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Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:39:53 GMT
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As a volunteer BricksWest organizer who worked closely with Matt on the
event, I feel compelled to answer this post.
In lugnet.events.brickswest, Seth Rotkin writes:
> Thanks to Todd for setting this up so that we can assure that next year will
> be the best BricksWest ever [well, at least better than this year anyways :)]
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> Although I have some very strong feelings about how the event was run, I'll
> stick to my basic critiques in this thread.
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> Positives:
> 1. The Animation Festival was run very well. I was happy to see this since
> this is the biggest reason why I attended.
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> 2. The tent inside Legoland was done well. It was small, but I got to meet
> a bunch of people and discuss websites [I run http://www.coolbrickmovies.com].
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> Negatives:
> 1. The event on a whole wasn't run very well. I was only there on Sunday,
> and yet two things were cancelled [the Luau and the buffet].
And these things were outside of the organizers' control. Blaming Matt for
what happened is not fair in the least. Thanks to Brad Justus for doing
what he could to make up for someone else's mistake by passing out meal
vouchers.
> 2. Some false promises were made to me concerning the event. This really
> discouraged me. The only thing that really went to plan was the Animation
> Festival.
I assure you, everything that was planned for BricksWest that "failed" was
not by the fault of the organizers. Accusing Matt (and possibly others) of
false promises is preposterous.
> Summary:
> 1. I hope to see more people next year.
Me too.
> 2. I hope that the event is run by a different person, and preferably by a
> non-profit organization.
Matt did an incredible job with what he was given. You are way off base for
criticizing him when he spent countless hours of his free time to give the
AFOL community an amazing weekend. Until you've walked in his shoes, you
have no room to attack him.
> 3. I believe that the community should be involved in planning the event
> instead of an individual so that everyone knows what's going on.
From experience, making decisions by committee is a way _not_ to get things
done.
-Tim
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) the standard business practise for these sorts of things is to open the issue to input from the community until a certain deadline is reached. the input is assessed and someone or a few someones (a team) is delegated to handle the event. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
| | | Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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| (...) I completely agree with you, Tim. For a first-time event, being run 'on a shoestring', I thought it was a great time, and I'm looking forward to next year! The fact that the park dropped the ball on a few things should not be reflected back at (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
| | | Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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| (...) More involvement from the community does not mean making decisions by committee. While I disagree with most of what Seth has said about Matthew's performance, I do agree with one thing: there was very little communication and collaboration and (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
| | | Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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| WOW Nelly! Before this gets off on a "flame", I want everyone to be clear about the intentions of this thread. First, I want people to post their observations and critiques about the event for those that attended. Seth did attend on Sunday (clearly (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
| | | Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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| (...) Everybody- Please note that I never attacked him nor even mentioned his name is my post! I was merely saying that things didn't go to plan. I did not blame any specific person in my post. I'm slightly surprised that everyone is getting so (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | Re: A BricksWest Critique?
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| Thanks to Todd for setting this up so that we can assure that next year will be the best BricksWest ever [well, at least better than this year anyways :)] Although I have some very strong feelings about how the event was run, I'll stick to my basic (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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