I think that is an interesting rationale and one I discussed with people a bit this weekend.
Speaking as someone who is involved in various non-SF topics represented at Arisia (including, obviously, LJ), I started to feel like there were just too many of them. I think keeping them outside the core panel times is a good way to go, so that they don't take over slots that perhaps ought to go to items that are at least kinda related to SF/F.
The thing about attendance... say there was a "panel" that was just "hot chicks in skimpy outfits". I think that would be quite well-attended. As is most everything sex-related. But I don't think that in itself means a panel belongs. Many people watched the Pats game in various spaces (including me, when I wasn't running events), but that doesn't mean that should be an official program item that takes up space another panel could otherwise use, either.
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Date: 2008-01-22 07:26 pm (UTC)Speaking as someone who is involved in various non-SF topics represented at Arisia (including, obviously, LJ), I started to feel like there were just too many of them. I think keeping them outside the core panel times is a good way to go, so that they don't take over slots that perhaps ought to go to items that are at least kinda related to SF/F.
The thing about attendance... say there was a "panel" that was just "hot chicks in skimpy outfits". I think that would be quite well-attended. As is most everything sex-related. But I don't think that in itself means a panel belongs. Many people watched the Pats game in various spaces (including me, when I wasn't running events), but that doesn't mean that should be an official program item that takes up space another panel could otherwise use, either.