[GLLUG] Penguicon situation

[Clay Dowling]

For everyone who is still butt-hurt about the Penguicon thing: you can 
relax.  The new con chair posted on the Penguicon-general list about the 
lounge situation.  He isn't looking for anything radically different. 
He's committed to a lot of the things we've wanted for a long time, like 
getting other user groups involved, and getting real internet access for 
the whole con, including the lounge.

How he's going to go about doing that is still in limbo.  What he wants to 
do is kind of a tall order, so he can't just say "GLLUG, go do this" and 
it will all work out.  He's got to think about what he can really 
accomplish, and how to manage everything without going crazy.

The best bet for GLLUG is to make sure we're part of the solution.  I've 
emailed him privately and offered to help out, and I believe that Marshal 
has also spoken with him.  The goal is that we're closely involved with 
ConCom and somebody is actually running the lounge, rather than the fairly 
casual approach that we've used in the past.  It's not a slam on us from 
anybody at Penguicon, but a way to avoid having to put up with some of the 
bullshit that we've had to deal with in the past, like events scheduled 
without consulting us and uncertainty about how volunteer time was being 
handled.