What goes around comes around.

[gridlockjoe]

Looks like FedCon USA, the convention that treated Aaron Douglas and James Callis (and most of their other guests) so badly, is shutting down in mid-convention.

Forget what I said about making Creation look good. They're now making FlanVention look good.

Big PSA: FedConUSA has nothing to do with the very successful Dallas convention Fencon, which is hosting its fifth convention this October. Fencon is run by a bunch of people who know where their towels are, unlike FedConUSA.

Comments

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Well, someone's picking up his toys and going home. I wonder what else went wrong besides those two guests being screwed over, because if he's shutting the show down early, then there has to be more.

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

The FedConUSA forums are full of blame-slinging.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

That's some frakked-up shart right there. I've been to crappy cons that have pulled the old bait-and-switch guest trick on me, but never this badly.

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

My main concern is that the name of Fencon, a Dallas convention run by my friends (mostly from ORAC), doesn't get its name sullied by the closeness to that other convention's name.

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

Ed it going to be making the "Fencon is not Fedcon" disclaimer much bigger and right at the top of the page very very soon.

It seems Tim has already gotten some emails from people hearing falsely Fencon was cancelled. Hopefully everythign will get worked out in a few days.

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they will. If there's anything I can do to help spread the word, let me know.

[fencon.livejournal.com]

My name is Michael Nelson, and I am part of the Executive Committee for FenCon (with an N), a Dallas-based, non-profit, literary science fiction convention.

Our organization - the Dallas Future Society, which holds FenCon (www.fencon.org) - is in no way, shape or form associated with FeDConUSA.

We first heard about that organization last year, and were somewhat taken aback that they had chosen a name so close to ours, seeing as we had been in existence for over four years at that time.

We are working on a press release which we plan to send to as many SF related information sources as possible to explain that this similarity in names should not reflect on our organization or convention.

FenCon prides itself on being a successful, non-profit, fan-run convention, which is operated in a professional manner. We always strive to show the highest respect to both our guests and members.

If you feel the need and have opportunity to spread this information to other SF professionals or fans, we would greatly appreciate the effort. As you know, a convention such as ours relies heavily on word of mouth, and any negative implications can be unintentionally damaging.

Thank you for your attention.

Michael Nelson

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Hey Mike!

Let me know if there's anything I can do to pass the word along.

See you in October!

--Joe

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

P.S. I have added a disclaimer to my other blog post on this subject.