[penguicon-general] A couple of thoughts about programming

[Molly de Blanc]

Last year we had a bit of a science track (who else remembers the awesome ER
doctor?) and I thought that it seemed to be popular and a success. I'd
personally push for a (web)comics/media track as well. See if we can get
like the MarsDust.com people and maybe a zine or two (Nth Degree) as well as
maybe an SF publisher/Editor to join in. (I'd bet money we could get Gardner
Dozois.) We already had almost a webcomics track and if Milholland and
Howard come back next year, as well as Megan and Ferrett, we have enough
people to actually argue one as well.

On 4/24/07, Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com> wrote:
>
> This year's Penguicon had a boat load of program items of a bunch of
> different
> kinds. Some cons refer to similar types of items as program "tracks."  I
> was
> thinking today about the "tracks" we had, and a few we *might* want to
> consider adding for 6.0.
>
> By my count (which could easily be wrong) these are tracks we had:
>
> *  Technical Track (items about Linux, or computer/technological issues);
>
> *  SF Track (items about fannish stuff);
>
> *  Martial Arts Track (courtesy of Aegis, mostly, but I thought I saw at
> least
> one Tai Chi workshop, so that adds to the variety);
>
> *   Food Track  (impressively successful; the Dark Chocolate Tasting ended
> after about 40 minutes because 9 of the 12 varieties of chocolate I
> brought
> to sample were already all gone);
>
> *   Gaming Track --i.e., special events associated with gaming.  This
> included, impressively, not only Celebrity Munchkin and the slate of GMed
> games but also the miniatures workshops.  It might, or might not, be
> interesting to add a few gaming-related panels to the schedule too.  (E.g
> .,
> a "new developments" or "upcoming products" panel, which maybe some game
> manufacturers would want to do).
>
> And here are a few tracks it might be worth adding:
>
> *  A costuming track.  We had, I think, two costuming panels.  Possibly
> there
> isn't more demand for more, but it may be worth checking out.
>
> *  A science track.  Neat developments in the world of science.  A good
> number
> of the General Technics folk are professional scientists (Bill Higgins,
> Jordan Kare, Charles Lane, Brother Guy, to give a few examples off the top
> of
> my head) and have given panels/talks at SF conventions in the past.
>
> *  An anime track.  Since the anime room was so dead this really may not
> be
> worth doing.  If we feature an anime GOH next year, we may want to
> consider
> supporting him/her with some related panel items.
>
> *  A music track?  This should, I think, include filking, but could
> include
> performances by pro and semipro musicians (not just The Great Luke Ski,
> please!) or even panels about things like the history of filking or
> music/technology crossover issues (e.g., DRM).
>
> We already have a bunch of workshops (writing, belly dance, martial arts,
> minatures) and I think this is a trend to continue, though I think it
> would
> be inappropriate to consider them a "track" per se.
>
> May as well do some brainstorming while everybody's still high on the
> sucess
> of the con....
>
> --
> Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>
>
> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do."
> -- George Mabry
>
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-- 
Faithfully yours,

molly.
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