Can haz Arisia schedule
Dec. 28th, 2018 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexArisia Programming just sent out the notification that schedules are updated. (Nothing is final until it happens because humans are human.) I told them they are rock stars because they are. Pulling off the complete reorganization of the panels (and workshops, etc.) schedule in this short an amount of time with all the changes is its own kind of miracle.
Friday, 7 PM - Adults, Couples, and Coworkers on the Spectrum
Saturday, 1PM - Polyamory Meet-up
Saturday, 5:30 PM - Gaming and Consent
Sunday, 10 AM - Arisia Corporate meeting
Sunday, 2:30 PM - Geeky Parenting
Sunday, 7 PM - Open Policy Workshop
Monday, 11:30 - State of Arisia Community
The "Spectrum" panel is a reality I live every day. I'm looking forward to hearing others' experiences and hoping we'll have some success strategies to share.
"Gaming and Consent" looks like a good group - the moderator has already started discussion - and has a mix of LARP and tabletop people. Working out content warnings for this will be an extra challenge. We'll be talking about deliberate consent-violating or -challenging scenarios and we'd like not to freak out unsuspecting audience members.
The Corp meeting is going to be much more lively than the usual, I expect. We should have a great turn-out and I'm hoping to get a vote on my own minor Bylaws amendment. I've become much more of a policy wonk than ever I expected (see below) and if we're ever going to make things better these are the levers we can pull to accomplish that.
"Geeky Parenting" is another reality I live and love. My kids are wonderful geeks and it's been ever-more interesting these last couple years exploring the more-adult overlaps of their fandoms and mine. I spend a fair bit of time reflecting on how different their geek upbringing has been than my own was.
The Open Policy Workshop is my pet and I hope it draws well. We have a new Open Policy Committee at Arisia, Inc (Chaired by yours truly) that is intended to help people get their desired changes enacted. It's one thing to give feedback and ask for change - a needed and valuable thing - and another level to say "I want to make this change happen". The workshop is designed to show people how it's possible to get to that next level.
The "State of Arisia" is designed to be a chance for people to vent and speak to those of us who are supposed to be in charge(*). Earlier in the Con there will be things like a town hall, a safety discussion and other events that I'm not part of but that are designed to engage people in these processes. Monday should be when we learn how well this has all worked.
I hope to see many of you there. Sadly, due to multiple conflicts there will not be the usual Saturday night at 8 drinks. I do plan to check out the hotel bar, probably later Saturday night, but I can't organize a time. Maybe 10 PM? If anyone would like to meet up and test out the cocktail selection I'd like that. Leave a comment or ping me in email.
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(*) I keep wanting people to remember that the Eboard serves the Corporation, not the other way around. Anything we do can be overturned by the membership.
Friday, 7 PM - Adults, Couples, and Coworkers on the Spectrum
Saturday, 1PM - Polyamory Meet-up
Saturday, 5:30 PM - Gaming and Consent
Sunday, 10 AM - Arisia Corporate meeting
Sunday, 2:30 PM - Geeky Parenting
Sunday, 7 PM - Open Policy Workshop
Monday, 11:30 - State of Arisia Community
The "Spectrum" panel is a reality I live every day. I'm looking forward to hearing others' experiences and hoping we'll have some success strategies to share.
"Gaming and Consent" looks like a good group - the moderator has already started discussion - and has a mix of LARP and tabletop people. Working out content warnings for this will be an extra challenge. We'll be talking about deliberate consent-violating or -challenging scenarios and we'd like not to freak out unsuspecting audience members.
The Corp meeting is going to be much more lively than the usual, I expect. We should have a great turn-out and I'm hoping to get a vote on my own minor Bylaws amendment. I've become much more of a policy wonk than ever I expected (see below) and if we're ever going to make things better these are the levers we can pull to accomplish that.
"Geeky Parenting" is another reality I live and love. My kids are wonderful geeks and it's been ever-more interesting these last couple years exploring the more-adult overlaps of their fandoms and mine. I spend a fair bit of time reflecting on how different their geek upbringing has been than my own was.
The Open Policy Workshop is my pet and I hope it draws well. We have a new Open Policy Committee at Arisia, Inc (Chaired by yours truly) that is intended to help people get their desired changes enacted. It's one thing to give feedback and ask for change - a needed and valuable thing - and another level to say "I want to make this change happen". The workshop is designed to show people how it's possible to get to that next level.
The "State of Arisia" is designed to be a chance for people to vent and speak to those of us who are supposed to be in charge(*). Earlier in the Con there will be things like a town hall, a safety discussion and other events that I'm not part of but that are designed to engage people in these processes. Monday should be when we learn how well this has all worked.
I hope to see many of you there. Sadly, due to multiple conflicts there will not be the usual Saturday night at 8 drinks. I do plan to check out the hotel bar, probably later Saturday night, but I can't organize a time. Maybe 10 PM? If anyone would like to meet up and test out the cocktail selection I'd like that. Leave a comment or ping me in email.
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(*) I keep wanting people to remember that the Eboard serves the Corporation, not the other way around. Anything we do can be overturned by the membership.
