At 08:58 PM 8/29/01 -0500, GL Sandborn wrote:

    I'm not certain I agree with the con report writer when
he hints that the failure to have a proper panel falls on
the shoulders of FFML members.  Just as AI wouldn't sit
around waiting for someone to volunteer as guest of honor,
I expect that if they are going to have a panel of any sort,
they take appropriate and aggressive steps to assure it is
properly done.  The results reflect directly on their
convention.  To grab whomever asks first, regardless of
experience or insight, is a sign of benign disinterest.
Panels are no different than any other form of programming.
They deserve to be done right.

FYI, after the non-panel fanfic panel at AI'99, I emailed them to see if
they were going to have a panel for AI2K. Got a response that amounted to
"I guess so" from them, and so I volunteered to run it for them. So that's
how I ended up doing the panel at AI2K - I volunteered myself for it (first
to ask?).




Jeanne Hedge
http://www.jhedge.com

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