MiniMerlin 2009: The Details Post!

[solarcat]

Hello, my lovely MiniMerliners! \0/

We have only a week to go before our fantastic and wonderful mini-con kicks off, so it's time to sum up the details and put the finishing touches on this shebang!

First off, if you've missed any of the other MiniMerlin info posts, here's a handy quicklist:

The General Information Post
The Registration Post
(Note: Registration is closed.)
The Transportation Post
The Parking Info Post
The Room Assignments Post

Got all that? Great! Let's move on to the fine print, shall we? =3

How Can I Help?
Several of you have been so kind as to ask this question, and now is your time to shine! (Depending on your ability/availability!)

We need people to help us stock the con suite with munchies and beverages!
Philly natives would be very helpful here, but if anyone is driving in and can bring a flat of water bottles or a twelve pack of Coke or a bag of Tostitos or some Oreos or Chex Mix or apples or bagels or whatvever, that would be fantastic! But please refrain from bringing things that need to be refrigerated, unless you plan to bring the refrigerator! We are like Bradley--we are not allowed to have milk!

If you're interested, PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS POST with what you're thinking of bringing and an approximate budget. (Please don't buy anything until I give you the greenlight!! I don't want to show up at the con and realize that twenty people each brought $50 worth of junk food and we don't have enough in the budget to reimburse everyone!!)

Bring the receipts for whatever you buy with you to the con, and I'll reimburse you. I'd prefer to do this by check, since that provides a paper trail for anyone who ever questions the use of con funds, but if you prefer cash, just say so--I'll just make you sign a little piece of paper saying "SolarCat totes paid me $X for this stuff I brought to MiniMerlin" and we'll be good. (But do forewarn me, please! I don't really want to travel with hundreds of dollars in cash, so if you want cash reimbursement, please say so now so I can plan accordingly.)


We need a Vid Show!
Please go over to our Vid Show Post and link me to your favorite Merlin vids! I already have a LOT of Merlin vids for us to watch, the vast majority of which are Merlin/Arthur in nature. Do feel free to link to anything, but Gen, Femslash, Het and Other Slash vids aren't very well represented on the current list, and I'd love to have a few more for variety, if they're out there. <3




solar_cat! you cry, How are we to know where the con suite is if we are not staying in the hotel??

Well, I will be posting an announcement when I arrive and book us into the con suite on Friday evening, so check back to this journal (my personal journal, solar_cat; the post will be public). If for some reason you are concerned that you won't have internet access, it would be best for you to write down this number:

(810) 964–6778

This is my cell number, and is at your disposal for the weekend of MiniMerlin. If you have hideous problems with just about anything related to MiniMerlin, feel free to call and I'll do my best to help you out. It's a bit like using your Phone A Friend lifeline to phone several hotel rooms full of your friends, all of whom have access to Google. ;D

PLEASE DO NOT TEXT ME. For one, I hate text messaging. And for another, text messages hate me back. If you text me, there is no guarantee that I will get the message before the Monday after the con. ^^;; Calling is infinitely preferred; if for some reason I don't pick up, leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

The Big List of Attendees!
solar_cat
ocelotspots
shinetheway
gblvr
incapricious
evil_erato
bewarethesmirk
kerryblaze
mariamme
ras_elased
merelyn
mirimeneume
libitina
tacitus3
missdewey
ink_n_imp
unavee
pasty_pants
renwednesday
Katherine
faynia
chi1013
leupagus
rageprufrock
archaeologist_d
puckling
alixtii
moonythestrals
moony's +1
polysamachan
treewishes
skig
shadowyroses
mystictwilight
wordplay
cherrybina

TOTAL: 36

Any Questions?
Please feel free to ask any remaining questions here! Otherwise, I can't wait to meet all of you! =D

*runs off to make that vid show post*

Comments

[solar-cat.livejournal.com]

I will let you know! I think however much stuff we can collectively bring will depend on whether we need my TV or not. XD So I'm waiting to hear back from my contact at the hotel on that point. If we don't need the TV, we'll hopefully have some extra space in the car and we'll probably end up bringing "whatever the con needs that no one else is bringing". XDDDDDD

[ocelotspots.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kinda figured we'd be the ones to pick up whatever was left. Which is still exciting. Because everything about this con is exciting. Seriously. <3 <3

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

Okay -- here's the thing. If it turns out we do need a TV, I can bring mine -- Shine and I will have more room, since it's going to be just the two of us. That way the four of you will be less crowded.

[solar-cat.livejournal.com]

That... would actually be kind of awesome. =D Does your TV have an HDMI hookup, though? I wouldn't want to ask you to do that if it doesn't, since we need the HDMI to hook my laptop up to it. I was gonna haul mine since it's a flat panel, monitor-style TV and it's not too heavy, but it definitely would take up a decent chunk of our storage space in the car. ^^;;;

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think it does -- let me double check though.

ETA: The answer here is yes -- it's a 19" flatscreen (I'm stealing my kid's TV); I can also bring a DVD player, just in case we need one.

[solar-cat.livejournal.com]

Okay, you have convinced me! If it's not too much trouble to bring that stuff, I would love you forever!!! <33333333333333
I'll even let you have first shower! Really! XD

I'll burn a DVD as well as bring the vid show playlist on my laptop (and bring my HDMI cable), so hopefully something will work. ...Otherwise we'll just smush nearly 40 people in around my laptop screen. XDDD

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEE! I am *so* excited!!!