Oct 16:

Unconventional Conventionists.

So, I'm at a local two day convention. It's not a 'Sons of the Dessert', or science fiction, fantasy, or political. It's not even one of those conventions where you get to wear fezzes and give weird, convoluted handshakes, and dance all night with women you barely know. And most attendees are in their twilight years - I'd say less than 10% are under 50.

And today will be spent mostly talking about budgets, and how tight the economy is, and how a community of faith can (and must) respond in difficult economic times. The irony is that the hotel is a $100+/room/night hotel, and yet we'll spend most of the day talking about economic scarcity. It's easy to take the 'scarcity' mindset, as in: "Money is tight, and there is none around", but I know different. There is a SEA of money out there just waiting to be put to use. But convincing people to pull the money out of their mattresses, and make it work for themselves, and the community is the hard part. And if I knew how to get people to do that, then "Making Your Mark" (a documentary I'm producing) wouldn't be struggling for money - instead, we'd be in the running at Sundance in January. Oh well, San Diego Film Festival will have to do...