Re: Meta post

eilis40@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> I liked E's suggestion (not on here yet)
>>
>> - Madelyn
> 
> 
> But it's here now.  :)
> 
> 
> 1. The mail-in registration.
> 
> Ditch it. This has turned into nothing but a farce and a migraine for
> Peter.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Committees. Started off as people we know, now we're getting
> professional promoters. Do we restrict who can put in a bid? If so
> what restrictions make sense?
> 
> NO PROFESSIONAL PROMOTERS. Period. This isn't Gothapalooza. Promoters
> have different objectives than Convergence planners do, and C12 and
> C13 are testaments that a promoter-planned Convergence does not work.
> It may happen, but it is not by and for the a.g community (and their
> friends).
> 
> I think that the majority of any bid committee needs to be people who
> have personal investment in the alt.gothic community. They should have
> demonstrated this investment by their participation on the newsgroup
> or by having attending a previous Convergence (and I'd even go so far
> as to say they should have attended at least two). These community
> members should be on the committee during the actual event as well --
> no "token a.g person during bidding and then we drop 'em" like
> ****tland did with Algernon. That was complete bull****.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. Voters. Who can vote? Do we maintain the current database system
> and modify how people get added? Do we ditch the database and find
> some other system? Say, go back to public voting on the newsgroup?
> Have the C*b*l just select the winner?
> 
> First off, NO MAIL-IN. Secondly, I think the database needs to be gone
> over, and if someone has not voted for some time (just how long would
> have to be determined), that person should be dropped. This would take
> care of people who, as an example, went to C9 because it was local and
> never attended another Convergence before or since.
> 
> ...  As it stands now, the guy who
> found out about C13 from a ****tland newspaper and has no clue that C14
> is even happening can vote and have the same say as someone who has
> been a regular attendee for years. That doesn't seem fair.
> 
> 
I disagree.  The guy who found out about C13 from a ****tland newspaper 
is not going to care about voting on C14, nor are they going to have any 
awareness unless they've become part of the (sorry) community on-line. 
And if that's happened, then why shouldn't they vote on C14?

I also disagree about those who don't travel after attending a local 
one.  I imagine there are more-than-enough people who would -like- to go 
to another one but simply can't manage the travel aspects for their own 
reasons.  Should that automatically exclude them from the community? 
How about people who think they -might- be able to do so and then find 
out they can't?

Too much "slippery slope" there IMO.

-- Troia
not able to do Ybor &
would love to do Saratoga Springs as we once discussed, but doubting 
that too