[Board] Re: Con related question

[Tracy Worcester]

This might be a good idea in the future, but we would have to put a checkbox
on our registration forms allowing members to either opt in or opt out of
the database sharing.  PenguiCon's population is *much* more twitchy about
personal data sharing/

...Tracy

On 2/1/07, john guest <phecda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Kenn,
>
> Thanks for getting back with me.
>
> First off, Kimba doesn't speak for Penguicon in any way, shape or
> form, the board does.  Penguicon wants to ensure that we have accurate
> information, just as much as you do, and I would assume that Conclave
> and potentially Youmacon might want to do the same.  We share staff,
> we market to mostly the same audience.  I really don't see that this
> would be a problem.
>
> If you are interested in pursuing this, then I will present this to my
> board, and see what they say.
>
> At some point, maintaining a unified attendance database -- or at
> least syncing it on an annual basis -- I think would be a good idea.
> I certainly have no problems sharing infrastructure to our mutual
> benefit.
>
> And as for comping each other's party room staff, I think it's just a
> case of choosing when this happens.  One step at a time.
>
> --John
>
>
>
> On 2/1/07, Kenn Ferguson <kenn_ferguson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > How funny that this subject was brought up. I had a discussion about
> this
> > very issue On Sunday after the con. I was discussing this with the
> previous
> > registration person for Penguicon and she thought that there was no way
> ever
> > that your group would ever agree to such a thing.
> > We also discussed the possibility of swapping comped memberships for our
> > respective room party staff; 2 for 2; 3 for 3, or whatever is
> appropriate.
> > She also did not think that would go over well.
> > I have often spoke about merging our databases within our group into a
> > single/ maintained list to keep our addresses accurate and up to date
> (seems
> > I never get updates until AFTER I get the returned mail).
> > I would also like to consider including ConClave into the mix- since the
> > three of us have successfully broken up the year into thirds and have
> many
> > duplicates.
> >
> > Kenn www.geocities.com/kenn_ferguson
> > =A= Admiral Kenn Ferguson, Project Coordinator,
> > www.memory_alpha.lcars-terminal.com
> > Registrar, MoonBase ConFusion, www.stilyagi.org/cons/2007
> >
> > From: roxanne at narbat.com
> > To: john guest <phecda at gmail.com>, AASFA List <aasfa at stilyagi.org
> >,  Kenn
> > Ferguson <kenn_ferguson at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: Con related question
> > Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:12:00 -0700
> >
> > I don't mind this, but it's really a question for the AASFA Board. Kenn
> > Ferguson currently has the most uptodate version of our mailing list.
> >
> > We're having a meeting of the Board next Wednesday; we can add the
> > question of sharing the address list and database to the agenda.
> >
> > I believe that there has been discussion of a shared database in the
> > past, but I don't know the particulars.
> >
> > I am copying this reply to the AASFA Board list and to Kenn so that they
> > can be kept in the loop.
> >
> > Roxanne Meida King
> > roxanne at narbat dot com
> >
> >
> >  > -------- Original Message --------
> >  > Subject: Con related question
> >  > From: "john guest" <phecda at gmail.com>
> >  > Date: Thu, February 01, 2007 8:47 am
> >  > To: "roxanne at narbat.com" <roxanne at narbat.com>
> >  >
> >  > Hi Roxanne,
> >  >
> >  > It's that annoying conchair from penguicon. :-)   I was curious if
> you
> >  > would like to swap attendee lists so that we can mutually expand our
> >  > marketing bases.  If you're not the proper person to talk to
> regarding
> >  > this, please let me know.
> >  >
> >  > Thanks!
> >  >
> >  > --John Guest
> >  > Conchair
> >  > Penguicon 5.0
> >
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