Hello! It does sound like something which would a good thing to do at Swancon; it's in Perth, no? Thus easy to find out who you should be talking to (about getting any wording correct, or even asking someone to do a proper welcome) via the city council.

Elitism? Blimey. I - really can't see how anyone can structure a remotely convincing argument on those lines. As in, I just can't work out how it would go. I suppose it relies on an assumption that everything 'should' be open-access, which is (of course) a very privileged position to be coming from.

The whole RaceFail fandom thing recently has made me more aware of racism and cultural appropriation issues; I'm still prodding at a lot of this, and unsure what to do (from my own POV) next.