| Penguicon ConCom Meeting |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|09:38 pm] |
Hello all,
There will be a Penguicon ConCom Meeting on Sunday, November 22nd from 12PM EST to 2PM EST (It really starts at Noon, we'll talk casually AFTER if need be!) at Yanni & Brian's House. Please email Yanni for directions at literature@penguicon.org.
Thanks! |
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| Conventional mail issues |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|11:01 pm] |
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Penguicon recently had some conventional mail issues that might have lead to some people having mail returned undeliverable. If this happened to you please resend the item using the following address: Penguicon P.O. Box 40869 Redford, MI 48240-0869. On the same note if you are getting ready to mail something please double check the address against this one, the address you have might need to be updated. Also please be aware that this address is new as of November 16th so if you sent something in the last few days it might get returned to you, please resend it. Penguicon is sorry for any inconvenience that this issue has caused anyone. |
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| Upcoming SMOS Dinner |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|06:19 pm] |
Yay!!! it is only a couple of days until the Post Halloween Smos/ Halloween party .
Here are the basics
Who> Amy and Limey Z are hosting... You are attending
When> Saturday Nov 7th 8pm
Where> Wyandotte. Email or pm for address. ( my mommy told me never put that on the web)
What > It is a SMOS dinner, that rolls into a Halloween party. Costumes preferred but not mandatory... Think of it as dinner and a show. Hmm actually there is going to be a show there.
What is SMOS> for an explaination check HERE
I don't understand> see link above, until your head goes boom or you understand.
Okay so here are the details
As you know a SMOS is a community building event, often a pot luck often with a theme. And todays theme is, removes cover
Taco bar!
We will be providing queso, ground beef, basic taco fixins, two types of beans veg/non veg. If you want to bring a dish , topping, beverage by all means.
This SMOS is coupled with the Z's annual Halloween Party, so after dinner the fun keeps going.
Halloween was last week but before you put those Halloween Costumes away for the year.Come out to play with us.
We have an area upstairs for table top gaming. In the basement there will be a Live SMOS cast at some point of the evening. If you haven't heard any of the past episodes you can find them HERE
Karaoke, come on!! once more with feeling!!
We also will be playing bad movies or video games on the projector.
Costume contest, some drinking games and Much more!!
Which leads us to alcohol, the party is considered to be BYO Whatever. Or if you enjoy a good hard cider, have a keg. We buy a keg of Strongbow each year, and ask for donations to cover its cost. See Limey for details.
And because friends are a precious commodity we ask if you do drink that you do so in moderation. Or make arrangements for a Designated Driver.
Please note we have dogs. We may also; have a yellow sun, peanuts, corn, wheat, shellfish and 400+ items that are known to cause cancer in California. |
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| Post Halloween SMOS |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|11:27 pm] |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, don't put those Halloween costumes away yet. Please come out to the post Halloween Smos. We will be having a taco/nacho's bar. We will be supplying meat, beans (veg/non veg) and queso . The smos is rolling into the huge bash much like last year. Like last year we have a keg of Strongbow. We ask for contributions to cover the cost of the keg. Otherwise the party is BYOWhatever. We have a gaming area, Karaoke and general smofing. |
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| SMOS Dinner - This Saturday 24 Oct 2009 |
[Oct. 21st, 2009|11:01 am] |
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Yes, it's last minute, but that seems to be how these things roll. It began with me wanting to have a couple people over for dinner...and I really want to get together a new SMOScast with my new top-secret co-host. So I thought...why not have a SMOS dinner (and, with luck and some spare time on the part of my new host, a SMOScast).
The Details-- Who: Well...you! If you are reading this, then you are almost assuredly invited. If you aren't sure, ask :)
- What is a SMOS Dinner: This FAQ entry from the Penguicon site sums it up pretty well.
- Where: My place (see my locked information post or email me for address info) in Livonia.
- When: Saturday night, anytime after, say, 6pm. Dinner between 6 and 7. Games/socializing/Guitar Hero WT/foolishness before, during, and after.
- Pets: Some children, no furry type pets though. (This means that the dinner will be kid friendly so far as I am ever "kid friendly", your views of kid friendly may vary, etc)
- The Meal: We are doing a pasta bar with white, red, and vegetarian red sauces. The house will supply pasta, the three aforementioned sauces, and some beverages (of the non alcoholic variety). It would be cool if people would bring salad fixings, bread products, or alcoholic beverages to share.
I really hope to see you there! |
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| SMOS Meeting Saturday, September 26th |
[Sep. 24th, 2009|08:09 pm] |
Mara will be hosting the next SMOS on Saturday, Sept. 26 in Royal Oak starting at 6:00 PM. Email mb_tyn4n at yahoo dot come for the address or if you have questions. Parking is available on the side of the street with the houses, and may also be available in the parking lot next to the corner community center.
For those with allergies, the house has no cats. There is one canine resident, but arrangements are being made for him to be elsewhere during the event. |
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| Howard Tayler to be Penguicon 2010 GoH! |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|09:35 am] |
We are pleased to announce that Howard Tayler has accepted our request
to be a Guest of Honor at Penguicon 2010.
Howard's work has been nominated for many awards, the most recent of
which was the Hugo Award for best Graphic Story. Outstanding in his
field in many other ways, he is also already nearly two months into what
will very likely be his tenth year of uninterrupted daily comics. Howard
has been a Penguicon Nifty guest for many of those years, and we are
thrilled that such a world-class webcomic artist will be a part of our
event as a Guest of Honor. |
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| Upcoming Penguicon Events |
[Aug. 18th, 2009|11:45 am] |
Upcoming Penguicon Events:
Penguicon ConCom Meeting: Sept. 5th, Noon-1pm casual meeting time, 1-2pm
group meeting. ConCom must come, Staff should, all others welcome.
Penguicon Programming Meeting: Sept. 5th, 3-5pm. If you are part of the
programming team, come and make our convention great.
SMOS Dinner Sept. 5th 6-10pm. Come be a part of our community! This is
what it's all about, people, participating in serious relaxing and fun
with friends. Come meet with your friends, make new friends, or sit in
the corner quietly and prepare to meet people on your own terms.
All events at Castle Bradaki - http://bit.ly/Castle |
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| Meeting Minutes for August ConCom Meeting |
[Aug. 4th, 2009|01:17 pm] |
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The minutes are up for the August ConCom meeting...read them on the Wiki.
Important notes:- The next meeting is scheduled for 5 Sep at Randy's house...pre-meeting at noon, meeting at 1pm.
- There is a SMOS dinner scheduled for the same day (5 Sep) also at Randy's house. Meeting and gathering to start at 6pm.
Open Positions- Green Room
- GoH Liaisons (especially for Spider Robinson and Karl Schroeder)
- Community Manager
- Program Operations
- Photographers
- Sponsorship
- Marketing
- Signage
- Music Track
- Life Track
- Media Track
- Chaos Toy Wrangler
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| Karl Schroeder - Guest of Honor for Penguicon 2010 |
[Jul. 27th, 2009|09:25 pm] |
Karl Schroeder will be attending Penguicon 2010 as a Guest of Honor (GoH). Karl is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak. One of his concepts, known as thalience, has gained some currency in the artificial intelligence and computer networking communities.
You may read more about Karl at http://www.kschroeder.com/.
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| Penguicon ConCom Meeting |
[Jun. 12th, 2009|07:38 pm] |
Our next meeting is on June 14th, 1pm at the Troy Marriott. 1pm for the individual conversations that make-up our pre-meeting, 2pm for the all-hands meeting. Walk through to follow, but that will be limited in number.
If you are ConCom you need to be there.
If you are Staff, you should be there.
If you, for whatever reason, you don't believe you need to be there, please check with your department head and make sure.
If you want to be part of Penguicon and would like to get involved, please feel free to email me or come to the meeting and find out how you can help make Penguicon ever more awesome. |
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| Saturday's Hand-Off Meeting - the reminder and expansion. |
[May. 14th, 2009|10:09 pm] |
The Penguicon Handoff Meeting, dinner, and party will take place Saturday May 16 at Castle Bradaki in Livonia. Please feel free to send me an email to get directions if you need.
We will arrive at noon, as we tend to talk amongst ourselves before the meeting. At one pm we'll conclude business for Penguicon 2009. I will sign and hand over the Penguicon Conchair Pillow to our host Randy Bradakis, kicking off his meeting to focus our attention on the ongoing business of Penguicon 2010. That will probably take until five pm, I'm guessing. Afterward we will hang out and individually take care of anything left over from that.
This event is at least partly pot-luck. Penguicon is providing burgers (both meat & veggie), buns, chips, soda, and perhaps a little beer. If you'd like something else, please bring it. I never like to coordinate who's bringing what, because it just takes all of the fun and chaos out of the situation. But pot-luck is fun.
Since we're going for a noon casual meeting, followed by a 1pm traditional meeting, we're not planning on feeding everyone right then, we are planning on having dinner-time grilling. However, if you protest enough, we might be willing to let you come early and help us get ready in exchange for early grill-time and eating. Protest away! |
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| MPCon XXIV |
[May. 9th, 2009|12:29 pm] |
MPCon's summer LAN is taking place July 24-26. That's right, it's my birthday LAN, so you had better frickin' be there. There will be COD4, Quake Live, CSS 5v5, cash prizes, Jer pantless, Trackmania nations for me to lose at...and hell, I'll even give you a chance to kick my ass at a RTS (game to be named later) in 1-on-1 combat.* That's right, you have a chance to beat a dude who sucks at video games like he stole a car! I assure you, there is nearly a zero percent chance that you are worse than me, so it is a certain win.
In all seriousness, if you've heard me write about this before, then you know I'm not even a gamer and I absolutely love this event. It is a lot of fun, and I can't think of anywhere else where $25 gets you a chance to hang out with 300+ gaming geeks, free pizza, all the gaming you can manage, and a chance to watch me cock-punch Kenco12 when he's not looking.** That's right, he has NO FRICKIN' IDEA! Even better, in a nod to the good folks from Saturday Night Live, I'm going to wait until he's getting ready to take a drink..then BLAMMO!***
Still not sold? I'm pretty sure their network guy is handing out blowjobs.****
Come to the Eastern Michigan Student Center, pony up your $25, and rock out with the boys from MPCon (now with 95% less console kiddies!!!)
Go to their site for more information or to register and make sure you have a seat.
As always, I'm here to answer questions. Also as always, I'm probably making up the answers.
* Until I get tired of losing and cry or become violent
** I am probably not really going to do this
*** Okay, now that I've said this part, I really want to do this. I'm 20% more likely to do this now.
**** I don't think this is true. If it is, I'm first. |
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| Penguicon Handoff Meeting |
[May. 6th, 2009|09:26 pm] |
The Penguicon Handoff Meeting, dinner, and party will take place Saturday May 16 at Castle Bradaki in Livonia. Please email info at penguicon dot org for the address.
We will arrive at noon, as we tend to talk amongst ourselves before the meeting. At one pm we'll conclude business for Penguicon 2009. I will sign and hand over the Penguicon Conchair Pillow to our host Randy Bradakis, kicking off his meeting to focus our attention on the ongoing business of Penguicon 2010. That will probably take until five pm, I'm guessing. Afterward we will hang out and individually take care of anything left over from that.
Concluding in dinner, where Penguicon will provide some food, but you are all encouraged to bring some. |
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| Penguicon Reports |
[May. 6th, 2009|09:27 pm] |
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Okay, I have created a form for submitting Penguicon reports over on iBloviate... this is a really quick, ugly, hack job. Please don't be a douche. :)
Fire away... |
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| Friday Night |
[May. 2nd, 2009|01:42 am] |
Today's Penguicon has been a great success by all accounts.
We seem to have an unprecedented number of people (anecdotally) and more programming than ever before - including brand new tracks. Some of the great things on Friday:
The game FreeSpace has begun. IF YOU ARE HERE AT PENGUICON - you may participate in the hopes of winning a free embroidered lab coat from the Institute For the Future, even if you were not at the introduction. - GO TO http://play.signtific.org, create a character, and start contributing!
Our opening ceremonies were great, with amazing deliveries from our Acme Ox, a "speech" by our missing Guest of Honor, and an appearance by Dr. Horrible, who apparently kidnaps said guest each year. Also, our resident filker, Tom Smith, added a new stanza to his ever-increasing annual Penguicon song.
Jer and Geralyn got married just before the convention, and he managed not to swear or abuse our fragile minds in any way. I think he's afraid of her.
The Beltaine ritual, put on by the people from ConVocation, went extremely well, including the May Pole. They say no one got nekkid, but I don't believe them!
The Karaoke room is entirely full and has been crowded from the moment it opened.
Our Con Suite is INCREDIBLE. There has never been one like it. We've taken over their restaurant, which means the buffet is stocked from behind and well-heated, there are tables and chairs EVERYWHERE (and full of people), and there is lots of room for conversation. Our sponsor, Monster, arrived with 5 or 6 cases of Monster, and the girls were passing them out in the suite and at room parties.
If you're not here, you're missing an incredible experience. Come for Saturday! |
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