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jhameia ([personal profile] jhameia) wrote2013-06-03 10:27 am
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QWOC Con Questions

So my Brass Lotus Society aspirations keep coming back and I really want a con that's headed by radical QWOC. I know there was Think Galactic Con but it's a book group now? I think location is a pretty big deal... when I lived in Hamilton I thought it would be easy for me to organize something, esp with the surrounding POC communities. And there's also the timesuck and energy issue, which I think is the biggest problem.... how to build a con for people exhausted by the outside world, when one is exhausted too?

Gotta think on this more. Especially since I don't have experience with con organizing.

If you do, what do you think are the biggest challenges of putting together a con?
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[identity profile] fantasyecho.livejournal.com 2013-06-04 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for this list too <3 (Missed you this year!) This is one of the reasons why I wish I was still in Hamilton, where I'd be able to scope out some of these considerations on my own.
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[identity profile] zizi-west.livejournal.com 2013-06-05 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
You're very welcome! Regretfully I had to miss the con this year but perhaps next time.
I can certainly empathize with needing to spend some time in a location to make event planning & logistics easier. Sometimes it takes years to learn about resources, people who could help but haven't been asked because you haven't met yet, etc.
No matter when the QWoC con comes to fruition -- one year or a few years from now -- I hope that it goes well!
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