World Fantasy Con, 2013
Oct. 27th, 2013 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marinessFrom the World Fantasy Convention committee, 2013:
Because the Hilton Brighton Metropole is an old building, please note that access to some areas may be limited or unavailable for those with mobility issues. This includes the Registration area in the Sussex Lounge, which is inaccessible by wheelchair.
Let's just repeat that: people using wheelchairs will not be able to reach the registration area for World Fantasy Convention, an important convention for writers, editors, agents, poets, and artists working in the field of fantasy.
I have spent the last week enviously reading tweets and blog posts and emails from people heading to World Fantasy. Not getting to go just because I use a wheelchair -- well, it sucks. It seriously sucks. This sort of announcement does make me feel a little better about my decision not to go, but it doesn't make the situation any better.
Because the Hilton Brighton Metropole is an old building, please note that access to some areas may be limited or unavailable for those with mobility issues. This includes the Registration area in the Sussex Lounge, which is inaccessible by wheelchair.
Let's just repeat that: people using wheelchairs will not be able to reach the registration area for World Fantasy Convention, an important convention for writers, editors, agents, poets, and artists working in the field of fantasy.
I have spent the last week enviously reading tweets and blog posts and emails from people heading to World Fantasy. Not getting to go just because I use a wheelchair -- well, it sucks. It seriously sucks. This sort of announcement does make me feel a little better about my decision not to go, but it doesn't make the situation any better.
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Date: 2013-10-27 10:39 pm (UTC)(Also: 75 POUNDS to replace a lost badge?!)
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Date: 2013-10-27 10:43 pm (UTC)Are lost badges at a con like this really that big of a problem? I know it comes up at GenCon because there are a number of kid attendees who lose badges, but WFC tends to be almost completely adults. Not to say that adults don't lose badges, but I would think there'd only be a few at each con, right? And I don't think that there'd be a huge issue with people borrowing a friend's badge to get into con, which might be the other thing the organizers are thinking of, but maybe I'm underestimating that problem?
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Date: 2013-10-28 01:36 am (UTC)I dunno. A cursory Google turns up at least one WorldCon requiring purchase of a new membership, but honestly I think WFC much less likely to have trouble with gatecrashers . . .