--- In [email protected], Brian Nisbet <l...@...> wrote: > > Because most cons, when offered help, don't avail of it. Because con > directors are people too and they feel that they've worked their way > up through committees, or done similar things, and have decided that > they have a way they're going to work and a set bunch of people > they're going to talk to about it.
If they have that attitude then that is their loss imho. > > There are a large number of people who've said and written things and > have made themselves available for advice etc. etc. who've never been > tapped. Three/four year college cycles don't help, but neither does > the fact that the advice hasn't been sought out by more than a handful > of people over the years. Well then the question has to be asked why ? > > I'll talk to anyone about such things, I know there are others who > will to. It's not like the past con committees are all sitting there > saying, "Our secrets, go away!" Rather it is that they aren't being > approached at all. Well I could be very wrong here and it is just my personal opinion but it has seemed to me that people who have run things and ran them for so long that they seem to go through a period of being jaded and having had enough by the time they finally step down and considering how much they have done over the years people may not want to infringe or pester them, risking their ire, esp as they tend to be people who are still vocal in the community. So we are seeing a disconnect and a failing in communications, lets face it's a generation gap, which is not to do necessarily with age but when people have come to be part of the loose collective that is the gaming community in Ireland. So how do we bridge that gap between the new blood and the elders? Janet
