Re: once upon a time, there was a con... -Reply

replyJulia Taylor wrote:
>
> Speaking up from lurkerland here, this
> filking convention business seems a bit
> precipitous to me, what with trying to
> organise a concom already.

Actually with the interest level for filking in the area I DON'T think it's out of line to get a concom. The core volunteer group is the primary initial impetus for these things. If it's not there, then there's no hope. Often these core groups are out of a club or some similar orgainization. The EHMMFSS which meets at my house is too small (less than a dozen regulars) to provide a core concom, and few, if any, have any concom experience.

reply> What exactly is a filk convention?
A SF&F convention where basically all programming is geared to music. Where the GOH is a musician.

reply> How feasible would this proposed convention be?
I don't know. John, you brought it up, and have worked enough conventions to have a clue here. What kind of money would be involved?

replyMy personal guess about this is: Without the help, monetary, reputation, and experience, of an organization like PORSFIS (who puts on OryCon, and the occasional other Con), not feasible. The initial outlays would be too much. We don't have a concentrated work crew....

reply> Would enough northwest people be interested in attending
> to make it work?

My guess from what I've seen is that we'd be looking to get an attendance of about 100 to 125, I think that's possible. However, we're probably also looking at minimum memberships in the 30 or 35 dollar range. A filk con in the PNW would replydraw people from BC, WA, OR, North CA, Idaho and possibly Montana. If we can be sure to have Heather Alexander there (a must for such a con) that would draw a minimum of 40 people. (2 years ago OmniCon, a Star Trek con in Portland, drew that number on the strength of her presence.) John, how big was the last circle in Portland? Plus it would draw a minimum number of "Con" fen, those who go to ANY con. Figuring a draw of 125 and working from there wouldn't be too bad.

Comments? John?

> The exact location seems a rather secondary consideration.

Pardon the pun, but Exactly.

Douglas Received on 11/22/96