by Vlad G Pohnert » Sun Sep 01, 2002 1:29 am
Ok, I've discussed this with a few individuals so I figure I might as well through the idea of and see what people thing. I been formalating it for some time now.
This who AMV thing has grown to such a large community that I think it's maybe time that we organized some sort of weekend gathering dedicated to our favorate art of AMVs.
This would enable us to control and plan all the events and all instead of being under the control of a general convention. Here we could have several contest for both beginners and experienced AMV creators, tons of pannels and workshops and best of all ORGANIZED gatherings, dinners, etc! We could feature events to also watch videos and provide feedback to creators, etc. Lots of events can involved both the beginners and expericed creators!! We can even have a small hardware expo and test editing systems back to back, AMV gameshows, editing competitions and things that we can't do normally in a convention due to schedule and space restrictions.
Yes, I realize the legality of AMVs, but we are not talking about a huge con with tens of thousands of individuals with national wide TV advertising here so I don't see a problem here as long as we don't make a profit and sell our stuff.
In terms of financing this, since we are not talking about guests, we would be looking at mainly facility and AV equipment costs, but I'm sure if everyone pre-registered then that would not be a major problem.
I myself have lots of expereince in convention and event running since I've done it for over 10 years and think this is quite possible! If we get enough individuals together to organize this, I don't see why we can't do it. I for one am willing to put the time and effort into it
Just think of the CD swaps, cool AMV events only, things you could learn and meeting everyone without having to find each other or trying to organize get togethers!! And why not do this, even video editors have these kind of expo/con tye get togethers...
So, what are your thoughts on this....
Vlad