[Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:

[Evil5757 at aol.com]

Everyone,
 
I have seen this time and time again in different areas where an  
established convention is challenged by a new convention. The new convention has  to 
take things away from the established convention (like events and people) or 
 it won't succeed. This is exactly what Smackdown is trying to do, and they 
are  doing it through our Miniatures department because it has been our 
weakest area  the past 5 years. 
 
The way we win is to strengthen our Miniatures department, and part of that 
 is EVERYONE (no matter what department)  contributing what they can to 
help the department under attack. 
 
The way we lose is infighting and ANYONE taking a "It's not my department"  
attitude. 
 
I do not like that fact that HMGS is basically being forced to bring events 
 to Smackdown instead of a full force gathering here like last year. But 
it's  happening, so look at the bright side:
 
a. We will have reliable people over there to count the dozens of people in 
 attendance.
 
b. We will have first hand accounts of what they are trying to do so we can 
 anticipate their next move and counter it.
 
c. We will have people there who are NOT Strategicon staff telling everyone 
 at Smackdown how much better Gateway is.
 
d. The HMGS people who go to Smackdown will have a greater appreciation for 
 how we do things when they show up for Orccon.
 
e. The HMGS people at Smackdown will be able to give US some fresh eyes and 
 give us some suggestions for improvement we might not have thought of yet.
 
Bill and Harmon - all I ask is that the HMGS members who go to Smackdown  
give their honest opinions when talking to Smackdown attendees. We have a 
better  product - I know it and you know it. What we need is for brainwashed 
Smackdown  attendees to be told the truth so they can see through the lies 
they have been  told and make their own decision.
 
Eric, Tim, and Chris - I still think we should have a "Bring your  
Smackdown 2010 badge to Orccon for a $10 full weekend badge" flyer  distributed at 
Smackdown so people can compare for themselves. We Win.
 
John
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/17/2011 11:49:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
Tim at stugiii.com writes:

Bill,

No one is arguing or discounting the contribution that  HMGS/PSW made to 
Strategicon, nor the contribution that Strategicon made to  HMGS/PSW.  Robyn 
is obviously upset about HMGS/PSW supporting Smackdown  in September. Just as 
some of the HMGS/PSW members are upset about  it.

We decided to stay out of the internal politics of HMGS/PSW; the  debate 
about SoCal Smackdown as well as the vote.  The reason we asked  you to not 
publish that email Bill is we didn't want to become distracted by  an email 
debate to no purpose.  The decision had been made and we have  other things to 
focus on.

Bill, Robyn and everyone, there is little to  be gained in continuing this 
so lets drop it.

Tim


On  7/17/2011 10:59 PM, Bill Witthans wrote:  
 
Hmmmm, 
Very strange view Robyn, "HMGS kicked us in the  ass this year and didn’t 
even give us a kiss" really? How so?   





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