Conclave2???

[threemonkeys]

I'm not going to be at Conclave2*, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested. Has anybody heard anything at all from them - any emails or news updates? I say this as somebody who is on many email lists and actually runs a news service for the national SF association. I haven't heard a peep. I'd ask directly but since I'm not attending I thought I'd ask around first to see if I'm missing something?.

The web site is scarcely any better. It has no progress news posted - there aren't even any forums created in the forum area. There isn't even a draft programme - just a rough sketch of a few major items.

Did I mention that it starts Thursday of next week.

ETA: Oh, it appears there is a facebook page and there is some activity there. Who uses facebook anymore?

(*Conclave 2 = New Zealand Natcon for 2014. If you don't know what a natcon is then there is every chance you have stumbled across the wrong blog.)

Comments

[factioncat]

Not sure you're in a position to complain about people using web services past their peak popularity! ;) (A pity, though, because dreamwidth/lj are far superior to the currently popular services, IMAO) But the con's facebook page isn't even viewable by non-facebook-users, which makes it rather less than ideal as primary source of updates on the con. And for those who are facebook users, it's rather difficult to find how to actually sign up for the con.

[threemonkeys]

Y'know I wouldn't have minded it being on FB if the web site had a big message on the front page directing people there. As it was, the web site just looked derelict.

I do still have a FB account which this stuff gets cross posted to (and to Twitter) but I don't actually ever use it and have all notification messaging turned off. I also have accounts on G+, Tumblr and Wordpress but I do like DW/LJ despite the few people left here (I even have an InsaneJournal account).