From: fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org (David Medinnus)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: AnimeWars '93
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:40:31 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/Internet - +1 408 734 2289

michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte) writes:

> 
> In article <Zku3NB1w165w@clubzen.fidonet.org> fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org writ
>  > 
> 
> Well, once again I am sadly proven right in my prediction for
> "AnimeWars '93"... <sigh> A bit underhanded of the Con going for the
> same weekend as the Expo, to say the very least.
> 
>  > Dear To Whom It May Concern,
> 
> Dear WHO,
> 
> Who are you???
> 
>  > Mike Tatsugawa has released his preliminary information about Anime Expo 
>  > '93. Therefore, he has given me leave to speak.
> 
> Really, where??
> 
>  > The week following Anime Expo I spoke to John, and he found Mike's offer 
>  > to have no merit. He is not interested in joining Mike. I relayed this 
>  > information to Mike via e-mail, and have not heard from him since. 
> 
> You live in the same city. Isn't it possible that email got lost? Have
> you heard of this brill invention called the PHONE?? (Sheesh, people on
> computer nets seem to entrust their lives to electronic communication
> when the phone can clarify matters in a couple of seconds.)
> 
>  > I despise working behind the scenes;
> 
> What I despised last year was not being aware that the Con was FOR
> PROFIT. The fliers and info seemed to indicate it was "SPONSORED" by
> Gainax and a couple of other companies, but not that they would gain
> directly monetarily from it.
> 
> (Okay, so I'm biased. In Australia 90% of cons are non-profit... :)
> 
>  > Thus....I, with the support and able assistance of John McLaughlin, 
>  > Animeigo, USMC, and quite a bit of the staffs of Animecon and Anime Expo, 
>  > will be running Animecon '93, to be held the Fourth of July Weekend at 
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Low blow, very low blow.
> 
>  > pompous, but I really couldn't think of anything better). One of them I 
>  > have heard is that I want to run Animecon '93 for the business contacts.
>  > Let me confirm this rumor. I WANT THE BUSINESS CONTACTS!!! I have 
> 
> It sounds like YOU are running this con for personal reasons, not Mike.
> Mike runs it for fandom, you run it for yourself.
> 
>  > benefit for my business. And yes, I will run Animecon '93 as a business, 
>  > 'cause, dammit, it is (at least in the eyes of the government). Whether 
>  > it is run by a for-profit corp. (such as Animecon '91), or by a 
>  > non-profit corp. (as was Anime Expo '92), the interactions necessary to 
>  > make it successful (with the hotel, with various supply companies, etc.) 
>  > MUST be done on as professional a basis as possible. 
> 
> It can be run LIKE a business, as long as the money goes to the right
> places. NOT the big corporations.
> 
>  > I have already begun assembling a staff, and I welcome all of you to join 
>  > with us to provide anime fandom with the best possible show.
> 
> Begun scavenging staff, more like. John's visit (sorry, Brin) to the
> Expo was nothing more than a recruitment drive for staff for a rebel
> con.
> 
>  > Thanx for listening. 
> 
> I was reading it. Listening I was to the 3x3 Eyes soundtrack. (But I
> don't expect you to know what that is. :)
> 
>  > I can be reached mundanely at my store from Noon to Midnight at:
>  > A Wrinkle In Time
>  > 19770 Homestead Road
>  > Cupertino, CA 95014
>  > (408) 255-9406
> 
> Are people expected to go up to the person behind the desk and say "Are
> you Fafhrd?" (Sounds like Steve Martin's character in THE MAN WITH TWO
> BRAINS.)
> 
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Michael -

My name, as I have said before, is David Medinnus. I do not claim that my 
long-time nickname, "Fafhrd" is particularly glamorous. And yes, MANY 
people (well, more than twenty) refer to me as Fafhrd all the time. 

Mike Tatsugawa made announcements on-line concerning Anime Expo '93. You 
ask "Where"? Here.

My attempts to communicate with Mike have not been restricted to the 
UUCP. I am quite adept at telephone-use, thank you.

If John McLaughlin's corporation which ran Animecon '91 is a For-Profit 
con by definition of how much money it made, well, lets just say he ran a 
real NON-profit con. Animecon '91 lost $$$.

I have addressed many other of your questions in other posts since that, 
my first announcement, at which you have taken so much umbrage. I trust 
that you have read them. 

In particular, I have discussed my motivation at length, and in depth. 
And, in general, I don't cop to the virture of altruism; perhaps I am too 
cynical for your tastes, but I am up-front and honest with what benefits 
I wish to derive. However, IF all I wanted was self-bebefit, I would help 
market the con, not run it, and with all the time I'd save I could get a 
part-time job. And make more $$$, without the small-minded abuse.

Sincerely,

David Medinnus

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