NEIL Concom Minutes - 17 August 2008 Aug 20, 2008

Concom Minutes
17 August 2008

  • Hotel Liason
    • Department head not here. Did not send a report.
  • Bid Chair
    • Department head not here. Did not send a report.
  • Information
    • Followup: collaboration with Bid Chair
      • Including Information on the monthly updates now?
      • Coordinating bid solicitation?
        • Not much
    • Reminder: Any department head that wants to send out a message should coordinate with the Information Minister (Tim).
  • Con Suite
    • Is going to set up meeting with Kerri and Andrew to coordinate
  • GM Coordinator
    • No news is good news
  • Treasurer
    • Everything is fine, we haven't had any expenses since last mtg
    • Intercon I has $2121.97
    • NEIL has $5460.60
    • Total: $7582.57
  • Ops
    • Sam has moved to Virginia for a job
      • Andrew will be taking over as head of Ops
      • Andrew encouraged to find a minion if he wants one
    • Followup: StitchAmerica
      • StitchAmerica will do 1 design/2 shirt types at same price as 1 shirt type (www.embroiderysuperstore.com)?
    • Followup: Orders:
      • Buttons ordered
      • Business cards ordered?
        • yep!
  • Pubs / Art
    • Art Design Status
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      We have the button design and the buttons have been ordered.

      We have ads for Consequences and for Mid-Atlantic.

      We have shirt art

      We have booklet cover art.

      We have badge art.

      We have the absolutely best art person in the whole world - Anita!


      Things we will need to set dates for or review (as in have in the meeting notes)...

      Just a double check on reviewing costs for the con and when the prices on the flyers should change.
    • The dates on the web site are correct.
      Cutoff deadlines for booklet content... (yes, I know that is in the future but it is on the list)
    • Committee suggests Christmas as a general deadline
      -vendors - do we knw who we are getting?
      • Rising Phoenix Games
      • Lady Guendalina
      • Zeugma Soaps (maybe)
      • Others to follow
    • -any strange guest people artists etc?
      -bios
      -other goodies that are booklet content related.
    • Teem wants an LJ icon for the interconlarp community
  • Registrar
    • Currently at 107 attendees which is on par with G and H
    • Estimated 230-250 attendees this year
  • Vendor
    • Followup:
      • R. Craig Enslin
        • Will be allowed to come back on a probation basis
        • Give him the same table we gave Randy Milholland last year - slightly less in people's way, still good visibility
  • Web
    • Followup:
      • Jen is going to contact Barry to see about getting a vendors page on the site
        • Jen says she will do so soon
      • Site still says Angel/Devil shirt - Barry attempted a fix but still needs work
  • Con chair
    • I suck and flaked on:
      • LARPA replied that they don't need a refill on pencils just at the moment; will send email to board to get pencil approval
        • I have now sent the email
  • Schedule
    • Next concom meeting
      • October 5, Brandeis, 2:00 PM
  • Thursday
    • Mr. Joshua Sheena
      • Who, hopefully, will be sending out a separate set of notes