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Without naming names or dropping people in it, things we've dealt with under the dickishness category: * Comments of an inappropriate sexual nature about peopl
by iuguy 13y ago
Without naming names or dropping people in it, things we've dealt with under the dickishness category:
* Comments of an inappropriate sexual nature about people at the conference - warning
* Getting stupidly hammered and talking about things that you most certainly shouldn't to people you really shouldn't talk about it with - PNG'd
* Getting stupidly hammered, getting rowdy and threatening to hit people - PNG'd
* Bringing a huge entourage without telling us - Speaker PNG'd
* Sending a recruiter in to put cards on every seat when they have no association with the conference - PNG'd the whole company except people we know are coming as them, not representing the company
* Offering to run a party, then stringing us along and lying to us about what you're going to do, then pulling out at the last minute and getting caught lying about the reasons why - PNG'd
* Bumping into someone, then acting dickishly towards the person they bumped into when the person being bumped into says excuse me - Warning
Bear in mind that the definition of being a dick is down to the organisers and crew and may change at any point in time. If you don't like it, it might not be the conference for you.
The big problem I have is that people tend not to tell us stuff at the time so often we only find out months after the event. I am (and all of the crew are) more than happy to sort anything out that needs our intervention, so if you've come to a 44Con and see someone being a dick, please tell the crew and ask them to sort it out.
Just realised, for those that don't know, PNG meant Persona Non Grata - i.e. banned from attending in future or having any association with the event.