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Process: It sucks
Oct. 18th, 2010 08:16 amI don't think I've stated it publicly because I assumed people would know where I stand, but to be clear:
I do not want Elizabeth Moon to be a Guest of Honor at WisCon.
There is no doubt in my mind that Elizabeth Moon will not be a Guest of Honor at WisCon.
Decision-making processes in a huge amorphous BLOB of people really, really sucks. It sucks even more when people are spread out geographically.
I get weirded out when people say things like "WisCon thinks" or "WisCon says" - what does that even mean? I consider WisCon to be its entire membership, not just the ConCom. Even if it is the ConCom, who could possibly define what the ConCom thinks? I certainly have no idea.
I think everyone on the ConCom acknowledges that the initial decision was made too quickly. The initial decision will not stand forever.
WisCon has never released eCube statements immediately after its meetings. This is because it is at the meeting that we decide what to write, which articles need to be posted, etc. So there is a delay between the meeting and the posted statements.
As for SF3 resolutions:
SF3 is WisCon's parent organization. It has a legal/IRS status that WisCon does not. SF3 cannot "make" the WisCon ConCom do anything.
The SF3 statements went up as soon as SF3.org was available (we were/are in the process of transitioning to a new website).
ETA: In conversation elsewhere, I acknowledge that this could have happened more quickly, and I apologize that it did not.
While SF3 cannot "make" WisCon do anything, I would like to point out that almost every person who is a member of SF3 is also a member of the WisCon Convention Committee.
Lastly, the next eCube update will contain a list of "help wanted" positions, or spots that are open on the ConCom.
If you think that the ConCom needs new blood, I strongly encourage you to consider volunteering. I myself will be one person asking for an apprentice/co-coordinator.
I do not want Elizabeth Moon to be a Guest of Honor at WisCon.
There is no doubt in my mind that Elizabeth Moon will not be a Guest of Honor at WisCon.
Decision-making processes in a huge amorphous BLOB of people really, really sucks. It sucks even more when people are spread out geographically.
I get weirded out when people say things like "WisCon thinks" or "WisCon says" - what does that even mean? I consider WisCon to be its entire membership, not just the ConCom. Even if it is the ConCom, who could possibly define what the ConCom thinks? I certainly have no idea.
I think everyone on the ConCom acknowledges that the initial decision was made too quickly. The initial decision will not stand forever.
WisCon has never released eCube statements immediately after its meetings. This is because it is at the meeting that we decide what to write, which articles need to be posted, etc. So there is a delay between the meeting and the posted statements.
As for SF3 resolutions:
SF3 is WisCon's parent organization. It has a legal/IRS status that WisCon does not. SF3 cannot "make" the WisCon ConCom do anything.
The SF3 statements went up as soon as SF3.org was available (we were/are in the process of transitioning to a new website).
ETA: In conversation elsewhere, I acknowledge that this could have happened more quickly, and I apologize that it did not.
While SF3 cannot "make" WisCon do anything, I would like to point out that almost every person who is a member of SF3 is also a member of the WisCon Convention Committee.
Lastly, the next eCube update will contain a list of "help wanted" positions, or spots that are open on the ConCom.
If you think that the ConCom needs new blood, I strongly encourage you to consider volunteering. I myself will be one person asking for an apprentice/co-coordinator.
