Great Googly Moogly

[akirlu]

Another Tun, successfully weathered, brought the disturbing smoffish rumor that Seattle will definitely be launching a bid for the 2011 Worldcon. Waugh! Arrrrgh! And, furthermore, Aiiiiiiiii!

Okay, in case anyone is unclear on the inclination of my sentiments, let me just explicitly say that this sounds like a rilly bad idea. Pragmatics are key. Merely wanting a Worldcon in your city because it hasn't had one in a long time is not a good enough reason to bid for one. A committee needs to have big-con experience, competence, national smof connections, and enough emotional distance to take a hard look at their facilities & resources and make their decisions accordingly, in order to field a bid that doesn't threaten the physical and emotional health of the fans who eventually make the thing fly. I deeply suspect that Seattle has none of those, really. And you know, I watched people giving themselves ulcers trying to salvage NolaCon II. I'd rather not have to bear witness to that sort of thing again.

Comments

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Save money.
Scrap bid parties.
Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles
Year, after year after year (well, except for the occassional furriner bid).

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

There are many more compelling reasons to scrap the vast majority of bid parties. And it is just possible that modern Worldcons are not a long-term sustainable project.