I'd heard raves about his "Ask Dr. Mike" schtick without ever knowing anything about his professional credentials or his gaming ones. That's recognizing him for an activity he does within fandom that has nothing to do with SMOFing. Boskone asking you-know-who to come and do Iron Author is in the same kind of category, although not a GoH position, obviously.
A Fan GoH should be someone who will make the convention more fun and/or more interesting than it might be otherwise. There are plenty of fans out there who can do that without having any other "cred" other than being fans.
The impact of (all but a few very big name) GoHs on convention attendance is very, very minimal. For the most part, people don't come to a convention because they want to see the GoH.
The only currency of fandom is egoboo. Rewarding someone (local or faraway) for being a good fan who contributes to making fandom fun, is payS into that whole system.
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Date: 2006-10-02 07:48 pm (UTC)A Fan GoH should be someone who will make the convention more fun and/or more interesting than it might be otherwise. There are plenty of fans out there who can do that without having any other "cred" other than being fans.
The impact of (all but a few very big name) GoHs on convention attendance is very, very minimal. For the most part, people don't come to a convention because they want to see the GoH.
The only currency of fandom is egoboo. Rewarding someone (local or faraway) for being a good fan who contributes to making fandom fun, is payS into that whole system.