If you can't attend AmiWest, at least do something else that helps maintain, or grow this tiny community. Those who can attend AmiWest Shows, should make more of an effort to be here.
Something just stuck me here.... Back in the days when I went to sci-fi conventions, They had the idea of "attending" and "sustaining" memberships. Folks with sustaining memberships obviously did not actually attend the show, but their "ticket", at less than the attending rate, got them the pre-con materials, the convention book, and voting rights in some of the fannish contests.
Of course, this was back in the Elder Days when such things were done via Snail Mail. But perhaps something could be done like it at AmiWest. Maybe a DVD of the panels? Just a thought...
