[Deptheads] As we grow...

Tue Jun 7 23:51:37 PDT 2011

Let me give a resounding NO to that idea. Video Games volunteers are mostly
teenage and post-teen video game players, not babysitters. Making us
actually be responsible for children and keeping track of them, coordinating
with parents... no. Not unless you can find us a handful of people who WANT
to be substitute parents. By my reckoning, we'd need at least six volunteers
- two people to cover 4 hours each day Saturday and Sunday (10-2, 2-6,
6-10).

And if you're going to go to that effort, at that point, you may as well
make a Kids/Babysitting department.

Jason DuVall
Head Videot

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Frank <Frankvas at pacbell.net> wrote:

>      Me being a parent, I think it would be nice to enlarge the video games
> room and add some non video games in it for the younger ones.  Make it the
> kids corner, have some blocks, yougling board games, large legos, etc. (I
> can lend some of these by the way)
>
>     Parents are with their kids all day, every day.  I don't think they
> want to go to the con and have to play with their kids there again, they
> want to spend some time with adults and play with adults for a change.  If
> you (we) get someone to volunteer to watch the kids:
> -To leave your child you have to leave your cell phone number.
> -If called, you must come back within 5mins.  If not then you are banned,
> no second chances.
> -No kids under ... 7?
> I've watched my daughter play, it doesn't require any effort, a book is
> recommended.
>
> Frank V.
>
>
> On 6/7/2011 10:59 PM, Karl Kreder wrote:
>
> I would say that maybe we are approaching this thing all wrong.  It just
> dawned on me, why don't we encourage the parents to play games with their
> children.
>
> I understand there are a few parents out there that do not want to do this
> (I am not going to argue the reasons why) but what if we gave incentive to
> parents to game with their children and have the take part in the games that
> make the con what it is.
>
> This is what I am doing with my kids...
>
> My two cents
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM, <fad23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> One of my new volunteers approached me last weekend and had one item of
> conversation which she felt we (the convention) must consider as we grow:
> how we deal with our child guests.
>
> At the moment we have a "family Sunday" which seems like an attraction. At
> other times it appears that children are left by their parents in the video
> game room, or roam with no real direction. This is just an observation, but
> I imagine that means that we could implement some idea that could give these
> visitors some real content.
>
> For the last convention, I brought in Bill Chott to do Simon Sez. I'm sure
> he'd come back to do it again, but I think we could do a lot more!
>
> I'm not suggesting a specific plan at the moment. I'm not a parent, so I
> can only guess the concerns of the gamer parents I know who attend. The aim
> of this message is to spark a discussion that might lead to ideas that
> eventually become a plan.
>
> Obviously there are many issues that would be of concern: content,
> staffing, scheduling, and other practical matters. I suppose I'd like to
> read your thoughts on this notion, and consider them as much as I am able.
>
> Then there's the idea of a short term plan and a long term plan - things I
> can add to the schedule for Gateway and what we imagine as the shape of the
> convention in the years to come. Just in the typing of this message I'm
> getting inspired. Any light bulbs popping over your heads?
>
> I expect I'll be opening this discussion up to my friends in private. In
> the mean time, if you have opinions or ideas, I'd be interested in reading
> them.
>
> Thanks for your time. I look forward to reading your responses.
>
> twenty-three-skidoo,
>
> Neil Figuracion
> Fad23
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Eric M. Aldrich" <ealdrich at mac.com>
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> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:10:01
> To: <Deptheads at strategicon.net>
> Reply-To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Subject: [Deptheads] A few new additions to the list
>
> I've added three new people to the list -- one way overdue :-(
>
> The overdue one is Fred Upton -- he's the second on the RPGA side. He's
> been actively helping us for years, and Mickey and Mike have frequently
> asked me to add him and I've flaked, so he's finally here.
>
> The next person is Taralyn Frasqueri-Molina, or "TL" as she goes by. She's
> the person behind lining up the artwork and is working with marketing.
> Thanks to her we had the wonderful conbook cover art and TShirts this last
> show.
>
> Finally, we have someone who is genuinely new, Frank Vassallo, who is
> taking over for Harmon Ward running the historical end of the miniatures
> team for at least this show. Harmon is still on the list as well. Things are
> a little complicated right now, but more on that later.
>
> Glad to have the three of you here!
>
> I still need to add some of Neil's board game assistants.
>
> Hopefully we'll have final numbers from Gamex soon. They're looking pretty
> good.
>
> Eric
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