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emma_in_dreamI was on the organising committee for Swancon 2001, and now, a decade later, I think that I am sufficiently calmed down that I can handle hearing feedback.
To remind you, that was the con at the Rydges in town and the guest was Robert Silverberg.
Organising the con was incredibly difficult - partly because that was the year the GST was introduced and no one at the tax office knew what this would mean for a group like Swancon; partly because of committee issues; and partly because of the mysterious drop of the Australian dollar against the American one. It was enraging to hear economists repeatedly saying that there was no reason for this drop as our money was worth less and less while we were locked into getting the World's Most Expensive Guest.
Anyway, at the time I was far too engrossed in it to take anything other than adulation as an appropriate response. I've calmed down now (cough, after a decade) and I'd like to know what people thought of the con.
To remind you, that was the con at the Rydges in town and the guest was Robert Silverberg.
Organising the con was incredibly difficult - partly because that was the year the GST was introduced and no one at the tax office knew what this would mean for a group like Swancon; partly because of committee issues; and partly because of the mysterious drop of the Australian dollar against the American one. It was enraging to hear economists repeatedly saying that there was no reason for this drop as our money was worth less and less while we were locked into getting the World's Most Expensive Guest.
Anyway, at the time I was far too engrossed in it to take anything other than adulation as an appropriate response. I've calmed down now (cough, after a decade) and I'd like to know what people thought of the con.
