That was quick!

[stonebender]

I was going to be Chair of Potlatch 18 and now I'm not. I guess the most polite way to put it is to say I had some differences with some of the Con Committee. I have dearly loved being a part of running several Potlatch's The vast majority of those who work on this particular convention are really wonderful folk. There is still a great Con Committee running things. It should still be one of the IMHO best conventions to go to and when I get over my mad I may even attend myself. We'll see.

Comments

[imnotandrei.livejournal.com]

I am tempted to make a small correction: You *were* chair of Potlatch 18, and no longer being chair isn't going to take that away.

And we're grateful for what you did while you were chair, and I hope to see you there!

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Thanks and thank you for taking up the reins. Good luck to you and Matt on what I'm sure will be a successful con.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Thank you for spelling "reins" right; I've seen "taking up the reigns" a few times recently, and it makes me itch.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

*heh* I get lucky on occasion :)

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

I wish you -- and the con -- all the best.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Thanks it should be fine. I just gotta grumble for awhile and I'm the con will be excellent.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

As you said, love, if you're just not having any fun any more, it's time to move on.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I still wish I'd been able to handle it better. Oh well. another f*cking learning experience.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I feel ya. *hugs*

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Someone should have been able to handle it better, but that someone wasn't you.

[waywardcats.livejournal.com]

Well, i am completely out of the loop (as usual), but one thing I am sure of is that wild_irises is right.

*Hugs* to you stonebender.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It isn't much of story. I'll be happy to share next time we talk.

[waywardcats.livejournal.com]

Hopefully that will be sooner than later. :-)

-K-

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Wow. I have never heard of so much drama around this con before. I almost want to go for the first time just to see what the heck it's all about!

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

That's because there hasn't been any drama around this con before. Its one of the reasons I love it so. Its a very paticipatory, egalitarian convention.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

It was my first con, and it's lovely. Lots of nice people talking about books.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Wiscon.

[firecat]

My experience is that Potlatch is way lower-energy than Wiscon, but I've only been to a few of them, maybe they were atypical.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

It's a lot like WisCon, but it's smaller and on the West Coast.