So how was the convention?

[wombat_socho]

I think this says it all.

Total attendance: 2,542
Warm body count: 2,464

Staff morale after closing ceremonies: Outstanding.

I think our training wheels came off somewhere on American Boulevard; whoever wants 'em can have 'em.

Comments

[tokenfanboy.livejournal.com]

I think more people are against splitting function space into 2 hotels then are against a registration cap. I know I am definitely against 2 hotels. If the Thunderbird says it's okay with the fire-codes, I'd rather just increase the cap by 200-300, which would be modest growth, and stay in one location. Quickly finding a larger hotel for 2008 is a must if we do decide we want to grow.

[tokenfanboy.livejournal.com]

Clarification: I mean that more Staff, specifically, are against 2 hotels. I don't know what the membership at large would think.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

For better or worse, we depend on the staff and volunteers to reflect the opinions of the membership at large; doing it any other way would turn this into a complete democracy, and that would keep us from getting anything done in a timely manner.

The problem of moving some of the programming (and I include Artists' Alley and the Art Show in this, even though they're a separate department) into the Marriott is a fairly complicated one. I don't know if the staff is against the idea of two hotels so much as they're concerned about the additional work and the possible "orphan" status of whoever/whatever gets moved over there. It would certainly make things a lot more complicated, but I think we need to at least thrash out the question with all the pros and cons discussed rather than just rejecting it out of hand. I'm not the chairman next year, so it's really stuckintraffik's decision.

[stuckintraffik.livejournal.com]

I think we need some room for growth, and I think the T-Bitd still has a little bit of it, but Tokenfanboy's right that we don't have much of it left. It's going to be a debate issue, but right now I just want to ride the wave a little longer. We have plenty to do yet, but plenty of time to do it in. And, after all, we rock.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

We have plenty to do yet, but plenty of time to do it in. And, after all, we rock.

We do indeed.