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// Penguicon 2012 Concom Meeting **//
March 19, 2012====== Meeting Announcement ======
19 March at the Regency Hyatt Dearborn , gather at 1100, meeting at 1200 promptly
Meeting officially started at 12:16pm**
Attendance
ConCom
* JerLance - Facilities * SarahSlovik - Programming * CylithriaDuBois - Hospitality * AmandaLongAdams - Treasurer * ChristineBender - Operations
Missing Concom
* ChuckChild - ConChair * AaronThul - Registration
Staff
* Krunal Desai (Tech Track) * Randy Bradakis (Celebrities) * Lucy Kennedy (Food Track) * Chris Krieger (LAN) * Ger Lance (Scalzi Liaison) * Gibson Nichols (Video) * Dan Eakin (Logistics) * Melissa Gilchrist (Charity) * Jody Raiford (Eco Track) * Marah Tynan (Program Ops) * Gerald Gentry * Kerri Springer * Ryan Carey (Videogame Track) * Anna Carey (Legion of Doom) * Scott Kennedy (All kinda shit) * Adrian (Marketing Assistant) * Jon Wallace (Marketing) * Ryan Shipman (Possible Gaming) * Person here with Ryan (Possible Gaming as well) * Tim Slovik (Life, Masquerade, MaYheM) * Jamie Liss (Drag Show & WOW Game) * Jackson Turner (ConSuite Staff) * Nicole Weltman (Zombie Walk & ConSuite Staff) (Dimples) * Empire Ramirez (Music Track)
Individual Reporting
ConCom
Conchair
* Where the fuck is the conchair? * Nothing to report, other than absence * T-shirts * Matt will have art shortly * Offworld has a booth * Matt has our historical numbers * Jer will put together a list of shirts to purchase for the con and pass on to offworld/angie (this week) * Sarah dodged that bullet…slacker
Treasurer
* Geeks with Guns is added to the budget sort of on the say so of Jer Lance and Randy Bradakis * No conchair, decisions happen anyway * B.Bower getting his reimbursement… * Amanda will pass on to Jer * Jer will follow up * No conchair, decisions happen anyway * Following up on mystery payment with Angie Fox
Operations
* Can they get the whiteboards right away… * Coordinated with Logistics * Penguicon Branded Dice * ~$500…perhaps next year (will take too long this year) * Volunteers * Nobody has asked for a single volunteer * Anna has infinity folks, but has deadlines: 7th April is deadline for requesting volunteers * Anything requested after that is unlikely to be filled * If you have marketing materials like the clings, please email marketing@ to let him now * Whuffie * Needs to have our account number printed on it * Jer will email it to Anna * Hotel will accept it for cash & carry * Hotel needs example copies one week out
Programming
* Thank you all for your patience…I was sick and you were all awesome!!! * We look like dicks to panelists…Sarah will do a better job and track heads should do * How many program items for GoHs * GoH Dinner/Opening Ceremonies/Closing Ceremonies/+3 Hours of Programming * Make sure your staff/panelists/etc know what category they fall into and what they are getting in exchange * Ribbons need to be arranged by participants in advance next year!!! * Midnight Techno Yoga * What an awesome name * Will be supplying waiver for participants…will share with con first * Charity food drive * If we don't get much, Jer will drop off * Ops will guard the box * Buying 100 ribbons from Jer's budget * Will have info for Program Ops no later than 1 week out from Con * Main Stage Scheduling * Friday Night: * Opening Ceremonies at 8pm * Drag show at 9pm * Saturday Afternoon: * Masquerade..ending at 6pm * Saturday Evening: * Music show…~7-10 * Rock Band * In Music Track Room * Chris Krieger will help with AV setup for this * Need TV setup for this for players too! * Gaming Room * Ryan is new gaming track head * Everyone who wants to help should contact gaming@ * New game show…brick challenge….info on the website * Ubuntu MI Release * Friday shindig * Con will subsidized rates down to bar levels * Sken is doing things with Sarah * Geek Prom * cash bar, RSVP driven hors d'overs * MPCon * Event will cost a grand * It is on. In Marquis. No up-charge…attendance first-come first served with reservation list * Computer Lounge will be in here * Gaming has a head now…yay! * Ops will manage gaming library checkouts, etc * Pricing for GoH dinner w/tentative agreement to stay here per ConChair Pro Tem Randy Bradakis * We have room for one more Tech GoH if we get one by 25 March
Registration
* No habla Aaron * Staff reg…when are they due? * Two weeks out? * Reg stuff will be in the reg storage area * If you do not wish to put your name in the reg database…pay in cash at the door…in a trench coat…and floppy, wide brimmed hat
Hospitality
* Alcohol * Alcohol cannot leave the consuite…period. Even if it's not ours. * Service is only between noon and 2am * What beer do we want? * GoH Dinner Dessert Reception * Logistics…bigger truck? * 24' truck…price is going up… * Open Soda Hack of Honor * Anthony Distill * Lithie will email asshat@ to coordinate with Randy * Flavor contest…Jer's Cream Soda flavor… * Cold storage * Jer needs to talk to the hotel about a fridge * Has room for consuite staff (4 more)
Facilities
* Roaming parties: * Okay, provided they follow rules that I'm not giving you here…contact me for them. Me is Jer. * WOW Game is going to email description of things that will be in the lobby for game * Getting a bigger truck. * ConTV is on…when on/off?
Next Meetings
* April 15th ConCom…Regency Hyatt Dearborn…11am gathering, meeting starts at 12
SMOS Dinners
* SMOS at LOCATION place DATE. * If you want to throw a SMOS dinner or party, please contact us at [email protected]
Meeting proper adjourned at 3:20pm by Jer.
