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<blockquote data-quote="EKovarr" data-source="post: 9280982" data-attributes="member: 7044826"><p>I spent several hours drafting and editing a post, doing some research for things I'd forgotten, etc. A lot of explanation. What WSFS is, what Worldcons are, all carefully written in service of getting people on the same page, how it boils down to what's basic:</p><p></p><p>There is no they. "They" don't exist, just fans.</p><p></p><p>WSFS doesn't exist either. "WSFS" and related are registered service marks. Protecting them requires year round vigilance: a handful of fans volunteer to do it. That's it. </p><p></p><p>The first World Science Fiction Convention was in 1939: a bunch of fans decided fans should have a time and place to meet each other. 85 years later and it's the same. Fans volunteer so fans can get together. Anything needs to be decided, fans make the decision. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Before posting it I read through everything and discovered that pretty much all of this has already been covered. The usual thing, fans putting effort in for fans. Gamers, Worldcon folks, people who do or don't go to conventions, people who read SF, whomever. So I started over, boiling things down to what's basic.</p><p></p><p>Which includes what's important here: massive appreciation for Umban, dragoner, Autumnal, probably others, the fans who put in the effort. AbdulAkgazred for a different reason: he stuck his neck out. He disagreed with the assumption that the Chinese government is the same as Chinese people. Including that they know that it's really stupid to express any disagreement with it. </p><p></p><p>"We now return you to your regularly scheduled program already in progress."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EKovarr, post: 9280982, member: 7044826"] I spent several hours drafting and editing a post, doing some research for things I'd forgotten, etc. A lot of explanation. What WSFS is, what Worldcons are, all carefully written in service of getting people on the same page, how it boils down to what's basic: There is no they. "They" don't exist, just fans. WSFS doesn't exist either. "WSFS" and related are registered service marks. Protecting them requires year round vigilance: a handful of fans volunteer to do it. That's it. The first World Science Fiction Convention was in 1939: a bunch of fans decided fans should have a time and place to meet each other. 85 years later and it's the same. Fans volunteer so fans can get together. Anything needs to be decided, fans make the decision. Before posting it I read through everything and discovered that pretty much all of this has already been covered. The usual thing, fans putting effort in for fans. Gamers, Worldcon folks, people who do or don't go to conventions, people who read SF, whomever. So I started over, boiling things down to what's basic. Which includes what's important here: massive appreciation for Umban, dragoner, Autumnal, probably others, the fans who put in the effort. AbdulAkgazred for a different reason: he stuck his neck out. He disagreed with the assumption that the Chinese government is the same as Chinese people. Including that they know that it's really stupid to express any disagreement with it. "We now return you to your regularly scheduled program already in progress." [/QUOTE]
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