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- From: rkolker@nuchat.sccsi.com (Rich Kolker)
- Subject: Re: What really happened after Boskone 24 (was Re: Arisia vs. Boskone)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.150957.2275@nuchat.sccsi.com>
- Organization: South Coast Computing Services, Inc.
- References: <9212282303.AA13694@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> <1992Dec30.002935.17055@radian.uucp> <1992Dec30.194328.5873@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:09:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.194328.5873@ryn.mro4.dec.com> anderson@allvax.enet.dec.com (Dave Anderson) writes:
- >
- >What a lot of people don't seem to realize is that after the 'Boskone from
- >Hell' the only alternative to cutting the size of the convention from about
- >4500 to about 1500 was to not hold the convention at all! After the Sheraton
- >decided that they didn't want our business an extensive search for a new hotel
- >
- [stuf deleted you should have read earlier]
- > Dave (anderson@allvax.enet.dec.com)
- >
-
- I think there's a bit of rose colored glasses viewing going on here. I
- attended the last big Boskone, including the sessions held discussing
- the changes planned for the following year. There is no question that
- Boskone had gotten to the point that something needed to change. However,
- the way that was gone about left very much to be desired. The attitude
- of the organizers IMHO as represented at the session to discuss the
- ti
- pic was adversarial to say the least. It came across as: we've been looking
- for an excuse to throw all you Trekkies out of here, and now we've
- found it! It was a narrow view of SF fandom that was not worthy of the
- committee of one of the major East Coast conventions. It smacked of,
- "It's my ball, and if you don't play my way, you can go home."
-
- I came to fandom through the written word, although I attended (and ran)
- more than my share of Star Trek conventions along the way. I haven't
- attended a Boskone since, and yes, I could have, I was invited.
-
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