Face time

[threemonkeys]

A couple of discussions from tonight...
Topic for the next Phoenix meeting - "Why are we here (instead of online)". How various electronic communications change how we interact. Asks the question whether getting together for face to face interactions will be necessary in the future.

Planning for Conclave in June - "lets have an lj party on the Friday night". The idea is to get to meet some people in rl.

It is interesting to consider these together. The second sort of answers the first. There is a desire for face to face interaction at least some of the time. But how often? Is that a question where the average answer will change over time. ("average" because individual people obviously vary a lot).

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[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Apart from a one-off previews evening last month, phoenix is not in the business of showing videos at the main meeting at all. But yes in general the question of how to keep people interested at meetings is often discussed at committee meetings - the committee is in need of new ideas and more importantly people to implement them. That usually means new people and nobody is stepping forward.

I have some small hope for the cons because the organisers of next year's wellington con are not Phoenix members. Perth seems to handle an annual convention without any club focus at all.

[thoatherder.livejournal.com]

I have become so jaded with doing nice things for other people in the context of clubs etc that I have arrived at a very simple principle entitled "f*ck them all". If I'm going to put effort into a presentation or a meeting topic, then it will be something I'm interested in and something I'll get value out of.

Otherwise it becomes impossible to proceed as you end up worrying about how to fulfil the needs of a group of people who are at best inarticulate and at worse actively hostile to anything that doesn't require spoon feeding.

The story of the little Red Hen is as true today as when it was penned.

If the committee are not getting something out of running Phoenix beyond sitting around worrying about how to make it relevant to the ever increasing complexity of today's society. Then they should stop.

A dynamic exciting program coupled with an extensive advertising campaign would bring in many new more demanding members ...

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

If the committee are not getting something out of running Phoenix beyond sitting around worrying about how to make it relevant to the ever increasing complexity of today's society. Then they should stop.

I personally plan to. I stood down from the committee a couple of years ago because I was too jaded. Then coming back from the fun the was a Swancon, I got motivated to give it another go. It was a mistake. I do hope somebody with more energy and enthusiasm than me takes my place.

[thoatherder.livejournal.com]

A membership with more energy and enthusiasm would help a lot. Maybe we need to bring back the feuds of yesteryear. Where is Greg Hills when you need him?

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[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

*shudder*