Chicon day 3
Sep. 1st, 2012 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dormouse1953Didn't think I partied that much last night, but I had a splitting headache when I got up. Recovered in time for the business meeting, which seemed to go well. The two controversial items of business was the ratification of the Best Graphic novel Hugo and the attempt to introduce a Best Young Adult Hugo. The first passed, the second didn't. Personally, I was convinced by the arguments that the Worldcon is not qualified to decide what is a good YA novel and that YA novels and novellas have won Hugos anyway.
I bought more books. Aargh!
There seem to be problems with room allocations for programme items. One room appears to have been double-booked as both an exhibition room and a programme room. I went to the What's currently on TV panel and that was standing room only in a not very big room. There were a few places on the floor at the front, which was OK for me. Doesn't seem to be anything coming that makes me want to watch it.
I did the final shift on site selection, which wasn't as busy as I thought it might be. The first hour seemed busy, but it tailed off. I've known site selections where they've had to cap the queue at 18:00 and it has taken half an hour to work through those waiting to vote. We finished by 18:05. A few people started to fill out the form and stopped when they found it cost money to vote. They were happy to pay a pre-support to the London bid but not vote for them.
I wasn't required for the count, which must have finished hours ago now, so I went out and found somewhere to eat - a bar showing a college football game, as it happened. Noisy, but the food was OK.
I bought more books. Aargh!
There seem to be problems with room allocations for programme items. One room appears to have been double-booked as both an exhibition room and a programme room. I went to the What's currently on TV panel and that was standing room only in a not very big room. There were a few places on the floor at the front, which was OK for me. Doesn't seem to be anything coming that makes me want to watch it.
I did the final shift on site selection, which wasn't as busy as I thought it might be. The first hour seemed busy, but it tailed off. I've known site selections where they've had to cap the queue at 18:00 and it has taken half an hour to work through those waiting to vote. We finished by 18:05. A few people started to fill out the form and stopped when they found it cost money to vote. They were happy to pay a pre-support to the London bid but not vote for them.
I wasn't required for the count, which must have finished hours ago now, so I went out and found somewhere to eat - a bar showing a college football game, as it happened. Noisy, but the food was OK.
