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tcpipI've just made the announcement for the Isocracy Annual General Meeting, which will be held on December 14 at the Kathleen Syme Centre. A key feature will be a discussion of Nicolò Bellanca's book "Isocracy. The Institutions of Equality", published this year Palgrave Macmillan. Bellanca is an economist at the University of Florence and his approach to Isocracy is very similar to mine, a left-socialist libertarian bent, a sort of "political anarchism", which is not anti-governance, but anti-state. Speaking of rules, the meeting itself is terribly late, in the very last month that we're legally allowed to hold it and remain registered, and really I should have held it prior to my trip to Europe. It would seem appropriate in that context that the defense industry minister, Melissa Price, recently charged the public $77000 for a one-week European trip for herself and three staff. I'm pretty sure that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya and I spent about one-tenth of that combined for our one month trip. I also suspect if I was the defense industry minister, I would generate better outcomes. A gentle reminder of that old statement from Plato, But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.
The other major event on the agenda is the RuneQuest Glorantha Down Under convention. I've finished my article on Musings of the Scholar Wyrm, and have a couple of review pieces to write-up for the special conference issue of RPG Review. In addition, there are the last touches of the scenario to finish, plus a playtest to run through this Sunday. Badges are in production, the international guest has arrived in the country, tote bags should be arriving soon, and I've put aside a small mountain of games from my own collection for the auction and second-hand stall. Numbers are a little down from last year, but there's still a week to, so hopefully, there will be a few more last-minute registrations. To be entirely honest, I think I'll need a break from running the Convention - this is the second year in a row that I've basically been responsible for it, and there is a lot of work involved with what is a relatively small event.
After the convention, I'll be making tracks down to the Glen Huntly for a catch-up with friends and family of David Brooks, who passed away a couple of days ago. Dave was a "crusty old rocker", as one of his daughters described him in the announcement, and to be honest, he had not been in the best of health for a number of years, and as such, I was very pleased to seem him at the gathering of my own 50th. He'd been the bassist in Kansas City Killers in the 1980s in Perth and as a young punk rocker I was quite fond of said band, however it wasn't until moving to Melbourne in the 90s that I actually met him in person (and heard his amazing work with a cover of "Be Brave", by The Comsat Angels with the Accelerated Men). We become good friends, a bond formed around our demeanor, a mutual love of philosophical thought, and the capacity to stay away through the night playing chess and chatting (we were clearly a danger to society). Dave was very influenced by Vedic thought; "All is illusion", he would remark, an explanation of how he would rarely feel anger. At the same time, his kindness and generosity were legendary, almost to the point of being competitive. The world is a lesser place without Dave, and we could do with more people like him; valedictions Brooksy.
caseopaya and I spent about one-tenth of that combined for our one month trip. I also suspect if I was the defense industry minister, I would generate better outcomes. A gentle reminder of that old statement from Plato, But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.The other major event on the agenda is the RuneQuest Glorantha Down Under convention. I've finished my article on Musings of the Scholar Wyrm, and have a couple of review pieces to write-up for the special conference issue of RPG Review. In addition, there are the last touches of the scenario to finish, plus a playtest to run through this Sunday. Badges are in production, the international guest has arrived in the country, tote bags should be arriving soon, and I've put aside a small mountain of games from my own collection for the auction and second-hand stall. Numbers are a little down from last year, but there's still a week to, so hopefully, there will be a few more last-minute registrations. To be entirely honest, I think I'll need a break from running the Convention - this is the second year in a row that I've basically been responsible for it, and there is a lot of work involved with what is a relatively small event.
After the convention, I'll be making tracks down to the Glen Huntly for a catch-up with friends and family of David Brooks, who passed away a couple of days ago. Dave was a "crusty old rocker", as one of his daughters described him in the announcement, and to be honest, he had not been in the best of health for a number of years, and as such, I was very pleased to seem him at the gathering of my own 50th. He'd been the bassist in Kansas City Killers in the 1980s in Perth and as a young punk rocker I was quite fond of said band, however it wasn't until moving to Melbourne in the 90s that I actually met him in person (and heard his amazing work with a cover of "Be Brave", by The Comsat Angels with the Accelerated Men). We become good friends, a bond formed around our demeanor, a mutual love of philosophical thought, and the capacity to stay away through the night playing chess and chatting (we were clearly a danger to society). Dave was very influenced by Vedic thought; "All is illusion", he would remark, an explanation of how he would rarely feel anger. At the same time, his kindness and generosity were legendary, almost to the point of being competitive. The world is a lesser place without Dave, and we could do with more people like him; valedictions Brooksy.