[penguicon-general] Random Panel suggestion.

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On Thursday 31 August 2006 4:37 pm, Tracy Worcester wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Steve Gutterman <SteveGutterman at compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Sometimes I think Tracy and Rob should have named the con
> > "NiftyCon" instead of Penguicon.  A tribute to all things
> > Nifty.
> >
> > (And it would have guaranteed that Pete Abrams would show
> > up every year.) :)
>
> <set humor=on>Well, feh.  You're obviously right.  (:

But that is no bad thing.  

Science fiction conventions seldom limit their activities to things that are 
just SF or, for that matter, just science.  They include activities such as 
belly dancing workshops, martial arts demos, and lectures on historic 
costuming and medieval illumination.  

Penguicon, by definition, starts *out* as a mixed event, intended to appeal to 
both computer geeks, specifically Linux geeks, as well as SF fen.  There's no 
reason why we should not include activities that a significant percentage of 
either or both populations consider "nifty", even if they do not fall clearly 
within Penguicon's ostensible mandate.  

Because, after all, the real purpose is to have fun, right?

> Willing to file trademark paperwork again?
> <set humor=off>

Nay, not I!  Certainly not I.

-- 
Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>

"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point
of doubtful sanity."  --Robert Frost