| crazycongirl |
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As a TotalCon Director, I'd like to take a moment to clarify some points.
First, this is not the first time Adam has posted about Erik Tenkar/Bill Webb on these forums. He was approached by Tonya back in December while I also offered clarification about things directly to him via his forum post. In addition, the local Captains contacted me for information regarding Erik. We fully disclosed any information we had so I believe Adam is already aware of these points from them as well.
1. Erik Tenkar has never been an Industry Guest at TotalCon nor, as Adam previously suggested on the other thread (now deleted by Tonya) the con liaison for Frog Gad Games with TotalCon. In fact, we did not even know he was going to be in attendance the first year FGG attended as he registered for his own badge under his real name. To date, we have never had any reports of harassment against Erik while at TotalCon (other than Adam stating he does not agree with Erik's opinions) and do not know of incidents at other events at this time.
2. Frank Mentzer was previously a Guest of Honor but has not appeared at the convention since 2018. He last request to return as a GoH was denied by the convention.
3. As Adam is also aware, Bill Webb has been an Industry Guest at TotalCon for 2019 and 2020. He did have an incident at PaizoCon in 2017. We understand why Paizo does not want to send staff to the event because of this fact. Since 2017, Bill Webb has made several public apologies followed by action taken to repair trust within the gaming community. He has attended several events under specific guidelines from his company and also with TotalCon. To date, no reports of bad conduct have come forward at TotalCon and we are not aware of any incidents at other events either. Our con reports have been very positive from both attendees and staff.
In additon, Bill/Frog God Games and the person involved in the incident in 2017 issued a joint statement together in 2019 ( https://www.froggodgames.com/joint-statement-of-bj-hensley-and-frog-god-gam es/ )as well as other concrete and measurable actions taken on his and FGG behalf for the good of the community are among the reasons he is on the list of Industry Guests.
We respect that some may feel uncomfortable with his attendance due to
the prior incident but as was also mentioned to Adam in his previous post, as a result of concerns, we have revised our codes of conduct, trained Security to better recognize and help people in a crisis, and have made a tracking system for reports so we are better able to pinpoint bad actors in the community.
Also, at this time, we have had no formal complaints about any PFS Venture Captains reported directly to us about misconduct at the convention. If there is information we should know, we hope it gets reported. IF you have further questions or concerns, we welcome your feedback.