Posted by Long Hair In Albany (other posts) on January 21, 2014 at 20:03:13 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: I did it posted by The Spaf Man on January 21, 2014 at 18:52:57:
: Ok, I hope you had fun, I am planning to go to the Star Trek con in Cherry Hill NJ in April..
: Take Care, Keep Growin' and Flowin'!
: The Spaf Man
I did have fun. I've been attending and working on these conventions for more than 30 years.
This con is not just Star Trek, covers all aspects of science
fiction (books, media, etc.) Includes Trek, Star Wars, B5, etc.
Also includes costumes, Anime, Cosplay, etc.
The best cons to attend are fan run conventions. Too many cons are run by folks who are only in the business for the money.
A good fan run convention will be run as a 501(c)3 non profit.
Having a good dealers room, a good art room,filing, programming
are fine but too many people run cons only to get people into
a dealers room (and make money).
(BTW, i'm not a fan of the folks running the Cherry Hill Con.
http://www.creationent.com/cal/st_philly.html
They are only in it to make money, it is not a fan run convention. They have some great guests but they treat their
guests like crap. These actors are human beings, a con should treat them like human beings and Creation is famous for treating their guests like crap.)