Is anyone else disappointed with the party rules for MidAmeriCon II?

• Parties!
• Party Packet #1
• Party Packet #2
• Suites

"The MidAmeriCon II party complex will be located in the Kansas City Convention Center (KCCC) on the exhibit hall floor in the heart of the Fan Fair."
"As a reminder, all open parties will be held in the Fan Fair in the convention center"
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Poll Minicon50Anniversary

[Stolen from laurel's LJ]

I've been updating the Convivial website and thought I should mention that and plug it again ( Read more... )

Poll Worldcon? Not in my backyard!

After reading discussions elsewhere about LJ versus APAs I thought about it for a while and decided to try and create an online APA using Livejournal. The result is l_apa_m. If you or anybody you know are interested in joining just email me. In addition I've created l_apa_m_discuss to handle meta-discussion regarding the APA so people can tell me what I'm doing wrong ( Read more... )

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This weekend is the deadline for getting in your Convivial pre-registration. If you don't get it in this weekend you'll have to pay the at the door price. If you think you'll probably be attending, but you aren't sure, I would suggest buying a supporting membership. If you'd like you could drop your membership off at the MnStf meeting tomorrow ( Read more... )

Stolen from mnstf.org

Saturday, September 16th - Minn-StF meeting at Wit's End (home of Laurel Krahn & Kevin G. Austin; 4316 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN; cats, no smoking, not childproof, wifi available). FFI: 612-822-0205 or laurel@tvpicks.net. We'll also be celebrating Laurel & Kevin's 1 year wedding anniversary.
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Laurel and I are hosting the MnStf meeting this coming Saturday.

From Einblatt:
Sat, Jul 1, 2PM. Minn-StF Meeting & Laurel’s 25th Birthday [actually that should be 35th]. Wit's End (Kevin G. Austin & Laurel Krahn’s), 4316 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN; Cats, no smoking, not child-proofed. Grilling outside if nice weather, bring your own grillable ( Read more... )

The Minicon 41 Dead Dodo Party will be at the home of Dean Gahlon and Laura Krentz, 4323 France Ave. S., Minnneapolis, starting at 7:30 pm. Hope to see you all there!