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Everybody is talking about Worldcon in the light of the latest site selection disappointment. I'm going to ramble rantingly on the subject in my own journal rather than posting something way too long as a comment somewhere else.
( personal history and opinions leading up to my immodest proposal )
Worldcon is mostly irrelevant to all of the world that doesn't go to Worldcon, and getting more so every year. The only way to change that would be to make it so that the people to whom it is less relevant (but care enough to have an opinion) are more able to have a say in making it more relevant. Replace the on-site business meeting with an on-line process, so that geography doesn't select who can be involved and people can be fully involved in the decision process without giving up the con, which was supposed to be the point. Lower the voting fee to $5, drop the membership requirement, and remove the automatic supporting membership in the winning con so that people who actually care about the con overwhelm the people who want their annual trip to be to a more exotic city.
( personal history and opinions leading up to my immodest proposal )
Worldcon is mostly irrelevant to all of the world that doesn't go to Worldcon, and getting more so every year. The only way to change that would be to make it so that the people to whom it is less relevant (but care enough to have an opinion) are more able to have a say in making it more relevant. Replace the on-site business meeting with an on-line process, so that geography doesn't select who can be involved and people can be fully involved in the decision process without giving up the con, which was supposed to be the point. Lower the voting fee to $5, drop the membership requirement, and remove the automatic supporting membership in the winning con so that people who actually care about the con overwhelm the people who want their annual trip to be to a more exotic city.