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<blockquote data-quote="EKovarr" data-source="post: 9282654" data-attributes="member: 7044826"><p>Got to the very, very end then came up to a provide an introduction:</p><p>My posts belong solely to me and may not be shared in any way or fashon without my permission.</p><p></p><p>Which I usually will. But the second point is chilling.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh! Once I got down to “we have names” I realized that I’ve been making an assumption, that everyone knows about conventions. To me Worldcons are put together by a bunch of fans who enjoy doing this. To you those folks are "as in" not us. I'm sorry we didn't figure each other out earlier.</p><p></p><p>So, I'll talk about a different "bunch of fans", one I was part of years ago.</p><p></p><p>Back in the 80's or something a bunch of fans/gamers/people thought too much etc. would get together at various conventions, somehow broken mainly into the Boston Contengent and the DC Contengent. The Boston guys lived close enough together to game and, well. Anyway. Being what they were like naturally sitting around a table got boring. someone said they should act things out, then Oh! index cards for actions. Wait, a conspiracy! Okay, needs a lot more people, hey people won't know what other people know, we need to weave it all together by Sunday. The DC contingent had it easier: someone had a house so tons of floor space to sort index cards, and inflatable beds. On the other hand my partner in crime was alergic to my cat.</p><p></p><p>Is this starting to sound familiar? Because one day a bunch of us DC folk were up in Boston, for some reason always in that cut up apartment, clumping working on various things (I was testing the tensile strength of wet paper), when someone mentioned we really needed a name for the roll playing. Full stop. Then noise. And eventually someone figured out that what its was an acronym: Live Action Roll Playing. No one was told to use it, they simply did.</p><p></p><p>As it happened most of the Boston and DC folks graduated/got their degrees at about the same time and went different directions. And there were rumors up in Boston that someone was going to come in and run them for profit, the exact opposite of why we did it. (then again it might have been Kitty but the overall group was breaking up.) My Partner in Crime and I ran some in Baltimore, a brilliant one in DC, but eventually we went our different ways as well. But it kept going. People who'd helped the folks then overlapping folks knew what they were doing.</p><p></p><p>We were just a bunch of fans and that's what I mean when I say it. People involved in or who work on Worldcons are the say. They aren't "they" as in "not us". There aren't any castle walls.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There weren't people involved at multipul levels. There were less than 10 - 12 Westerners. If you want to look to systemic failure it's there are thousands of people who pitch in on Worldcons - even the year the Denver bid chair was so certain they'd lose they had a noon checkout. Because I happened to be walking by and saw a need, at 10:00 I was handling the crowd wanting memberships. The forms from the losing bid with the name crossed out. Somehow they were even processing credit cards.</p><p></p><p>And that's why this is a one off: everyone, well more than 1,000, trusted to help turned their backs. I can't imagine a reason for that happening again and hope to go it never does. I'm not saying it's "just fans", I'm saying get over the concept of "them". And I'm not hiding behind some anonymous fans, thank you very much. I'm here, not to mention that I can't hide behind myself. I understand the belief that there are many layers, that it's widespread and systematic. The thing is, it isn't. <u>So <em>stop</em> assuming that everyone and everything we put our effort into is the same.</u></p><p></p><p>So. You have four names. Two of them worked on a Chengdu. McCarty resigned from the one standing committee WSFS because he knows it would cause damage. he knew his name attached would bring doubt. Punishment? Being shunned. Shunned by his community. And he's dedicated years of his life to Worldcon and will never work on any convention. again. I think Diane's going to be okay, just going back to working on other conventions. Which is a good thing: I like working with her. There were actually about three more.</p><p></p><p>That’s about 5 out of the less than 12 Westerners who worked on it. The only systematic problem is the 100’s, 1,000s of people always step in didn’t. Which is not defending the Chengdu folk, it’s part of the reason this is a one-off. It never happened before and God help us, I hope it never happens again.</p><p></p><p>Chris isn't part of it or Worldcons. He used to, with some really interesting Hugo ideas worth considering (I got one passed) but as a lone wolf.) I don’t remember how long ago that was but he’s turned to writing a column every month, quite good ones.</p><p></p><p>As far as I can tell Janson Shepard has no connection to Worldcons at all, just to Chris.</p><p></p><p>I started to post links to a couple of Worldcon committees to give you a sense of scale, and that under each of those are more people, even people who sit by a door checking badges, but I've accepted that being concerned by your "I have a list" is not paranoia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EKovarr, post: 9282654, member: 7044826"] Got to the very, very end then came up to a provide an introduction: My posts belong solely to me and may not be shared in any way or fashon without my permission. Which I usually will. But the second point is chilling. Oh! Once I got down to “we have names” I realized that I’ve been making an assumption, that everyone knows about conventions. To me Worldcons are put together by a bunch of fans who enjoy doing this. To you those folks are "as in" not us. I'm sorry we didn't figure each other out earlier. So, I'll talk about a different "bunch of fans", one I was part of years ago. Back in the 80's or something a bunch of fans/gamers/people thought too much etc. would get together at various conventions, somehow broken mainly into the Boston Contengent and the DC Contengent. The Boston guys lived close enough together to game and, well. Anyway. Being what they were like naturally sitting around a table got boring. someone said they should act things out, then Oh! index cards for actions. Wait, a conspiracy! Okay, needs a lot more people, hey people won't know what other people know, we need to weave it all together by Sunday. The DC contingent had it easier: someone had a house so tons of floor space to sort index cards, and inflatable beds. On the other hand my partner in crime was alergic to my cat. Is this starting to sound familiar? Because one day a bunch of us DC folk were up in Boston, for some reason always in that cut up apartment, clumping working on various things (I was testing the tensile strength of wet paper), when someone mentioned we really needed a name for the roll playing. Full stop. Then noise. And eventually someone figured out that what its was an acronym: Live Action Roll Playing. No one was told to use it, they simply did. As it happened most of the Boston and DC folks graduated/got their degrees at about the same time and went different directions. And there were rumors up in Boston that someone was going to come in and run them for profit, the exact opposite of why we did it. (then again it might have been Kitty but the overall group was breaking up.) My Partner in Crime and I ran some in Baltimore, a brilliant one in DC, but eventually we went our different ways as well. But it kept going. People who'd helped the folks then overlapping folks knew what they were doing. We were just a bunch of fans and that's what I mean when I say it. People involved in or who work on Worldcons are the say. They aren't "they" as in "not us". There aren't any castle walls. There weren't people involved at multipul levels. There were less than 10 - 12 Westerners. If you want to look to systemic failure it's there are thousands of people who pitch in on Worldcons - even the year the Denver bid chair was so certain they'd lose they had a noon checkout. Because I happened to be walking by and saw a need, at 10:00 I was handling the crowd wanting memberships. The forms from the losing bid with the name crossed out. Somehow they were even processing credit cards. And that's why this is a one off: everyone, well more than 1,000, trusted to help turned their backs. I can't imagine a reason for that happening again and hope to go it never does. I'm not saying it's "just fans", I'm saying get over the concept of "them". And I'm not hiding behind some anonymous fans, thank you very much. I'm here, not to mention that I can't hide behind myself. I understand the belief that there are many layers, that it's widespread and systematic. The thing is, it isn't. [U]So [I]stop[/I] assuming that everyone and everything we put our effort into is the same.[/U] So. You have four names. Two of them worked on a Chengdu. McCarty resigned from the one standing committee WSFS because he knows it would cause damage. he knew his name attached would bring doubt. Punishment? Being shunned. Shunned by his community. And he's dedicated years of his life to Worldcon and will never work on any convention. again. I think Diane's going to be okay, just going back to working on other conventions. Which is a good thing: I like working with her. There were actually about three more. That’s about 5 out of the less than 12 Westerners who worked on it. The only systematic problem is the 100’s, 1,000s of people always step in didn’t. Which is not defending the Chengdu folk, it’s part of the reason this is a one-off. It never happened before and God help us, I hope it never happens again. Chris isn't part of it or Worldcons. He used to, with some really interesting Hugo ideas worth considering (I got one passed) but as a lone wolf.) I don’t remember how long ago that was but he’s turned to writing a column every month, quite good ones. As far as I can tell Janson Shepard has no connection to Worldcons at all, just to Chris. I started to post links to a couple of Worldcon committees to give you a sense of scale, and that under each of those are more people, even people who sit by a door checking badges, but I've accepted that being concerned by your "I have a list" is not paranoia. [/QUOTE]
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