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stonebender ([personal profile] stonebender) wrote2008-07-15 03:52 pm
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That was quick!

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.

[identity profile] imnotandrei.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish you -- and the con -- all the best.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks it should be fine. I just gotta grumble for awhile and I'm the con will be excellent.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] serenejournal.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
As you said, love, if you're just not having any fun any more, it's time to move on.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I still wish I'd been able to handle it better. Oh well. another f*cking learning experience.
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[identity profile] vito-excalibur.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] serenejournal.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I feel ya. *hugs*

[identity profile] wild-irises.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for spelling "reins" right; I've seen "taking up the reigns" a few times recently, and it makes me itch.

[identity profile] wild-irises.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Someone should have been able to handle it better, but that someone wasn't you.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
*heh* I get lucky on occasion :)

[identity profile] wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
It was my first con, and it's lovely. Lots of nice people talking about books.

[identity profile] waywardcats.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] stonebender.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. It isn't much of story. I'll be happy to share next time we talk.

[identity profile] ljgeoff.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like Wiscon.

[identity profile] waywardcats.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully that will be sooner than later. :-)

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[personal profile] firecat 2008-07-16 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a lot like WisCon, but it's smaller and on the West Coast.