[ST] How bad it can get... The FedCon USA Story.

[SciFiFanBoston at aol.com]

Yes, I've been following it closely.  This, unfortunately, can give  all fan 
conventions a red mark by their name.  Don't do anything you can't  pay for, 
this goes for non-profit conventions as well.  If a non-profit did  the same 
thing it would be just as bad, so don't blame this on the fact that  actors were 
or were not there.  This is a convention runner who didn't know  what he was 
doing, and an economy that couldn't or wouldn't support the kinds of  
conventions that are a staple in Europe right now.
 
The Fedcon-Germany folks should never have had any business dealings with  
the con chairman.  He's been bad news for a long time within the media  
convention community, both for-profit and non-profit.  It's simply a case  of knowing 
who you are dealing with.  The actors took the bait of the  Fedcon-Germany 
name, and never followed up on who was actually running the  Fedcon-USA.   
 
Don't blame this on the actors or the media conventions, or even the  for 
profit cons.  This was one guy, who really was a grifter in the first  place.  
 
-Mary D.
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/16/2008 7:16:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dbs at homeport.org writes:

I just  read a page about an entire, horrible convention meltdown in Dallas 
this  past weekend.

I recommend folks taking the time to read not only the  page, but also the 
linked discussions, particularly on Fedcon's discussion  forums about guests 
lied to, a convention organizer who consistently lied  and mismanaged the 
event, and the eventual shut down of the event by the  hotel, because the 
convention organizer could not pay the  bills.

This is a trek con, and the guests are actors paid to be  there... the actors 
never got paid, but put on a brave face for the folks  who were there, but 
ZOMG what a  mess.

http://community.livejournal.com/con_central/178658.html

-dbs
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