More anonymous concoms

[redbird]

minnehaha K posted last week [1], unhappy about the trend for con committees to sit behind email like chair@example.org and artshow@example.org with no name given.

A flyer for Lunacon turned up in the mail today. Two people working on the convention are identified: the Filk Mistress and the Regency Dance Master. Not, say, the chair, or the people running the dealers' room, art show, or registration.

The only reason I'm confident that there is a con chair is that she, he, it, or they takes credit for creating the convention flyer.

cattitude is poking around online as I write this, and reports that most of the articles on the website are credited to "chair" (still unnamed).

[1] Thanks for reminding me of who, fredcritter.

Comments

[fredcritter.livejournal.com]

It was minnehaha K. Which isn't at all the same thing as saying "that was me," but it at least makes the identification in case you were curious.

I think there are good reason to have the email routed that way and I don't think most of it is really for the sake of hiding identities, but I do think that folks need to be reminded that it can have that appearance & effect and that at least some other folks really would like to know who are running things. For example, if I can pry the time loose from work, I'll always go to a Congenial chaired by Uncle Vlad, whereas if somebody else were to take over I would need to make inquiries before making commitments.