Con? What con? You missed some nice people: Karisu, Richard Man, John and Chris O'Halloran, Dave Clark, Bill and me. Oh, plus Chris Garcia and Ed.
Lots of problems. For a con that had essentially one programming track, how do you get scheduling conflicts? Really. I kid you not. Badges? They didn't need no stinkin' badges. They took the wristbands like the ones Kevin and Andy use to identify those over 21 for drinks, hand printed your name on them, and then stuck a sticky picture of you on the wristband. Not impressive. The photos are kinda cute but *why*? No rhyme or reason existed to the numbering system that they put on your wristband. At least, none that anyone could figure out. We arrived Saturday afternoon, where most conventions would have the artist gallery walk area (in front of the dealers room and art show) crowded with people. No problem at this convention. I could have rolled a bowling ball down the walkway and not hit anyone - unless the ball hooked because of the carpeting or something funky. The great big marshall arts tournament that was supposed to last all day? Well, only five junior entries showed up, and from what I heard, it was over in something like thirty to sixty minutes. The marshall arts people left immediately afterwards and did not stick around. Surprise, surprise. (Not really. This is what I told Terry would happen.) The art show had *no* original artwork. Nada. None. They had a few lithographs. No 3D sculptures. Just flat lithographs. Well, if you're the type that doesn't like crowds because you get bumped, you would have loved this convention. No one was getting bumped because you had lots of space to wander around in. They had more dealers in the dealers room than they had people walking through there. Really sad. I think only one dealer is going to break even, and everyone else is going to lose their shirts. One benefit: Dave Clark and I found a couple of dealers to encourage to apply for being in the CC26 dealers room. Thing is, they allowed large spaces. They used the same layout that BayCon used: same two sections for the dealers room, art show right next door, artist gallery by the front windows. Registration is the same place that you're used to. Dave Gallagher: Dave Clark noted that dealer room tables that were eight feet long were being used. You'll want to talk with Dave, and then probably the hotel people about this. Until later-- Carole _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
