On con running

[feuervogel]

With the DashCon fiasco fresh in people's minds, I made a tumblr post on what you need to think about before you decide to run a convention.

Some of it I learned the hard way, but I didn't tell them that.

Comments

[zombieallomorph]

I have no idea about cons. I don't attend cons, I don't want to organize cons, but I still enjoyed reading this.

[alchemist]

Friends don't let friends run cons. I would have tried to talk you out of it had I known about it in advance. :)

That being said, great post, and useful for ANY organization. Also? I'll stick to either being a Companion-of-the-Guest or the Security Team. Hours are better in the Companion gig, but Security gets the BEST stories....

[a-nightengale.livejournal.com]

Very well said indeed. Also: you don't have to be crazy to run a con... but it helps.