Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:19:26 -0700, Troia wrote:
>> Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>>> On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:15:06 -0700, Troia wrote:
>> ...
>>>> 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?
>> Re-reading what I wrote, well, I hope that at least those who know me
>> realize the "sorry" was an apology for the word "community" (I'm not
>> fond of the term for on-line stuff, for which I apologize) and NOT NOT
>> NOT any sort of adjective!
>>
>> Uhhh, red-faced a bit here for not realizing how it may read.
>
> Nah, it's cool -- sussed it.
>
>>> The whole key is, I think, figuring out a way to find out who cares
>>> where Convergence is as opposed to where the next Convergence wvent
is. The
>>> people whom I think should have the biggest voice in the matter are
the
>>> ones that really care the least where the event is held, because
they're
>>> the ones that are going to go anyway. In an ideal universe, EVERYONE
has
>>> to travel four hours to get there.
>> In an ideal universe, everyone who cared -could- travel four hours to
>> get there. In my particular universe, it's often not really possible.
>
> I understand that. But... Part of the nature of Convergence is that it's
> travelling. The nice thing is that if someone can only go two hours or
> whatever, then there's a chance it might be nearby someday. And, by
> all means, someone that's part of alt.gothic can certainly factor how
> close a bid is into their decision where to vote for. I'm note sure
> though, that if the bids are *all* too far to attend, and thus won't be
> attended, how much should that person want to have voice in the decision
> where? On the other hand, many of the people that do go do travel every
> year.
Yeah, that factors in to my comment that for me, not-voting is a matter
of personal ethics.
>
> The reason I picked the four hour figure is that it's a reasonable base
> for setting someone outside of their normal "home". Someone may fret
> about work or how the babysitter is doing, but they're still pretty much
> in the moment and place. If "home" is too close, then the temptation to
> go there even "just for a while" gets powerful and a good ****tion of
> what happens gets missed, and that's not really recommendable especially
> for a first time. Dive in, head first.
>
And thus the problem I had with C13, which I was delighted to find was
"local", but then ... I had to work & all that ... so with or without
the laminate, the time would have been botched for me.
-- Troia
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