Thank you for that, Eric... I can't imagine that that was an easy post to write.
I wasn't there this year. I had planned to be, but my truck had other ideas and blew an alternator nine hours before I was due to leave for Chicago. (Thankfully, it has impeccable timing... it could have stranded me halfway there in the 95-degree heat. Instead, I had a chance to drive it to my friendly neighborhood mechanic.) Since I wasn't there, I can't comment on what happened at the con. I do think some things (the public excoriation of Jan on the Duckon website, etc.) were badly handled afterwards.
One of the first things I learned as a manager was this... "Praise in public... reprimand in private." Not always easy, but so very important.
Will I be back at Duck next year? Who knows. It's been my "every other year or so" Chicago con for awhile, for a variety of reasons. Given Slayer's comment that they're looking for a new hotel... possibly. I wasn't fond of the old hotel after they quit allowing pets. We'll see if the new hotel is pet-friendly. I do hope that filk has a solid presence next year, though, if for no other reason than that mofilker deserves better. He's a great guy, and he'll be a great filk GOH for Duckon.
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Date: 2010-07-12 03:05 am (UTC)I wasn't there this year. I had planned to be, but my truck had other ideas and blew an alternator nine hours before I was due to leave for Chicago. (Thankfully, it has impeccable timing... it could have stranded me halfway there in the 95-degree heat. Instead, I had a chance to drive it to my friendly neighborhood mechanic.) Since I wasn't there, I can't comment on what happened at the con. I do think some things (the public excoriation of Jan on the Duckon website, etc.) were badly handled afterwards.
One of the first things I learned as a manager was this... "Praise in public... reprimand in private." Not always easy, but so very important.
Will I be back at Duck next year? Who knows. It's been my "every other year or so" Chicago con for awhile, for a variety of reasons. Given Slayer's comment that they're looking for a new hotel... possibly. I wasn't fond of the old hotel after they quit allowing pets. We'll see if the new hotel is pet-friendly. I do hope that filk has a solid presence next year, though, if for no other reason than that