[ACML] Connecticon follow up

[neekabe at canoemail.com]

>>>>>> To many  people are starting conventions and not doing enough 
>>work and 
>>preparing,  I don't know how many cons I have seen pop up and then 
>>they try 
>>and spit out a convention in 6 months. <<<<

>>Running a con isn't about the the length of time that you spend 
>preparing and 
>running it.  It's about the dedication, hard work, and effort that 
>you put 
>into it.  Animaritime's first year was crazy.  We had 3 months to 
>prep from 
>the con.  I was lucky enough to have a group of HIGHLY dedicated 
>staffers to 
>work with me.  I lived, breathed, and drank the con, as cliche' as 
>that 
>sounds.  However, our fans think that it turned out great.  Our 
>attendence 
>doubled our second year, and we only had maybe 6 months to prep 
then, and we 
>expect it to double again this year.

And this year, we have like... 9 months ^_~

We did, however, have the advantage of not having to negotiate a 
legal-ese filled contract with a convention centre. If we didn't have 
access to campus buildings, it would have been much more difficult to 
put the convention together in the ammount of time that we had.

It's a matter of keeping things within your means, if you only have 4 
months, (and you want to have a life during the planning stages) 
maybe just start with a 1 day event and let yourself grow from there. 

But that's the theory of a group of already debt-ridden university 
students ^_~ 
I'd be very interested in hearing how the now big conventions got 
their starts. Loans? Donations? Industry support?

Katie

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