Bondage and Knitting redux
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A month or so ago there was a little flurry about the number of bondage items at the Eastercon. I pointed out that the issue wasn't that the number of panels, it was the lack of relevance to SF/fantasy. I suggested that it would be quite wrong to have that many knitting items, and gave the example of a sock knitting workshop as the sort of specialised event that would be quite inappropriate to have at the Eastercon.
I then was informed first that there are in fact as many knitting items as bondage items, and second that there will be a sock knitting workshop at Eastercon. I expressed some surprise at this and was told that items of this kind were there because con members had volunteered them.
Today I was reading, on another site, a thread about knitting at the Eastercon. In that thread a knitter explained that she had been approached to do a sock knitting workshop, but had declined -- and she was glad that the committee had found somebody else.
Sock knitting -- like the specialist bondage ties they're having workshops on -- is not a beginner skill; this isn't a 'have a go and try out something new' workshop, it's a specialist workshop for established knitters to develop their skills.
How many SF/fantasy items do you think you will find at a knitting convention? (There might well be one -- a knit a dalek/tardis/clanger type thing, which the Eastercon is also having and which I think is entirely appropriate).
You know, there is scarcely any fannish programme, fan history programme or fanzine programme at this convention. I've talked to fans who are equally concerned about areas of SF/fantasy that they are interested in and that are under-represented. And yet we have dozens, perhaps hundreds of items on topics that have no relevance to SF other than that 'fans like to do them'. And yet, the same committee members who are ignoring swathes of the core of the hobby are going to considerable lengths to develop programming relating to non-SF hobbies.
We need to take some action here, chaps. This group of people have asked to run the Eastercon again in 2012; some of them are influential in the 2014 Worldcon bid (I should stress that I have no concerns about programme for that convention). This isn't a 'general way for geeks to hang out with agreeable company and do interesting geeky things', it's the National SF convention. We should ensure that it is so; that it reflects, in an ecumenical way, the broad SF/fantasy interests of the membership, and that the non-SF items represent an interesting alternative to the main events rather than the main activity.
A month or so ago there was a little flurry about the number of bondage items at the Eastercon. I pointed out that the issue wasn't that the number of panels, it was the lack of relevance to SF/fantasy. I suggested that it would be quite wrong to have that many knitting items, and gave the example of a sock knitting workshop as the sort of specialised event that would be quite inappropriate to have at the Eastercon.
I then was informed first that there are in fact as many knitting items as bondage items, and second that there will be a sock knitting workshop at Eastercon. I expressed some surprise at this and was told that items of this kind were there because con members had volunteered them.
Today I was reading, on another site, a thread about knitting at the Eastercon. In that thread a knitter explained that she had been approached to do a sock knitting workshop, but had declined -- and she was glad that the committee had found somebody else.
Sock knitting -- like the specialist bondage ties they're having workshops on -- is not a beginner skill; this isn't a 'have a go and try out something new' workshop, it's a specialist workshop for established knitters to develop their skills.
How many SF/fantasy items do you think you will find at a knitting convention? (There might well be one -- a knit a dalek/tardis/clanger type thing, which the Eastercon is also having and which I think is entirely appropriate).
You know, there is scarcely any fannish programme, fan history programme or fanzine programme at this convention. I've talked to fans who are equally concerned about areas of SF/fantasy that they are interested in and that are under-represented. And yet we have dozens, perhaps hundreds of items on topics that have no relevance to SF other than that 'fans like to do them'. And yet, the same committee members who are ignoring swathes of the core of the hobby are going to considerable lengths to develop programming relating to non-SF hobbies.
We need to take some action here, chaps. This group of people have asked to run the Eastercon again in 2012; some of them are influential in the 2014 Worldcon bid (I should stress that I have no concerns about programme for that convention). This isn't a 'general way for geeks to hang out with agreeable company and do interesting geeky things', it's the National SF convention. We should ensure that it is so; that it reflects, in an ecumenical way, the broad SF/fantasy interests of the membership, and that the non-SF items represent an interesting alternative to the main events rather than the main activity.
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Date: 2010-03-30 12:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 01:42 pm (UTC)I note, for example, that a friend of mine is on a panel which is SF related, but which is an exact copy of a panel from two years ago. It was OK, not particularly great, but OK, then. I can't imagine any active and engaged programme team thinking it was a good idea to put it on again so soon.
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:40 pm (UTC)If we can find space, a number of us are up for some guerrila programming.
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:42 pm (UTC)The results are: 197 SF-related items, 52 non-related items.
Thus the national SF convention is being polluted by non-SF things at a rate of 21%
(note: I have not weighted for length of item).
I don't think this is worth worrying about myself, especially since some of the non-SF items are potential source material (sword/quaterstaff workshops), are favoured of one of the GoHs (whisky tasting) or are intimately related to childcare.
* [ETA] I am aware that some people, including one of those vociferous on the forum against 'non-SF items', do not not regard science items as valid for inclusion in a con or local group's programme, so YMMV on what you think is relevant.
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:56 pm (UTC)Thank you for taking the time to do the analysis.
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:48 pm (UTC)If people noted an interest, and noted it early, and we could get enough interested parties to join in, then SF items are running. There's possibly a limit to what you can cajole people into doing where there is limited enthusiasm, and the activities suffer as a result of not being where the heart is. We have asked for interest in being involved
- on the registration forms
- on the yahoo and facebook groups
- via LJ
- in person where we are aware of people's interests
I would love to see more fan history/ fanzine interest, if we have people motivated enough to lead them.
I'll also point out there is only actually a carry over of 2 from one committee to the next (chair and finance); and that there's a 2011 bid where your opinions would also be most welcome! (I'm not committee this year, just a wrangler.)
Generally if there are people who would like to be on history and fannish items, the events will run.
Hope to see you and lots of questions at the bid session
Emma
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Date: 2010-03-30 02:05 pm (UTC)I've had a closer look at the programme too. It's really very strange. You are correct that there are a lot of items that are relevant, but a lot of them are strangely peripheral. I don't see a lot that is engaging critically with the thematic and intellectual content of SF & fantasy, rather than the shiny edges. I think the science programming is an exception here; it looks very strong.
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Date: 2010-03-30 02:10 pm (UTC)I will point some Corflu types at this discussion, and suggest they comment anonymously (but giving their names) if they're not on LJ.
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Date: 2010-03-30 02:16 pm (UTC)Onto the main point about items that are not SF related. We had a lot of those at Orbital and there will be a lot this weekend and at 2012 if we win. These are items that are additional to the programme and not replacing other items, and I think it adds to the diversity of an Eastercon to have such a wide range of extra items where our membership can show their additional knowledge and skills.
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Date: 2010-03-30 02:47 pm (UTC)Thus the national SF convention is being polluted by non-SF things at a rate of 21%
I think we set a benchmark of 20% at our first committee meeting, so that sounds about right.
If I had a £1 for every time someone suggested (or insisted!) we include a fannish programme item and had to give £1 away for every person that was willing to participate in the suggested fannish programme items, I'd be comfortably weighed down by £1 coins.
So why didn't Odyssey get enough volunteers to participate in fannish programme items? That is a panel debate I'd like to see myself - and am very willing to take part in. I had a really nice time socialising at the fan lounge in Montreal but even there, at a Worldcon, it was severely under-utilised. I'm perfectly willing to include any SF or fan related programme items at Olympus 2012 providing there are enough people willing to take part in it. No need for guerrilla programming; just get your programme item together within a sensible timeframe and we'll pencil you in. I am also unlikely to want to move too far from the 20% allocation to non SF items. These are there to add flavour and light relief, both of which I believe are necessary for a full 4 day convention.
On another note, I had no idea I was so influential :) Myself and
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Date: 2010-03-30 03:03 pm (UTC)I think this is probably part of the -- problem is too strong, perhaps; disconnect? -- that we've got going on here. The programme teams I've worked on have seen it as their job to come up with the items. To research the interests and strengths of the convention members -- not just based on the information con members provide, but on actually researching them, asking and Googling around -- and to come up with discussion topics that play to those interests and strengths.
Put another way, but to me it seems that in the first instance it's not convention members' role to come up with fan (or other) programme items; and in the first instance it's the convention organisers' role to come up with discussions that excite the members, and make them want to participate. Suggestions from the floor are all very well, but I wouldn't want to say I'd automatically accept them. A good con programme has its own, conscious focus, I think.
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Date: 2010-03-30 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-30 04:33 pm (UTC)You would not want to apply that test to an Eastercon. But if you did, Ben Goldacre, Mitch Benn and the Dr Who screening would I am sure pass it with ease.
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Date: 2010-03-30 05:26 pm (UTC)So there is at least one place on the programme where we can talk about some of this stuff, for those still interested on Monday afternoon.
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Date: 2010-03-30 06:38 pm (UTC)I tend to divide the programme into three bits. First, there's the stuff that's definitely about SF -- I would expect this to be at least 60% of the programme, preferably more. It sounds like Odyssey haven't got as high as 50%. Second, there's the not-SF-as-such-but-closely-related items -- science with some relevance to fiction, fiction with some relevance to science, and fandom/fan history/etc. It sounds like Odyssey have done well with the first of these, but maybe not so well with the other two, especially the fannish programming. 10% of the programme for each of these. Finally, there's the not-actually-relevant-but-fans-are-interested-in-this-stuff category. 10% at most, and I think Odyssey is well over that. Regency dancing, bondage workshops, knitting (from non-SF-related patterns), etc. No more than one item, or two at the very most, for any specific sub-interest.
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Date: 2010-03-30 10:43 pm (UTC)I've just taken a look at the programme with something else in mind. How many items there are on the literary guests of honour? The results are pathetic.
Iain Banks items: GoH interview; Whisky panel; Iain Banks before the Wasp Factory.
Liz Williams: GoH interview; KK;
Al Renolds: GoH interview, KK
I'm also searching hard to find any panel or programme item that is actually relevant to their work (although there is a SETI panel).
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Date: 2010-03-30 10:43 pm (UTC)(although I'm having a harder time computing shopping vs beer. maybe the shopping was incredible?)
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Date: 2010-03-31 05:53 am (UTC)So from my point of view it is neat to have panels about subjects I know nothing/very little about, but it would not be a big deal to me if they were eliminated. It would just mean that I'd have one less reason to go.
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Date: 2010-03-31 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-09 12:51 am (UTC)So far we have the "lead from the front" (or as Alison put it in the "what do we want to see at 2011/12" panel (as close as I can remember), "the convention exists so that the committee can put on the programme they want to run, and the rest of the convention is there to (essentially) provide that programme to the members" (please correct me if I'm misunderstanding this))
So the committee decide what items they want, themes etc. and then go find people to run those items.
Then we have the "we put on what our members want to run" (organise from the rear) so you ask people what they want to see, and then tell them they can have it if they run it themselves or can find other people to run it for them. (vastly simplifying and demeaning this) which eventually gets us to the Year of the Teledu communal wiki programming as an end point.
Ben introduced me to a third model I hadn't considered ... you ask your attendees what they are interested in (and you build up knowledge of what individuals are good at), and then you pick a bunch of interesting people and say "what programme item could this collection of people talk about that would be interesting (and appropriate to the themes and style of this con). So if you are doing a con with Iain M Banks, you pick a bunch of people who are knowledgeable about his SF works and then come up with an idea of a panel that would be interesting. You pick a bunch of people who know his non-SF stuff and do likewise.
Obviously you can't do the whole Eastercon programme in that way, but you would end up with some new items, interesting panels and you could use people to talk about things that they know about, rather than trying to put, say, Farah on the sock knitting panel :-) (where she might actually be very good, who knows?)
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