I was going to respond to this as part of my previous post, but it seemed to deserve its own subject line...
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Robin, I intend to be at CostumeCon for your lecture, but I haven't > registered yet. I hope there's still room; I'm really excited about > it! At this point, I think they haven't assigned rooms yet, because they're still working out the other panels. Last I heard, the plan was that they'd ultimately make my room assignment based on the number of people signed up, with a little excess if possible for walk-ins and same-day registrants. People who sign up in advance are guaranteed a seat, and I'll have someone checking off names as people arrive. Which means if you sign up soon, you shouldn't have any problem getting on the list. If you wait too long, it might be harder. I know the CostumeCon people have really put themselves on the line in giving me space for a day, and they're concerned that I show I'm worth the resources they're devoting. Their primary purpose for signing me up is to increase visibility of CostumeCon among people interested in historical costume, and thus to increase attendance beyond the circle of people who already know about the event. If people are signing up for one-day memberships and registering for my lectures, it will probably be obvious that they're most likely going because I'm there. For those of you who decide to to attend the whole con (well worth it!) primarily because you want to come to my lectures, it would be useful if you noted along with your sign-up that my presence was a "draw" for you to attend the con, if only to ease their minds that yes, having me there really is helping broaden their audience. Remember that registering (either for the full con or one day) is just one step; to get signed up for my lectures is a separate step. Information on how to do that is here: http://www.cc25.net/netherton.htm I've attended one CostumeCon, and it was a *blast*. There were a number of people from this list there, and I hope to meet more at this coming CC. Perhaps we can have an h-cost meet-and-greet at some point. If you're attending and would be willing to sit on a panel in your area of expertise, I believe the planners are taking suggestions. If we want more historic programming, this is the way to make that happen. Panels typically have several "teachers," so some panels on historic techniques would be a good way to bring together people who are doing similar work for some face-to-face cross-fertilization ... and make the con even more attractive to historic costumers. Just be sure to note that you don't want to be scheduled opposite me (Saturday all day), so the historic-minded people (including the panelists) don't have conflicts about what to attend! Pierre, one of the CC25 heads, is on this list -- Pierre, please correct me if I have any of the above wrong. I don't know what the criteria are for choosing panelists. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
