I have a couple of questions for him - what was the reasoning behind adding a mini Bookcon to the convention? Did they think that the offsite panels last year were successful? What are they trying to improve for this year in respect to the off-site events? (not sure how to word this, I didn't go to the off-site panels so I don't know if people's experiences were positive or negative).
VIP Passes?
Don't know if you want to ask why they got rid of them because they really made the event different than SDCC in that regard. I know they said it's because it was too hard to accommodate the passes - but the people who had them were pleased with how it was run.