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Okay, usually, when the next Gathering Convention location is announced, it is done with a little more fanfare, a little more attention than half a paragraph in the middle of a general update. A little more than just:
"THE GATHERING 2007:
The Gathering of the Gargoyles is pleased to announce that a location
has been selected for next year's convention. The Eleventh Annual
Gathering of the Gargoyles, The Gathering 2007, will take place in the
city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. For more information, please visit
the Gathering 2007 web site:
http://www.gatheringofthegargoyles.com/g2007/"
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No mention of the Con Chair ( Hecate! ) and other staff, no seperate announcement or even first-item status in the update, no pepping it up, no spin on how much fun we're going to have taking the con away from the big cities and the entertainments we have to look forward to in a place with much more "down-home charm" than we are used to. No "let's give a hand to next year's willing victims, already hard at work at making 2007 the most fun fan get-together yet". While it is not exactly tradition for the current year's staff to wave in the following year's locale and hosts with a grand flourish...oh wait, it is.
Jeesus. Touting '07 isn't going to attract attention away from '06, and delaying the con announcement until you could add it into the usual reminder of special guest attendees and banquet tickets still being available instead of giving a curtain call of its own wouldn't have taken that much effort.
Hecate, the site looks lovely, and I applaud your willingness to take on a chore which you know resembles a masochist's favorite dream. And to anyone who takes a look at it's location and whines about it not being in a fabulous city - look, how much time do people really spend site-seeing anyway? How many of us spend the entire con hanging out with their friends and virtually never leaving the hotel except for quick jaunts out to IHOP and the closest chinese buffet? When you think of the con, is the first thought that pops into your mind "wow, I can't wait to see that panel on comic-book coloring and to meet Keith David" or is it "wow, I can't wait to see [ ] again, it's been a year and I don't live close enough to visit them outside of the con! ...and hey, meeting Keith David will be fun too!" In 2007 we get a con pretty much in the center of a flea market tourist-trap extravaganza, and I for one intend to take as much advantage of that as possible. : )
I leave you with those thoughts to chew on. ; )
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Okay, usually, when the next Gathering Convention location is announced, it is done with a little more fanfare, a little more attention than half a paragraph in the middle of a general update. A little more than just:
"THE GATHERING 2007:
The Gathering of the Gargoyles is pleased to announce that a location
has been selected for next year's convention. The Eleventh Annual
Gathering of the Gargoyles, The Gathering 2007, will take place in the
city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. For more information, please visit
the Gathering 2007 web site:
http://www.gatheringofthegargoyles.com/g2007/"
...
No mention of the Con Chair ( Hecate! ) and other staff, no seperate announcement or even first-item status in the update, no pepping it up, no spin on how much fun we're going to have taking the con away from the big cities and the entertainments we have to look forward to in a place with much more "down-home charm" than we are used to. No "let's give a hand to next year's willing victims, already hard at work at making 2007 the most fun fan get-together yet". While it is not exactly tradition for the current year's staff to wave in the following year's locale and hosts with a grand flourish...oh wait, it is.
Jeesus. Touting '07 isn't going to attract attention away from '06, and delaying the con announcement until you could add it into the usual reminder of special guest attendees and banquet tickets still being available instead of giving a curtain call of its own wouldn't have taken that much effort.
Hecate, the site looks lovely, and I applaud your willingness to take on a chore which you know resembles a masochist's favorite dream. And to anyone who takes a look at it's location and whines about it not being in a fabulous city - look, how much time do people really spend site-seeing anyway? How many of us spend the entire con hanging out with their friends and virtually never leaving the hotel except for quick jaunts out to IHOP and the closest chinese buffet? When you think of the con, is the first thought that pops into your mind "wow, I can't wait to see that panel on comic-book coloring and to meet Keith David" or is it "wow, I can't wait to see [ ] again, it's been a year and I don't live close enough to visit them outside of the con! ...and hey, meeting Keith David will be fun too!" In 2007 we get a con pretty much in the center of a flea market tourist-trap extravaganza, and I for one intend to take as much advantage of that as possible. : )
I leave you with those thoughts to chew on. ; )
