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On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:33:20 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Gary McGath <
ga...@mcgath.com> wrote:
> >On 9/11/23 10:54 AM,
ele...@optonline.net wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I believe one reason conventions in the US sell memberships rather
> >> than tickets is that tickets are subject to sales tax in most areas.
> >
> >It`s not just that. The word "membership" stresses that everyone is a
> >participant, even if it`s just talking to pros in the halls. Selling
> >admissions through a third-party agency (and letting it keep a
> >substantial cut) decreases the sense that members are part of the same
> >community.
> And this is something that is lost in the translation to Chinese, I believe.
>
> But we also have the issue that, although fans initially made the Worldcon
> bid and started the Chinese Worldcon organization, they have been
pushed aside
> by municipal government which has taken the event over for their own
> purposes. This is how these things go in China, and it`s clearly going to
> provide a lot of good things for the Worldcon as well as a lot of bad things
> too. You are seeing one of the bad ones, and there will be more. Note
> how supporting memberships are now described, for instance.
This is going to be one unusual WorldCon.
pt
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