I submit that it wouldn't be a SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION if someone on the concom didn't do something that SOMEONE considered "mind-bogglingly stupid". The list of things that might offend are legion, and any action in the positive or negative will piss off a niche of fandom. Further, running it the same way year after year with NO changes draws derision as well.

Since I will inherit the chairmanship of Capricon next year, I'd like to know which convention YOU chair, since from your comment it appears you posess the secret of mollifying 1000+ fen without dissent. I'd love to come and see it.