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Eric: I tried to come up with a pithy title. I failed! I failed!

Save ConnectiCon has pulled it off. Inside of a couple of weeks, they've collected the thirty-five thousand plus to help the ConnectiCon folks raise the money to cover the debts and overages. If I get to the point of needing to do a fundraising drive for the second stage of surgery, I know what people to call, clearly.

(Well, except that I barely know any of the folks who are involved. But that's neither here nor there.)

I'm frankly glad to see it done and done well. Regardless of your opinion of ConnectiCon, that was a crappy position for the organizers to be in. Matt Daigle has indicated they're going to be taking a bunch of the steps that some folks have advocated in organizing next year's convention, so this might be a learning experience for everyone. Certainly, it's a demonstration of the power of a given community to pull together and pitch in.

(Which community? I'm not sure. I suspect the largest number of donations came from Ctrl-alt-del's fanbase, but it's a disservice to the fans of VG Cats, 8 Bit Theater or any of the others to give Buckley all the credit. Nor is it exclusively gamer comics. Certainly, a Snarkoleptic or five put money in too, and good on you guys.)

I stand by the stuff I said in my last snark on the subject. At the same time, it feels good to pitch in, to help, to try and make a difference to a couple of people in a tight spot.

Here's hoping the lessons learned by Daigle and Benn will lead both to a more financially secure ConnectiCon, and in general to a better one.

Posted by Eric Burns-White at July 28, 2005 6:53 PM

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