You may well be right. Most of the post-election promotional parties a Worldcon holds are held because they're expected of them -- parties at subsequent Worldcons. (That cost should go down by 50% now that we've returned to two-year lead time.) ConJose held parties at BayCon and Westercon as much to attract staff volunteers as to sell memberships. It's hard to say whether such parties are worthwhile, because it's more than just "how many people bought memberships at those parties," (if that's the only criteria, you shouldn't hold parties) but also "how much goodwill did you generate for your convention," which is much more difficult to measure.
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Date: 2006-07-23 04:45 pm (UTC)