

In addition, my understanding is that Logistics was doing a truck run  
on Monday around midnight; I think being able to pack and move the  
Art Show back to storage on Sunday significantly eased their burden,  
which seems to be pretty tough as it was.

My solution for allowing staff to see the show was the late night  
Friday staff-only hours; if I didn't publicize those enough, I'm  
sorry. And, finally, I'm not at all in favour of a four-day con to  
begin with; I think it is the wrong solution to the problem of the  
Hyatt. I also want to point out that the other group that has  
significant setup and teardown times (Tech) didn't run on Monday,  
either; they shut down Sunday night after the Goblin Ball.

If whomever runs the Art Show next year wants to extend it to four  
days, I'll be happy to pass along all the info I have to them.

DDA

On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:53 AM, Rose Fox wrote:

>
> On 2008-01-25  , at 23:27, David D'Antonio wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't change the hours; I don't think extending the show would
>> really be worth the disruption.
>
> I'd like to respectfully request that next year's art show director
> reconsider this. A lot of people (including myself and all the green
> room staff) delayed going to the art show on the assumption it would
> still be open Monday, after the big crush of programming and events,
> and we were all very dismayed to find it had closed not just on
> Sunday but quite early on Sunday. One artist and longtime Arisia
> member said he'd heard more people saying "I missed the art show"
> this year than he'd ever heard before, by a wide margin. (He was very
> unhappy about this.) If it's going to be a four-day con, I think we
> should have a four-day art show.
>
> --Rose
>
>
> -- 
> All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.
>          --Bokonon
>
> _______________________________________________
> staff mailing list
> staff at arisia.org
> http://arisia.org/mailman/listinfo/staff

--
DDA
Art Show Director, Arisia '08