Just griping

[originalnilson]

Did anyone else find the "blunter" parts of this post on the Swancon list frustrating?

http://community.livejournal.com/swancon/142269.html

As someone who was on a Swancon committee and ran the artshow (in the same year) I do not understand this threatening attitude they have with the

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[angriest]

I did think it was a bit poorly phrased, yes - despite understanding the sentiment. I'm sure you're as aware as I am that there's nothing more frustrating than people not participating early on, then complaining things didn't happen - or didn't happen the way they wanted - after the fact.

But yes, not the best method to attract volunteers.

[ataxi]

Looked a lot like preemptive assignment of blame to me. Happens a lot when someone recognised in advance that they will be criticised for failing to achieve something.

[angriest]

I'm not volunteering for much this year on the grounds that sitting on 6 convention committees between 1997 and 2008 is enough.

[ataxi]

No need to justify yourself as I'm not criticising you. However there's a clear difference between making the choice to donate your time and effort to a community project, which is usually an admirable thing to do, and disclaiming in advance any responsibility for how it turns out.

[angriest]

Oh yeah I absolutely agree.