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Cheetah:

--- Quote from: Leor on 30.10.2012, 00:00:12 ---I could undertand the meaning of those words but that really happened to anyone fire thebest friend?

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It is a figure of speech. It means that, in the long run, you will have to act like a manager. Maybe you don't have to "fire" your best friend. But eventually you will have to tell people what to do, and if they do it wrong (or more likely, don't do their job at all), you must be prepared to tell them, and possibly replace them with someone else. Most people, especially when they're close to you, take that very personally. So when you run a con with friends, be prepared for potential trouble and disagreements.

JonathanO:
its really hard to run a convetion, I know becase in 2011 i started my first conevtion with 1000 attendees en 2012 1300 attendees thats becase i'm alreday in the animeworld like 2004 so i knew enouf poeple to get the word spread and thanks to facebook en some good freinds who are also in the group organising a con.

Jake R:
In regards to hiring / firing friends, my experience as a volunteer manager at another convention taught me this: don't find the right job for the person, find the right person for the job.

Finding the right job for a person implies that you found a person and are looking for the job where he'll fit best... but if you need to look at all, apparently his strong points aren't a clear thing right from the start. So what you'll actually be doing most of the time is trying to find the job where he'll do the least amount of damage. For the love of everything, don't do this. It will ruin your organisation, your friendship, and your sanity.

Short term this means you might have to tell people you don't have any place where you need him/her right now. As mentioned above, this is hard, but frequently unavoidable. If they hate you for it, was the person really your friend? Long term this means you'll have a better staff, better organisational structure, a better convention... and enough sanity so that you'll be able to stay nice and happy and enjoy time with your real friends.


Good luck with starting your own convention. You will need it. But when you finally pull it off, it's all worth it. =)

Leor:
All I can say is thank you for your advices. I will do my best to commit no mistakes and have all ready with the best. Slow we go far  :)

Thank you *hugs*


          Leor

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