I think the problem might not be the line, it is a reasonable way to allocate resources. The problem for me is that we all have to physically stand around in the line.
People get bored, and they take up a lot of space and at dragon*con they could almost surely be having more fun.
So you could maybe keep the line, but keep it on a computer. Have people check in for badging and leave a cell number. Send an sms message 5 to 10 minutes before they should show up for badging.
Then people can unpack, go to a concert, catch up with buddies or whatever around the hotel and still be waiting in line for their badge.
And the people who do the badging will not have to deal with the sort of cranky that comes with standing in line for hours.
There are details to work out, like how long do you have to show up until you get sent to the back of the line and can you put a termial to get people in to line in the lobby of each hotel, but they seem workable.
This would not take any new tech and there are services that send free sms messages so the cost shouldn't be outragous.
It is like the take a number -- now serving number system, but streached out over a bigger area by using cell phones for the now serving messages
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Maybe you could just make the line virtual
Date: 2009-09-16 05:25 am (UTC)People get bored, and they take up a lot of space and at dragon*con they could almost surely be having more fun.
So you could maybe keep the line, but keep it on a computer. Have people check in for badging and leave a cell number. Send an sms message 5 to 10 minutes before they should show up for badging.
Then people can unpack, go to a concert, catch up with buddies or whatever around the hotel and still be waiting in line for their badge.
And the people who do the badging will not have to deal with the sort of cranky that comes with standing in line for hours.
There are details to work out, like how long do you have to show up until you get sent to the back of the line and can you put a termial to get people in to line in the lobby of each hotel, but they seem workable.
This would not take any new tech and there are services that send free sms messages so the cost shouldn't be outragous.
It is like the take a number -- now serving number system, but streached out over a bigger area by using cell phones for the now serving messages