Penguicon 2011 Concom Meeting
February 20, 2011
Meeting officially started at 12:32pm
Attendance
ConCom
Staff
Trevor Jagoda (Absent from Hotel Liaison duties mostly)
Ossy Krieger (Network)
Matt Arnold (Pubs & Signage)
Jamie Liss (Auction)
Dan Eckerd (Logistics)
Ryan Carey (Video Game Track)
Anna Held-Petrak (Volunteers)
Dave Adams (Webcomics & Artist's Alley)
Shawn McGraw (Gaming)
Jenn Toby (Gaming)
John Davis (Gaming)
Mark Szlaga (Hospitality)
Jennifer Szlaga (Hospitality)
Shar Nims (Hospitality)
Chris Catlett (Computer Lounge)
Angie Fox (Dealer's Room)
James Hice (Communications & Community & Looking Damned Pretty)
Virtual Misha (Ribbons)
Others in Attendance
Individual Reporting
Gibs
Angie (Dealer's)
Chris (Computer Lounge)
Shar (Hospitality)
Jenn (Gaming)
Working on schedule
If you are interested in running a game, contact gaming@
Looking for staff and volunteers for overnights
Anna (Volunteers)
If you need volunteers, you can just add them to the wiki (Volunteers page… perhaps
volunteers) or email Anna volunteers@
If you think you asked for it, and it's not on the wiki, you didn't.
Can we ensure that wuffie is spendable at the hotel?
Beer trolls must be staff and must be found that way, not through volunteers.
Ryan (Video Gaming Track)
Just sent schedule to Bill
If you know someone who wants to do a video game panel or if you'd like to be on some, email videogaming@
Dave the Canadian (Webcomics)
Dan (Logistics)
Storage cube is re-inventoried
Should have the inventory on wiki by next weekend
Stupid monitors should go away
Dan is going to coordinate with James and/or Gibs to manage away all of our useless stuff
Truck is going to cost about $400
Jamie (Auction)
Amanda (Treasurer & Room Parties)
Needs to get Limey a credit card
Nothing new to add, but if you spend money, you need to submit an expense report form asap
Email treasurer@ if you need a form or if you need to know about your budget
Room parties
Matt (Pubs & Signage)
Souvenir book deadline: March 4th
Schedule book deadline: March 25th
Proofing drafts will be out before 1 April, and need to be back by the 5th
Printer cannot take anything after early of April.
Souvenir book…if you don't want to change your text, please respond and approve it
If you want to change it, change it and respond
Ossy (Network)
No planned changes from last year
Please email network@ if you have questions
Need to work with hotel to get the lobby televisions set up
Jer (Hotel)
New contact (dunno who yet) on the hotel side
Hotel is nearly full, get your ducks in a row or get left out
If you have something to ask the hotel, talk to me
Room layouts due March 4th
No special snowflakes, all requests will be emailed per the way things have been handled for 4 years
Deadline page on the wiki?
Christine (Ops)
Bill K (Programming)
Tracks
Costuming, Food, Mayhem, and Life are in the Life Track now
Anime Track is going to die…unless there is some new person to run it
DIY - Brad is still running it, despite not being able to attend
Eco - Still going, need to discuss location
Gaming - On target, has programming
After-Dark - Has programming
Lit - Lots of programming plus writing seminar
Music - Has overtaken the con
Podcasting - also huge programming
Science - Is frickin' massive
Tech - Fleshing out nicely
Video Gaming - Fleshlight
Webcomic - David has passed on panels
Mayhem - Aegis is concerned…this has been placed under Life
Penguicon - Board meeting, intro to the con…Matt will contact
Virtual Misha (Ribbons)
Need ribbon orders
Please help spread the word
Needs official list of ribbons from Limey
Also needs list from Limey from GoHs
Ribbon ordering deadline is March 11th
Next Meetings
SMOS Dinners
None scheduled, otherwise James will be organizing one soon.
If you want to throw a SMOS dinner or party, please contact us at chair@penguicon.org or community@penguicon.org
Meeting proper adjourned at 2:40pm by Jer.