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24th February 2001 at 2:23 am #61015
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Originally posted by Jacha:
[b]okay put the swords away.

A compromise has been reached between Terri and myself in that Terri is going to do the running about round Halifax and liaison with salter…and I think she’s gonna need a lot of stamina to juggle everything we throw at her [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks for taking my olive branch, Terri
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Well, thank goodness for this. I was more than a little concerned about what was appearing to be bad blood amongst the folks here, and being a relative stranger ’round here myself, I was loathe to offer any opinions.
Having been involved in organizing a few things myself in the past (working in various capacities with various sci-fi cons), as well as being in the positions that I see both sides are on, I can completely understand where all of you are coming from. Organizing a (un)convention of any sort is a hard, stressful, and annoying thing to be a part of, full of unexpected and what appear to be unneccesary complications. And, as LEXX gains popularity, these elements can only grow larger, leading to more and more miscommunication and misunderstanding. And, with the corporate shift going on at Salter, I’m amazed that things are going as smoothly as they are. They’re in the midst of producing several television shows, dealing with a change of ownership, and having to deal with about a million calls a day from our offices alone [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]. It only shows a great commitment to the fans of the show that they’re devoting the kind of time and attention that they currently are. If miscommunications were made, misunderstandings took place, or entire chunks of conversations were forgotten, as frustrating as that can be, we have to remember that these things happen, and attempt to happily move on.
I’m glad that a sense of cooperation has prevailed among the people involved. As I see it, having more people involved in the planning/communication/arranging/whatever can only help to make things run more smoothly, and will end up benefiting *everyone*.

Now that I’ve been extremely long-winded (my wind is about 20 feet longer than usual!) and tiresome, I’ll shut up.

–Aleck