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Walk Softly and Carry a Big Schtick - October 10th, 2007

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October 10th, 2007

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...I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions and I'm giving you a longing look...

library_lynn and

colleency will be intererested to learn that

missmea has been posting to her LJ, mostly about her history reading for her masters degree at UC Riverside.

A few highlights from the cosplay.com thread (see my previous posts for links).

AM Chair (page 5):
From a management view, we see AM2007 as the best run edition to date. Others here agree. Registration went well, problems we could fix were addressed. We found a new way to control our badges. Staff bent over backwards to help you. We could always better communicate with our customers in the many areas we have.

Guess which word leaps off the screen at me?

EDIT: if you don't know me well enough to have figured it out, it's "customers" where another convention chair might have said "members."

EDIT: Revell has a long post on page 13 (bottom of the page) as well.

Christophe (page 9):
I'm reminded with how much I look forward to Anime LA in January because of their newfound commitment to change- sometimes it takes identifying a problem in order to step forward with sincerity and improve in a big, awesome way. Ani-Magic must grasp this chance and gain the strength from surviving this crisis as the motivation to rise above!

Christophe (page 13):
Anime LA has been VERY good about making their commitments to change, and made distinct statements about what would be changed - on POSTCARDS SENT TO ME THROUGH PAID MAIL. It wasn't completely necessary but it showed that they cared enough to admit their problems and commit to fixing them, and they did it quickly. We will see how it turns out in January but I for one am hopeful.

Many thanks to Christophe for his support. (Although I might quibble about "newfound.") It's interesting to see how many people have been comparing and contrasting

animelosangeles vs. Ani-Magic. In the ongoing discussion, the "Anime Con Carne" picnic has come up many times (because they deliberately scheduled their cosplay picnic last Saturday, in opposition to A-M's main day), Anime Expo has come up once or twice, PMX hardly at all, a mention or two of FanimeCon, nobody's said word one about Yaoi-Con or AODSF... and Animé Los Angeles has come up time and again. Of course, the Anime Con Carne picnic and Animé Los Angeles are the two closest events, in terms of driving distance. (Our hotel this year is 15 minutes from the 14/5 junction, or in other words about an hour's drive from the Antelope Valley Inn.)

But what else did I want to report on my Ani-Magic experience? Oh, the Rum Party was a blast. They took over the restaurant.(!) Having all those booths for people to gather at, or play games at, was very nice. I can't envision any hotel letting the convention take over their coffee shop like that, with or without a corkage-and-forkage waiver. Although, perhaps that's a failure of imagination, seeing as what happened in 2005 at InterAction in Glasgow. Maybe I should say, I can't imagine it happening anywhere in California...

I've mentioned before that one of my weak areas is decorating.

ala_mokita pointed out that we should have had something that said Animé Los Angeles inside the room, such as those big mylar alphabet balloons spelling out A, L, A. I should go up and spend some time on the Bertha. Possibly print out our postcard images (especially the first one,

le_moose's "we're moving, but not far" group shot) and post them up on the wall next time.

The trick is to set aside time before the week of the convention to make up these posters and have them sitting waiting to be deployed...

Incidentally I'm looking for help at Pacific Media Expo. If you're going to PMX, and could help sit at the table for a few hours, we might be able to have both a table and a "peanut butter and jelly room." You'll need a badge, though, unless I can sweet-talk them into comping you in.

You know, there's more I want to say about last weekend at Ani-Magic -- and the weekend before, at Conjecture, where we learned about "Tiki Oasis." I did that buttons-badges-and-ribbons panel there, for example. I'll start scribbling some notes in my pocket notebook and get back to y'all.

MY TULSA FRIENDS: I'm jonesing for some of those bricks of Pecan Divinity they sell at the checkout lines at Warehouse Market. Can anyone help me out, please?

Current Location: Anaheim CA
Current Mood: chipper
Tags: anime, conventions