I'm bound to have missed someone, and it might be because I haven't properly matched up real life people with lj names, but I think this will give an indication of what the convention was like, because it is non stop action and it's almost all made by us for us.
This is only a fraction of what each person did but thanks to...
altariel for being on Doctor Who debating panels, and introducing us to Peter Wright from Edge Hill Uniespresso_addict for excellent conversation in the barfifitrix for singing so beautifully at the Cabaretgair for participating in panels from the floor, and particularly challenging me about gendergfk88 for hanging out with meglitterboy1 for being so kind and helping people so self-effacinglyi_smell_shite for being The BBC Godfather in the Cabaret, and organising a partyiainjcoleman for interviewing Paul Cornelljekesta - I know you were there, but I dont think we met - I hope it was fun for youjulesjones for being so friendlykatlinel for belly dancing to a sinister song in the Cabaretloli8 for coming to my hypno workshop and being so supportivepiersb for running a creativity workshoppinkdormouse for helping me with the gender panels, both during and in preparationsiggav for telling me about Icelandspacefall for being so charming, I wish I could have spoken more to yousteverogerson for running the programme of eventssugoll where to start? For being chair of the con, everythingthe_magician for compering the Cabaret with continual aplomb, always excellenttracey_jane for running art activities for the childrenvalderys for winning approximately everything and acting as Captain Jackwatervole for running the finance and organising lots of thingswaveney for the technical underpinning of the eventNote that
watervole is on the committee which will run Eastercon as Odyssey 2010.Anyway this is my model of how cons should be. Not too small, or focussed, very free form, very inclusive and involving. I feel I am able to participate in a way that suits what I am comfy doing, and not forced to take on things that don't work for me.
