davison@bnl.UUCP (Dan Davison) (03/03/85)
I'd like to thank Mark Norton for his reply to my comments about my flame about Boskone 22 & its apparent motives. I'm relieved that the Boskone profits are rolled over to the next con: all the con committees that I've been associated with have done the same. The appearance, however, was that there was a direct relationship between the one-day membership ripoff (which is what it was) and the funding of the clubhouse. I can't accept the contention that one-day memberships are too much of a bother: NESFA did a superb job on Noreason. Hence my continuing characterization of a ripoff. The film schedule went too far the other way. I'm tired of seeing Star Wars & friends, and Star Trek N, but having almost nothing to offer in their place shows contempt for fen. Off the top of my head, a "second-rank" film schedule: Bladerunner and/or Alien, Doc Savage, Fantastic Planet, Forbidden Planet, Buckaroo Bonzai, etc. Not the pick of the litter but interesting rather than the stuff that was shown. If NESFA wants more volunteers, relax the 8 hour rule to 4 hours: health problems prevent me, at least, from being able to commit myself to *anything* for 8 hours. Lastly, the "22" & the 3000+ fen that showed up means that NESFA has had a reputation for putting on good cons. If they don't want people to come, don't publicize it or don't run a con. If the group doesn't want the responsiblity that comes with the reputation, drop Boskone. I don't want to hear the nth building a world panel & the various other repeats. I'd rather see the art show and interesting movies & have more meet-the-authors- **individually** sessions. dan davison