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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
- Subject: Re: Arisia vs. Boskone
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 15:00:11 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
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- References: <1992Dec30.002935.17055@radian.uucp>
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- In article <1992Dec30.002935.17055@radian.uucp>
- markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr) writes:
- > I suppose you could say innocent. "Intentionally dropped"? I
- suppose. I *saw*
- > the letter, where they picked 750 people, who had attended x
- previous Boskones,
- > and invited them. Everyone else was not included. Yeah, 750 is sure
- less than
- > 2,000.
-
- The number of flyers we sent out that year was closer around
- 2000, which was down from the 4,000 plus we sent out the previous
- year.
-
- Boskone *could* have a) NOT ADVERTISED in some media (I used to
- argue,
- > every year in Philly, to *not* advertise in any but print media,
- and *not*
- > in record stores, etc.) Then there's the "bigger is better"
- mentality of
- > the SMOFS running the cons nowadays, resulting in many cons being
- locked
- > into one hotel (Philly being another good example).
-
- I'm not sure that this is a SMOF attitude (unless you are
- using the term very differently than I do). Most of the folks
- I know who I'd call SMOFs don't think bigger is better.
-
- > I'd say the battle is between SMOF-run cons, who want to big, and
- yet ex-
- > clusive, tending to prefer print to any other media, and those who
- want to
- > remain like the cons used to be.
- >
-
- Define "used to be." I'd argue that cons that tend to prefer
- print media ARE like cons "used to be." But then, I define
- "used to be" based on 1975. Most people tend to define "used
- to be" based on what it was like when they first started
- going to conventions.
-
-
- --
- Jim Mann
- Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
-
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