[interactionfilk-discuss] Re: Filk location

[rafe@xxxxxxxxxx (Rafe Culpin)]

Keris said:

> It looks as though it's going the same way as Intersection, refusing to
> take "No, I don't have time" as an answer ("could I press-gang you?"),
> and is the reason I refused to have anything to do with this one.  It
> seems that it doesn't matter who the organisers are...

All we are looking for at the moment is somebody, anybody, to be a liaison. 
We've produced nobody. He's using the phrase 'press gang' because it's 
getting to the point where we do need somebody.

> I don't agree that he has justification.  "Give us a room, and we will
> use it" is all he needs to know.

Why on earth should he? Why should he bother? Why should he and the 
committee allocate considerable resources - a reasonably large room during 
the day and more rooms at night - from their limited resources for a bunch 
of people who will do *nothing* for themselves? Who will show no commitment 
whatever that they will actually use those resources? Who have not been 
able after all this time to find one single person who will be willing to 
act as liaison with the committee? It is far simpler from their point of 
view to say "Tough luck". Instantly saves them time and resources at zero 
cost to themselves.

We are very small fish to a WorldCon committee. If we can't be bothered to 
do a minimal amount of work for our own advantage, what possible reason do 
they have to do anything to help us out?

> At this point, is it even known who will be there from non-UK (America,
> Germany, etc.)?  Can he provide a list of all the filkers who are known
> to be there (is there a list available of all current members of the
> Worldcon)?  As I recall, your messages on rmf got a resounding silence
> (three people saying that they were coming from the USA, was it?).  Is
> it known which of the UK filkers are intending going?

There's a database of names on the site but it's not easily searchable 
unless you know what you're looking for. And I would expect that many 
filkers are waiting to find out if there will be a filk programme before 
they decide whether to go.