I have been attending and working the con since 92. I have been a staffer, I have fun departments and divisions, I have been on the corporate board and I have been just an attendee. I have been on the inside and the outside of Arisia. I have heard all the comments for years and years about how Arisia is this or that. I can tell you this, Arisia is what people make of it. Maybe the con is now run by more people who are in the alternative lifestyles, years ago it was run by the more "vinilla" crowd. It will evolve and change, because that is what Arisia does. It does not remain the same over time, it morphs. This year it is the most diverse sci/fi and fantasy con, a couple years ago it was multi-speculative fiction and been more. The "back to roots" idea, it has gone back to its roots and away again and will go back. Why, cause the people who started the con, the people who ran it for years and the people who run it now want it that way. It changes and if you want to help change it, the you must help run it.
As for staff attitudes, yea people have attitudes, name me a human being who does not. You can either accept it, tell the person to fuck off and die or just tell someone higher in charge. Trust me, cause I speak from experience, we listen to complaints. I have had to take people down who were on power trips and have my own attitude checked. The staff is human, panelists are human and the attendees are human, we all need to respect each other and understand this. I know this is probably the toughest thing to do, especially when you are already angry.
Lastly and most importantly, you only get out what you put in. This comes in every aspect of life. If you do not make the effort to have fun and just expect it to lay down in your lap and wiggle, your gonna have a very empty lap. I could only go for a few short hours due to an injury I had earlier in the week, but I made the most of those few short hours cause I made damn sure I had fun!
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Date: 2008-01-22 05:24 am (UTC)It changes and if you want to help change it, the you must help run it.
As for staff attitudes, yea people have attitudes, name me a human being who does not. You can either accept it, tell the person to fuck off and die or just tell someone higher in charge. Trust me, cause I speak from experience, we listen to complaints. I have had to take people down who were on power trips and have my own attitude checked. The staff is human, panelists are human and the attendees are human, we all need to respect each other and understand this. I know this is probably the toughest thing to do, especially when you are already angry.
Lastly and most importantly, you only get out what you put in. This comes in every aspect of life. If you do not make the effort to have fun and just expect it to lay down in your lap and wiggle, your gonna have a very empty lap. I could only go for a few short hours due to an injury I had earlier in the week, but I made the most of those few short hours cause I made damn sure I had fun!