Save Albacon!!!!!!

[seawasp]

In a letter I just received for programming for Albacon, there was the following line:

"There was talk of canceling Albacon this year: we're not certain there is enough of an audience in the area to support a con."

This would be a minor disaster for me and for local fandom. Albacon is one of two, and only two, conventions I can regularly attend (the other being RPI's little convention, "Genericon"). Boston or New York City area is *barely* imaginable, for a very important convention if I was to be a guest, but really anything that's more than an hour or two away is simply not a practical destination for me for a number of reasons, unless of course I get that Rich and Famous Contract, or at least the Famous Enough part of it that conventions are willing to pay me and my family to come there.

Albacon is a very long-running tradition here in the Albany area, and for it to just ... fade away would be wrong.

So pass the word along to make sure anyone who's thinking of attending DOES. Sign up, come to the convention. Meet me if you haven't. Or meet the other guests.

But if you can, come, or ask anyone you know in this area to come. I'd hate to think that Albacon will disappear.

Comments

[shana.livejournal.com]

I'm going.

[hms42]

Pre-reg, if you have not done so. A comment I heard today at NASFiC is the canceling is being suggested due to lack of pre-reg members.

[shana.livejournal.com]

Done.

[lmekko.livejournal.com]

I should prolly go... but A) lack the funds at the moment and B) always feel odd going to local cons... feels like less of a "vacation" than going to a far one. Still sad to see it disappear though.

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

I'm strapped. If something changes I'll go.

Save Albacon

[captphil.livejournal.com]

Well, sorry to hear about this. My family and I have been long time supporters and attendees of Albacon enjoying the area, the time of year and the programming.

But we are also long time fans of attending the New York Comic Con which is closer to us (Long Island) so when the NYCC moved to Columbus day weekend it was a no-brainer as to which con we would attend. I did discuss this many times with various Albacon staff and at the last con there was a small survey with talk of the con moving to laborday weekend. Because of the conflict with DragonCon the survey voted to stay with Columbus day.

If Albacon can research and find a decent weekend we'd be happy to come back, we love the con and are sorry we can't attend anymore. I'd hate to see it go away.