WRT booze in the ConSuite, I've always been surprised that cons with limited budgets would use their $$ on booze instead of improving the rest of the con. A LARGE proportion of people don't drink, it seems odd to spend so much money on them when you could be providing more food, better space, or somesuch to benefit more people. I'd prefer to put the onus of booze provision on the parties if they are so inclined to do so. Alcohol free parties are also just fine.
I am of the opinion that ID should NOT be required at the door, but at the point of service, drinks should be dispensed on a one drink at a time per person basis, and that parties should be required to see that alcohol does not go wandering out the door of their parties- those last two make it more difficult for a 22 year old to hand off drinkies to an underage person. I also object considerably to ID'ing at the door- not because ID shouldn't be gotten when someone is drinking, but because it prevents anyone underage from being able to attend a con party when alcohol is being served. Goodness knows that alcohol is going to be in con space anyway, so it's not like we're protecting them from being around drinkers. My major problem with it comes from attending Archon a couple years ago. One of the girls in our group was 17 or 18, and I don't believe that there was a single non-drinking party at the con. I don't think it's fair to expect a person to pay for a full adult membership and then deny them access to any aspect of the convention. If you're going to require your parties to ID at the door and refuse admittance to anyone underage for drinking, everyone underage should pay for a child membership, because they're not being granted full access to the convention.
I'm not sure how the carding at the door laws apply to non-commercial parties and have often wondered about that.
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Date: 2008-05-25 12:28 pm (UTC)I am of the opinion that ID should NOT be required at the door, but at the point of service, drinks should be dispensed on a one drink at a time per person basis, and that parties should be required to see that alcohol does not go wandering out the door of their parties- those last two make it more difficult for a 22 year old to hand off drinkies to an underage person. I also object considerably to ID'ing at the door- not because ID shouldn't be gotten when someone is drinking, but because it prevents anyone underage from being able to attend a con party when alcohol is being served. Goodness knows that alcohol is going to be in con space anyway, so it's not like we're protecting them from being around drinkers. My major problem with it comes from attending Archon a couple years ago. One of the girls in our group was 17 or 18, and I don't believe that there was a single non-drinking party at the con. I don't think it's fair to expect a person to pay for a full adult membership and then deny them access to any aspect of the convention. If you're going to require your parties to ID at the door and refuse admittance to anyone underage for drinking, everyone underage should pay for a child membership, because they're not being granted full access to the convention.
I'm not sure how the carding at the door laws apply to non-commercial parties and have often wondered about that.