[filk] Re: who gets prime time

replyreply> Fine. but not during prime time. Heather doesn't. Neither should Jeff and
> Maya.

replyThat only works if (1) there are non-prime-time slots made available, and (2) scheduling input provided to concoms, is paid attention to. I'm not sure whether the former is possible, but I can speak from painful, repeated, personal experience, that the latter, HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. In a con as heavily multi-tracked as OryCon, I think it is as unfair to the performers as to the audience, to try to implement a sliding schedule. For the schedule changes that did happen, info was available for them, prominently displayed on the door of the Klamath room, and in printed placards both at the Friends of Filk dealers table and in Hospitality. Giving performers the *option* to reshuffle when slots open up, and publicizing such changes, is the only reasonable fallback, as far as I'm concerned.

Anne, if you are not willing to be scheduled for a concert slot after 9pm, fine. Say so. And refuse what's offered if it doesn't meet your criteria. But don't try to reorganize the entire filk concert track, just to accomodate your desires. A *LOT* of us put up with a lot of shit, and do our best to make the less-than-optimal system we have, which is bounded by the constraints that John enumerated, work.

Callie Received on 11/13/01