One of the telling aspects of how people responded was the number of people who found the flyer on the freebie table in the Fanzine Lounge and immediately came over and gave me a dollar. Instant enthusiasm, with no cajoling involved. The idea seems to sell itself.
I was under the impression that Jerry was the one who suggested that we turn it into a Precursor-like con, so Suzle has no one to blame but him. Then again, I'm not sure how I go that impression, so I could be wrong. Another idea I heard floating around was that we run it as a Fanzine Lounge within the Greater Seattle Worldcon, should it happen.
But that was another aspect of the enthusiasm: people immediately had more ideas about what it could be. Then there was Malcolm Kudra, our Surly Oaf, who complained that we were obviously amateur hoax bidders, because we didn't put contact info on the flyer. I replied that it was just another part of our effort to limit the number of people who signed up ...
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I was under the impression that Jerry was the one who suggested that we turn it into a Precursor-like con, so Suzle has no one to blame but him. Then again, I'm not sure how I go that impression, so I could be wrong. Another idea I heard floating around was that we run it as a Fanzine Lounge within the Greater Seattle Worldcon, should it happen.
But that was another aspect of the enthusiasm: people immediately had more ideas about what it could be. Then there was Malcolm Kudra, our Surly Oaf, who complained that we were obviously amateur hoax bidders, because we didn't put contact info on the flyer. I replied that it was just another part of our effort to limit the number of people who signed up ...