Giving Up My Baby
Good news from last night? I am going to be the 2012 Events Head for Geek.Kon. Bad news from last night? That job with the Kon is going to keep me busy enough that I have to step back from running the Costuming Department and the Masquerade. It is in the fantastic hands of johinnabara now and I have zero qualms about the hand-over. But giving it up is affecting me a little more than I had expected.
The Geek.Kon Masquerade has been my special project for the last five years and the thing I got into the kon in order to nurture and shepherd along to amazingness. I'm still going to be involved with it, for certain, but it's not in my hands any more. I'm proud of where it is and what it has become in just five short years. Many other conventions labor for a decade and more to have such an amazing contest and we did it this fast. It amazes and astounds me and I am personally gratified to all the folks along the way who have helped me to bring it to where it is. You all know who you are and I stand in awe of each and every one of you. You've put up with my freak-outs and stress-induced fits and general ranting. It's been a lot to ask of anyone.
In 2007, after the very first Geek.Kon was finished, I went on-line and searched for reviews. I found one blog that mentioned how amazing it was that the winners of the contest actually deserved their Best In Show award. This was the bar for convention masquerades in Wisconsin at the time. No one came from outside Wisconsin for an annual costume contest. Now, in 2011, we had participants from the Twin Cities, St Louis, and Nebraska. Next year, we are poised to be a nexus of meeting for ICG chapters from Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and Iowa, as well as the local chapter here in Wisconsin. Interested parties include people who have been Masters for as long as I have been alive. We have changed the face of costume competitions in Wisconsin, my friends, and I am simply astounded.
johinnabara, the ball is yours. I'll be around to help, but I pass the final word on this grand project to you. To all who have assisted me to this point, I ask that you assist her as you have me. There is still a lot to do to make improvements and to continue to maintain the level of quality we have achieved.
It's going to be hard to let go. But I'm certainly not worried about how things will go in the future.
The Geek.Kon Masquerade has been my special project for the last five years and the thing I got into the kon in order to nurture and shepherd along to amazingness. I'm still going to be involved with it, for certain, but it's not in my hands any more. I'm proud of where it is and what it has become in just five short years. Many other conventions labor for a decade and more to have such an amazing contest and we did it this fast. It amazes and astounds me and I am personally gratified to all the folks along the way who have helped me to bring it to where it is. You all know who you are and I stand in awe of each and every one of you. You've put up with my freak-outs and stress-induced fits and general ranting. It's been a lot to ask of anyone.
In 2007, after the very first Geek.Kon was finished, I went on-line and searched for reviews. I found one blog that mentioned how amazing it was that the winners of the contest actually deserved their Best In Show award. This was the bar for convention masquerades in Wisconsin at the time. No one came from outside Wisconsin for an annual costume contest. Now, in 2011, we had participants from the Twin Cities, St Louis, and Nebraska. Next year, we are poised to be a nexus of meeting for ICG chapters from Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and Iowa, as well as the local chapter here in Wisconsin. Interested parties include people who have been Masters for as long as I have been alive. We have changed the face of costume competitions in Wisconsin, my friends, and I am simply astounded.
johinnabara, the ball is yours. I'll be around to help, but I pass the final word on this grand project to you. To all who have assisted me to this point, I ask that you assist her as you have me. There is still a lot to do to make improvements and to continue to maintain the level of quality we have achieved.
It's going to be hard to let go. But I'm certainly not worried about how things will go in the future.