A realisation regarding Swancon
I've been doing lots of stuff for Swancon this week - contacting people and suppliers etc to get things I need.
I joined my first Swancon committee after attending about three Swancons. I thought it would be fun and would let me see how Swancon was actually organised. Since then I have been on three consecutive committees, and they have all been vastly different expereinces.
I joined the committees because I felt it would give me good exposure to Swancon and the people and would introduce me to more people. This would mean I get a lot more out of Swancon - not to say I don't get a lot out of it already.
I look at people like angriest, callisto and mynxii in awe because they are known to so many people and are thought of so highly within the Swancon crowd. It makes me blush when one of them turns around to me and says you are doing a fantastic job or words to that effect because I still think I am relatively new to this game and don't expect people to know who I am or see what I am doing - especially when a lot of what I do is in the background.
Doof and I had a conversation regarding this recently and I made the above observation to him. Doof laughed at me. His comment was just because you don't know who everyone is doesn't mean people don't know who you are. I laughed at him and said whatever, because I do have that thought that people can't possibly know who I am because I don't feel as though I do make my presence felt. I'm happy doing the background stuff.
So it was somewhat of a surprise this week to find people had taken the time out to bring things to my attention in a quiet heads up kind of way. I sat there very stunned for a little moment :) Doof laughed when I told him. What do you know. I'm not as anonymous as I think I am... which is somewhat a rather scary thought.
I joined my first Swancon committee after attending about three Swancons. I thought it would be fun and would let me see how Swancon was actually organised. Since then I have been on three consecutive committees, and they have all been vastly different expereinces.
I joined the committees because I felt it would give me good exposure to Swancon and the people and would introduce me to more people. This would mean I get a lot more out of Swancon - not to say I don't get a lot out of it already.
I look at people like angriest, callisto and mynxii in awe because they are known to so many people and are thought of so highly within the Swancon crowd. It makes me blush when one of them turns around to me and says you are doing a fantastic job or words to that effect because I still think I am relatively new to this game and don't expect people to know who I am or see what I am doing - especially when a lot of what I do is in the background.
Doof and I had a conversation regarding this recently and I made the above observation to him. Doof laughed at me. His comment was just because you don't know who everyone is doesn't mean people don't know who you are. I laughed at him and said whatever, because I do have that thought that people can't possibly know who I am because I don't feel as though I do make my presence felt. I'm happy doing the background stuff.
So it was somewhat of a surprise this week to find people had taken the time out to bring things to my attention in a quiet heads up kind of way. I sat there very stunned for a little moment :) Doof laughed when I told him. What do you know. I'm not as anonymous as I think I am... which is somewhat a rather scary thought.