The Aliens Legacy fan table and staffingThis post is staffed by Mike Rizzuto and assisted by Paul Maitland, Amy Jo Maitland, and Greg Newell.
Mantroon wrote:
OK folks, about that DCon fan table...
What's it for? To some it's a anchor, a place we can say "I'll meet you at the table in 10 minutes". For others, It's a nice rest stop in the madness that is DCon. For some, it's a locker, where you can stash stuff while you are on your way to something else.
But, what it should ideally be is a place to represent the group to the public. Where we put our best foot forward and show ourselves off.
So, when it comes time to staff the table, you can hear the audible groan as folks roll their eyes and think "awww really? But it's DragonCon and I got other stuff I wanna do". I feel ya, I used to say "but I am on holiday" and skip away with never a thought for those on the table. Now I am one of the folks who help organise it, I look back on that comment and cringe. It made me look like a selfish douchebag to those who had put in the work.
So it's left down to a few folks to organise things like the meal, the table, the parade. Magic pixies don't make those things happen, people do.
Honestly, with the lack of interest, there's been talk of dropping the table altogether. To me, that would be a real real real shame.
So, if we want to keep the table, the community needs to step up a bit.
So what can you do?
1 hour at the table, wearing an Aliens themed shirt or (even better) your costume. Smile, talk to folks, have some fun with it. Tell them why our community is awesome and why you like being a part of it, show off your costume or props.
And when the hour is done, to the BAR!!!!! (Try Trader Vic's, their Mai Tai is the bomb).
So folks, what do you say? Give us an hour and I'll shut the hell up. Otherwise I'll follow you around during DCon, making disgusting sounding wet smacking noises behind you that will give you horrific mental images.
Friday
1400-1500: Mantroon and G-Man
1500-1600: Mantroon and G-Man
1600-1700: Wildeone & Boltie
1700-1800: Attack2077 (Mark Gilbert) & Boltie
1800-1900: Brock Brown
Saturday
1000-1100: Rick Reichard
1100-1200: MSgt Baldwin, Plastic Princess, & Rick Reichard
1200-1300: Tony B. & Rick Reichard
1300-1400: Attack2077 (Mark Gilbert)
1400-1500: Adept705 (Jeff Grabowski)
1500-1600: Adept705 (Jeff Grabowski)
1600-1700: bigbisont
1700-1800: bigbisont
Sunday
1000-1100: Rob & Lottie Slater
1100-1200: Rob & Lottie Slater
1200-1300: Attack2077 (Mark Gilbert) & Boltie
1300-1400:
1400-1500:
1500-1600:
1600-1700:
1700-1800:
1800-1900:
1900 - Table breakdown: Mantroon and Gman