Program
Planning the Potlatch program is not as much thinking about thematics as it is like running an experiment on the Large Hadron Collider. You have your books of honor, you have people interested in books, and those collide and you get ideas, and those ideas interact with other books and ideas. You look at what you think are going to be the most interesting interactions, and start building a program. Instead of moderators, we work with ringleaders. A potential ringleader might come to us with an idea, fully formed, or when looking at ideas, we think of someone and think, "yeah, zir is the person to run with this." Then the ringleader may pull together group of panelists, or we can suggest panelists to them. Our program is currently under construction. Please check back soon for more information! Algonquins are named for the meetings of Dorothy Parker and her peers (Harold Ross, Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, and others). The Algonquin Round Tables of the 1930s were held at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where lively discussion took place. Our Algonquins can be anything you like, a continuation of discussion from a panel; a demonstration of craft, art, technology; a trip to a favored restaurant or to investigate a new one; a reading from a work in progress or an old favorite. To create an Algonquin, use the signup board. During registration on Friday, it will be by the convention registration desk, then it will move to the dealer's room. If you have an idea in mind, sign up early, or a soon as you have an idea. You can use the seating area in the lobby, or the landings outside the program room for your Algonquin. |