But there are lots of other stories of filkers being promised space and the hotel weaselling out. Always get it in writing.

Thanks for the tip! And the thoughtful post. It seems strange to me that Minneapolis finds it so hard to handle this issue in a such sensible ways as we see other cons do. Probably has something to do with the people concerned failing to come together long enough to discuss the matter, or lack of unbiased moderators to help that process along.