[penguicon-general] A couple of thoughts about programming

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On Sunday 29 April 2007 12:47 pm, Wolfger wrote:
> On 4/29/07, Greg <greg_b at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > As the unofficial Wet Blanket, I thought Penguicon was getting off
> > track when they had the medical and food tracks, but really, these
> > would be soooo off the radar it isn't funny.  There has to be a point
> > where you have to say, "This falls outside the spirit of Penguicon".
>
> Well, the food track definitely hasn't fallen outside the spirit yet.
> Chocolate has been a tradition since at least 2.0, if not 1.0.
> Anything done with liquid nitrogen, including ice cream, falls within
> the spirit. Chupaquesos are a SF webcomic invention that we get
> prepared for us by the creator himself, so that's definitely in the
> spirit. Brazillian steak might be getting near the edge, but
> participants in that (including myself) seemed pretty spirited about
> it. :-)

Note too that we haven't *added* new tracks yet; we're just discussing them.  
I'd rather see this group discuss odd, even outlandish and inappropriate, 
ideas for programming and then decide, "That isn't right for Penguicon" than 
to start rejecting ideas out of hand by saying "That's not within the spirit 
of Penguicon".

-- 
Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>

"You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do."  
-- George Mabry