Readercon query

[calimac]

Could someone explain to me the relationship between 1) the concom that just reversed and overruled the board's decision, 2) the board that issued the infamous two-year suspension, 3) the concom that actually ran this year's convention? Because, as it appears, the concom (3) referred the matter to the board, which was then overruled by the concom (1). What? I do not think I grasp the administrative structure here.

Comments

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Kate's reply is accurate. 1) and 3) are one and the same; 2) is a subset of 1) / 3).

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

But that makes no sense, that 1 and 3 could be the same. If the concom is too large and amorphous to make a decision, how can it possibly practically run the convention? Every small convention I have worked on, the concom has been the small, flexible, ad hoc body tasked with actually running the convention, while it's the board which is the larger, slower, more formal and permanent body that makes the heavy and deep policy decisions.

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Sounds like nomenclature meltdown to me.