On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Adrienne Foster <ajfos...@pacbell.net>wrote:

>
> Despite being kicked off the board and being banished from the convention,
> Kramer still owns 1/3 of its stock and refuses to sell it because of the
> huge income the dividends provide him. This is what has been financing his
> defense and allowing him to stall his case.
>
> In light of these developments, I am also disturbed that stockholders are
> receiving so much revenue from this convention while the majority of its
> staff comprises unpaid volunteers. I have no problem with for-profit
> conventions, but when a convention starts generating this kind of money, it
> seems those making it happen deserve a little more than a free membership
> and t-shirt.
>
> Adrienne
>
>
Although I agree with your sentiments and frustration, I honestly do not
see the point in boycotting an entire con because one unsavory character
owns a large chunk of stock in its parent corporation - especially when
that person is banned from the con for life and has had no say in how the
con is run for more than a decade. (That said, I hope Mr. Kramer is
convicted and sentenced to a very scary prison and the guards tell all of
the inmates that he is a child rapist - so ... in a few months ... we will
not have to worry about his 1/3 share stake anymore.)

As for the volunteers: The libertarian in me says that if volunteers are
willing to work for free membership and T-Shirt - then there is no harm
since they willingly do it. But the dyed-in-the-wool pro-union liberal in
me yells at the libertarian side of me to shut up and says shame on me
being an uncaring creep. (The conservative side of me was exiled in a
bloodless coup three decades ago and has not been heard from since.)

- David
--
http://www.davidspeakman.com
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