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- 3,Dominion - Update
- 4,by Simon Plumbe
-
- DOMINION '96 - Update
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-
- Bad news! Unfortunately, because of the immense strain we are under
- here at Infinite Frontiers, we have been forced to come to the
- conclusion that running a convention is currently beyond our
- capabilities.
-
- We have had to deal with a number of problems, both internally and
- externally, that made the prospect of running Dominion look
- increasingly unlikely, namely:
-
- * The Committee
-
- Unfortunately, two members of the committee had dropped out since
- the last update, one due to commitments at University, the other
- lacking confidence to do his job. Also, the person we were
- negotiating with to handle our video programme had declined the
- opportunity to work with us, which left us with gaps in three vital
- areas of the convention, with no-one available to replace them.
-
- * Workload
-
- We have been finding it increasingly difficult to produce The Final
- Frontier on a regular basis, and with some of the Infinite
- Frontiers team working professionally, our time is even more
- precious. We are currently trying to restructure Infinite Frontiers
- and to bring in new, talented, dedicated writers to expand our
- team. We think that once we have a team we are completely happy
- with, then we can re-evaluate the possiblity of the group taking on
- more work.
-
- * Fandom
-
- Star Trek fandom is currently going through a number of changes.
- Professional conventions are starting to take place in the UK, fan
- conventions are becomming more commonplace (there are 19 scheduled
- to run in 1995 alone!), and there also seems to be a growing
- concern over politics within fandom. There are too many people
- involved in fandom at the moment who are trying to create havoc and
- cause petty arguments and we felt that with the current situation
- it was wise to step back and let the dust settle before we started
- anything major.
-
- * The Hotel
-
- Despite valiant efforts, Kathy Yates was getting little or no
- response from the hotels that we were talking to in order to find a
- venue for the convention. Some didn't have the courteousy to reply
- and others just weren't large enough or didn't have the facilities
- we needed.
-
- * The Guests
-
- Tim Smith had been writing to the cast members that we wanted to
- invite over for Dominion, but had no response. Then we discovered
- that a convention being held this year in the UK, SOL III, had
- already confirmed one of our target guests as being their guest of
- honour, namely Dwight Schultz. That being the case, we would have
- had to find a new guest to invite. We were also still awaiting a
- reply from our other targetted guest, Terry Farrell!
-
-
- It was unfortunate that this had to happen, and it was a decision
- that wasn't taken lightly, but we hope you understand why we felt
- that we were left with no real choice.
-
- However, Dominion isn't scrapped... merely postponed, so keep your
- eyes open for details in the future.
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