What I find truly astonishing are the number of fans NOT attending their first WorldCon who complain about schedule changes. I suppose it's an easy way to spot the folks who haven't ever volunteered...
I don't know that it's even a volunteering thing. I've worked at a lot of conventions, and even run program...so scheduling isn't mysterious or anything.
But you should have been a mouse in my handbag last week at NEMICE (New England Meetings Industry Convention & Exposition) when the one panel I'd really wanted to see (on catastrophe management) was cancelled...an hour before it started. That's always the big problem with one-person panels, of course...when there's a catastrophe, you can't easily manage it. *snicker*
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Date: 2006-04-21 01:57 am (UTC)I don't know that it's even a volunteering thing. I've worked at a lot of conventions, and even run program...so scheduling isn't mysterious or anything.
But you should have been a mouse in my handbag last week at NEMICE (New England Meetings Industry Convention & Exposition) when the one panel I'd really wanted to see (on catastrophe management) was cancelled...an hour before it started. That's always the big problem with one-person panels, of course...when there's a catastrophe, you can't easily manage it. *snicker*