At 03:47 PM 11/28/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The other perspective Carol Huff has a fiber-related business and
the Sheep & Wool Festival is not optional. The practicality works
for lots of other people, but I think Carol is perfectly justified to
whine in this case. So the people who go to CC can take a side trip,
visit her booth and buy stuff. :-)
Carol certainly has a legitimate conflict that is
not easily resolved. However, Andy, if a bit
grumpy today, is also correct. It is nearly
impossible to schedule these events, regardless
of their purpose, without conflicting with
something. Keep in mind that other events are not
the only consideration. Also in the mix are the
available venues and their costs. Each event
requires certain types of facilities.
Costume-Cons, for example, are space hogs. We
need a certain number and type of rooms as well
as a ball room amenable to the stage events. In
conjunction with that we have to negotiate a
weekend that where the prices quoted by the
facility are amenable to our pricing structure.
I gather that Carol's event is an annual event
that likely uses the same facility year after
year and employs the same organizing
committee. (correct me if that assumption is
incorrect). It therefore has a "in" with its
facility. The facility can count on an event
which will bring it a certain amount of revenue
on a given weekend. It is therefore likely to be
willing to offer price concessions and other incentives.
Costume-Con changes cities each year. It is also
run by different and unique committees each year.
(CC 24 and 25 were unique and unprecedented with
me as co-chair in both years. ) Each committee
has to negotiate from a position of
non-repetitiveness with the facilities. (And
possibly only one or two which actually have the
amenities we require.) So it is not unusual to
have the dates "forced" on us by the available
facilities as well as potential conflicts.
Pierre
-Carol
"Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly --
Why They Are Simply Doomed.
Achemdro'hm
"The Illusion of Historical Fact"
-- C.Y. 4971
Andromeda
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