Let's start again #2
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lovingbothHello lovely people. Here are some questions which I think are reasonable regarding BiCon 2001. I'd like to hear people's answers to them.
#1 Do you think that paying £2,200 to rent the accommodation for Monday night was the correct decision?
#2 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What alternatives were considered?
#3 Do you think that concealing this from everyone at the time was the correct decision?
#4 I have suggested that those of us - I'm one of them - who paid to stay elsewhere on the Monday night deserve at least an apology. Do you agree?
#5 Do you think that paying the full cost of the flight and other expenses for someone from Australia was a reasonable decision?
#6 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What financial planning was done that persuaded the team that it was affordable?
#7 What should 2002 and subsequent years do to avoid a similar situation in future?
#1 Do you think that paying £2,200 to rent the accommodation for Monday night was the correct decision?
#2 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What alternatives were considered?
#3 Do you think that concealing this from everyone at the time was the correct decision?
#4 I have suggested that those of us - I'm one of them - who paid to stay elsewhere on the Monday night deserve at least an apology. Do you agree?
#5 Do you think that paying the full cost of the flight and other expenses for someone from Australia was a reasonable decision?
#6 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What financial planning was done that persuaded the team that it was affordable?
#7 What should 2002 and subsequent years do to avoid a similar situation in future?
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Date: 2002-05-29 06:29 am (UTC)#1 Do you think that paying £2,200 to rent the accommodation for Monday night was the correct decision?
Hindsight is 20/20.
#2 (If you are a 2001 team member...) What alternatives were considered?
As the community did decide to place its trust in the 2001 team, we have to believe that they made the best decision they were capable of, given the situation they were faced with. Yes, it's possible someone else could have made a better deal, but that could be said of every deal ever made in the history of Bicon.
I do not understand what can be gained by publicly humiliating the 2001 team over their having made a bad deal on the rooms.
#3 Do you think that concealing this from everyone at the time was the correct decision?
This was unfortunate for the people who stayed an extra night in Coventry, but the 2001 team probably just wanted Bicon to end so that they could stop worrying about everybody and go home and chill.
#4 I have suggested that those of us - I'm one of them - who paid to stay elsewhere on the Monday night deserve at least an apology. Do you agree?
Well then, please accept one from me: I'm truly sorry that you had to pay to spend an extra night in Coventry.