Word is that the con organizers aren't/won't refund the premiums they charged for the photo-op/autograph sessions, which I think is a bad move on their part - a whole lotta bad feeling is going to result, even among those attendees who understand the occasional risk involved in buying a con ticket...
Yes, I'm sure the committee is having the usual pre-con cash-flow crunch and might not even HAVE the funds to release at this point, but those photo-ops/autographs can't be replaced by a video conference (as is apparently being done at Torchsong, a la BayCon) and, yeah, the con charged a LOT for those perks. Even a promise to attempt to refund a portion of those fees after the con would earn the committee a bit of good karma...
I must admit, when I got the flier for the event, I was shocked at how much they were charging and thought to myself "Who are they? Creation?" - although I can't imagine that an appearance by Barrowman is precisely *cheap*, these days...
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Yes, I'm sure the committee is having the usual pre-con cash-flow crunch and might not even HAVE the funds to release at this point, but those photo-ops/autographs can't be replaced by a video conference (as is apparently being done at Torchsong, a la BayCon) and, yeah, the con charged a LOT for those perks. Even a promise to attempt to refund a portion of those fees after the con would earn the committee a bit of good karma...
I must admit, when I got the flier for the event, I was shocked at how much they were charging and thought to myself "Who are they? Creation?" - although I can't imagine that an appearance by Barrowman is precisely *cheap*, these days...