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Hi Betsy,

I work with WordPress every day at work. If you every need help I’d be happy to do what I can.
#Costumeconforever

Dawn McKechnie – Director – Cosplay Events – Anime North
Anime North – Canada’s Premiere Fan-Run Anime Convention!
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From: runacc@yahoogroups.com <runacc@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Betsy Marks Delaney aramintamd@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
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Hey, all!

I did something I haven’t done in nine years: I attended a CC. I’m glad I did, and as of this writing, I have plans to do the same for CC37 next March.

While I was there, I met with Karen, Pierre, Kevin, Andy, Byron and Sharon Sbarsky (CC37), to revise the ConStitution. It’s going to be a major revision (3.0) when we’re done.

The motivation for the change comes from missing archive materials (photos, run lists, and more), and other structural organization issues with the document.

There’s an active editing process underway on Google docs. We worked our way through the entirety of Section 1. When we’ve finished reviewing Section 2 (the Site Selection process) I’ll post a link for review and comment.

But there’s more.

It’s only a matter of time before FatCow, Costume-Con.org’s hosting company, breaks Gallery the same way Gallery broke on the ICG’s site. That knowledge has led to some major changes.

Last summer I moved the bulk of the site’s front end to WordPress. I’m updating the front page and news pages this week, but I wanted you to know what’s coming next before I post this info there.

1. I’m migrating all of the data relating to programs, rules, and details like locations to WordPress, and out of Gallery. When I’m done, you’ll be able to pull up all the overview details, all the rules for SF/F masquerade competitions, and more. I’m not ready to move the photos yet. That’s coming soon.

2. I’m adding Cat Devereaux’s Fashion Folio section from Alley Cat Scratch. This represents a series of printable Fashion Folio figures and assorted other designer resources.

3. I’ve initiated contact with the ICG for attempting to locate the best system or plugin to migrate the photos in Gallery.

4. This Yahoo Group forum has become problematic. I can’t search further back than 2012, and there isn’t a good way to get at the data in the 3k+ messages stored here, which makes this a much less useful communication archive than it was.

I created a subdomain, runacc.costume-con.org<http://runacc.costume-con.org>, and attempted a second WordPress installation for the purpose of migrating runacc to a blog, but the installation is not working properly on FatCow, and I’m not convinced that turning this resource into a blog is the best choice.

Furthermore, with 36 years’ worth of data, I don’t think I can do this work by myself.

So, I’m asking for help and input.

What I want for RunaCC is something that we can store and host in a single website, rather than continuing to depend on external sites like Yahoo.

Yahoo’s main advantage is “push technology” (sending you messages when they’re posted by others), but there are several people who have that option turned off on Yahoo, and I’m not sure how many members are still paying attention to this list.

As much as it pained me to do it, I removed Marty’s account from the group. There are still 36 members.

It’s been a while since I asked people if they wanted to continue to subscribe here. This seems like a good time to ask again.

If you have suggestions for migrating this forum, I’m all ears. I want to see us off of Yahoo by the end of summer, if not sooner.

Please provide feedback as soon as possible.

I know some of you are tied up with Worldcon and some of you are working with Phil and Ozma on migrating Gallery on the ICG’s site.

We’re collecting the data and photos from this year’s CC to post soon.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If you’re ready to depart from this resource, thanks very much for your input and attention over the last several decades!

More soon,

Betsy

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The Young Fan division usually has been limited to persons under the age of 13 on the date of the show they enter. This is informally related to the ICG’s Standing Rule # 1, limiting the right to vote to ICG members 13 years of age or older.

In my opinion, we want to encourage costumers who are eligible for the Young Fan division to enter; they’re our future. I’ve known young teens who can and should — and do — enter and earn awards in the journeyman division. On the other hand, a CC needs sufficient income to cover its costs. Such young members cost the con pretty much the same as a member over the age of 21. The concom should balance those interests. It may be that the concom needs to determine overall costs and adjust membership rates to cover them, providing for both adult and Young Fan memberships.

However, I believe that a concom should restrict a free “kid-in-tow” membership to a child literally under an adult’s control at all time, unless it is prepared to provide programming designed for such members.

Above all, this has to be the concom’s decision. It has to balance its budget. The most we or the ICG should do is provide advice.

Byron

On Sep 7, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Sharon Sbarsky sbarsky@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Costume-Cons typically don’t have programming (or activities) for children, but the contests will usually have a “Young Fan” division. What has been the policy and rates for children?

Free Kid-in-Tow? Until what age? Do they really need to be attached to an adult member, or can they wander?

Student rate to break that leash? Starting what age? What cost? (CC37’s student rate is currently $60, basically a discounted adult rate.)

Contest Young Fan membership/rate? 0-12 for those children entering a contest? Those children will use more resources (rehearsal slots, green room snacks, etc.) than a KIT.

Thanks

Sharon

If we moved to Facebook, I probably would drop out.

I have no problem with moving from Yahoo (although I have no problem with Yahoogroups); however, Facebook is not an appropriate venue for me for this kind of group.

Byron

On Sep 9, 2018, at 8:31 PM, Karen Schnaubelt janusaries55@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Would it make sense for us to move this group to Facebook Groups or some more modern interface?

My only concern is that Facebook is very difficult to search for content in earlier posts; something I have occasion to do several times a month.

–Karen

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Hi Betsy,

I work with WordPress every day at work. If you every need help I’d be happy to do what I can.
#Costumeconforever

Dawn McKechnie – Director – Cosplay Events – Anime North
Anime North – Canada’s Premiere Fan-Run Anime Convention!
www.animenorth.com<http://www.animenorth.com/>

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Hey, all!

I did something I haven’t done in nine years: I attended a CC. I’m glad I did, and as of this writing, I have plans to do the same for CC37 next March.

While I was there, I met with Karen, Pierre, Kevin, Andy, Byron and Sharon Sbarsky (CC37), to revise the ConStitution. It’s going to be a major revision (3.0) when we’re done.

The motivation for the change comes from missing archive materials (photos, run lists, and more), and other structural organization issues with the document.

There’s an active editing process underway on Google docs. We worked our way through the entirety of Section 1. When we’ve finished reviewing Section 2 (the Site Selection process) I’ll post a link for review and comment.

But there’s more.

It’s only a matter of time before FatCow, Costume-Con.org’s hosting company, breaks Gallery the same way Gallery broke on the ICG’s site. That knowledge has led to some major changes.

Last summer I moved the bulk of the site’s front end to WordPress. I’m updating the front page and news pages this week, but I wanted you to know what’s coming next before I post this info there.

1. I’m migrating all of the data relating to programs, rules, and details like locations to WordPress, and out of Gallery. When I’m done, you’ll be able to pull up all the overview details, all the rules for SF/F masquerade competitions, and more. I’m not ready to move the photos yet.. That’s coming soon.

2. I’m adding Cat Devereaux’s Fashion Folio section from Alley Cat Scratch. This represents a series of printable Fashion Folio figures and assorted other designer resources.

3. I’ve initiated contact with the ICG for attempting to locate the best system or plugin to migrate the photos in Gallery.

4. This Yahoo Group forum has become problematic. I can’t search further back than 2012, and there isn’t a good way to get at the data in the 3k+ messages stored here, which makes this a much less useful communication archive than it was.

I created a subdomain, runacc.costume-con.org<http://runacc.costume-con.org>, and attempted a second WordPress installation for the purpose of migrating runacc to a blog, but the installation is not working properly on FatCow, and I’m not convinced that turning this resource into a blog is the best choice.

Furthermore, with 36 years’ worth of data, I don’t think I can do this work by myself.

So, I’m asking for help and input.

What I want for RunaCC is something that we can store and host in a single website, rather than continuing to depend on external sites like Yahoo.

Yahoo’s main advantage is “push technology” (sending you messages when they’re posted by others), but there are several people who have that option turned off on Yahoo, and I’m not sure how many members are still paying attention to this list.

As much as it pained me to do it, I removed Marty’s account from the group. There are still 36 members.

It’s been a while since I asked people if they wanted to continue to subscribe here. This seems like a good time to ask again.

If you have suggestions for migrating this forum, I’m all ears. I want to see us off of Yahoo by the end of summer, if not sooner.

Please provide feedback as soon as possible.

I know some of you are tied up with Worldcon and some of you are working with Phil and Ozma on migrating Gallery on the ICG’s site.

We’re collecting the data and photos from this year’s CC to post soon.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If you’re ready to depart from this resource, thanks very much for your input and attention over the last several decades!

More soon,

Betsy

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On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 8:31 PM Karen Schnaubelt janusaries55@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Would it make sense for us to move this group to Facebook Groups or some more modern interface?

My only concern is that Facebook is very difficult to search for content in earlier posts; something I have occasion to do several times a month.

–Karen

 

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Sat Sep 8, 2018 1:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:

“Kaijugal .” kaijugal

Hi Betsy,

I work with WordPress every day at work. If you every need help I’d be happy to do what I can.
#Costumeconforever

Dawn McKechnie – Director – Cosplay Events – Anime North
Anime North – Canada’s Premiere Fan-Run Anime Convention!
www.animenorth.com<http://www.animenorth.com/>

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From: runacc@yahoogroups.com <runacc@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Betsy Marks Delaney aramintamd@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: May 21, 2018 8:06 AM
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Subject: [runacc] Migration and revision

Hey, all!

I did something I haven’t done in nine years: I attended a CC. I’m glad I did, and as of this writing, I have plans to do the same for CC37 next March.

While I was there, I met with Karen, Pierre, Kevin, Andy, Byron and Sharon Sbarsky (CC37), to revise the ConStitution. It’s going to be a major revision (3.0) when we’re done.

The motivation for the change comes from missing archive materials (photos, run lists, and more), and other structural organization issues with the document.

There’s an active editing process underway on Google docs. We worked our way through the entirety of Section 1. When we’ve finished reviewing Section 2 (the Site Selection process) I’ll post a link for review and comment.

But there’s more.

It’s only a matter of time before FatCow, Costume-Con.org’s hosting company, breaks Gallery the same way Gallery broke on the ICG’s site. That knowledge has led to some major changes.

Last summer I moved the bulk of the site’s front end to WordPress. I’m updating the front page and news pages this week, but I wanted you to know what’s coming next before I post this info there.

1. I’m migrating all of the data relating to programs, rules, and details like locations to WordPress, and out of Gallery. When I’m done, you’ll be able to pull up all the overview details, all the rules for SF/F masquerade competitions, and more. I’m not ready to move the photos yet.. That’s coming soon.

2. I’m adding Cat Devereaux’s Fashion Folio section from Alley Cat Scratch. This represents a series of printable Fashion Folio figures and assorted other designer resources.

3. I’ve initiated contact with the ICG for attempting to locate the best system or plugin to migrate the photos in Gallery.

4. This Yahoo Group forum has become problematic. I can’t search further back than 2012, and there isn’t a good way to get at the data in the 3k+ messages stored here, which makes this a much less useful communication archive than it was.

I created a subdomain, runacc.costume-con.org<http://runacc.costume-con.org>, and attempted a second WordPress installation for the purpose of migrating runacc to a blog, but the installation is not working properly on FatCow, and I’m not convinced that turning this resource into a blog is the best choice.

Furthermore, with 36 years’ worth of data, I don’t think I can do this work by myself.

So, I’m asking for help and input.

What I want for RunaCC is something that we can store and host in a single website, rather than continuing to depend on external sites like Yahoo.

Yahoo’s main advantage is “push technology” (sending you messages when they’re posted by others), but there are several people who have that option turned off on Yahoo, and I’m not sure how many members are still paying attention to this list.

As much as it pained me to do it, I removed Marty’s account from the group. There are still 36 members.

It’s been a while since I asked people if they wanted to continue to subscribe here. This seems like a good time to ask again.

If you have suggestions for migrating this forum, I’m all ears. I want to see us off of Yahoo by the end of summer, if not sooner.

Please provide feedback as soon as possible.

I know some of you are tied up with Worldcon and some of you are working with Phil and Ozma on migrating Gallery on the ICG’s site.

We’re collecting the data and photos from this year’s CC to post soon.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If you’re ready to depart from this resource, thanks very much for your input and attention over the last several decades!

More soon,

Betsy

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I don’t understand what problem we are trying to solve?  Why can’t we stay on yahoogroups?

 

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 10:35 AM kovalcik@alum.mit.edu [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I don’t understand what problem we are trying to solve?  Why can’t we stay on yahoogroups?

P.S. Slack is worse than Facebook, does not provide good threading, and would just be another thing to have to check.  It is even easier for important messages to be missed on Slack than on FB.

 

 

 

 

On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:46 AM ‘Nora & Bruce Mai’ casamai@sbcglobal.net [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Cautionary alert – it’s time.
During the loading process for CC36 pictures there were a dozen or more broken links from the thumbnails to the full size images.

Easy to fix and they are all corrected but this was the first symptom with the ICGallery. We managed for several years with this issue with the number of broken links increasing slowly but when the site was migrated the ICGallery was completely inaccessible.
Just wanted to let you know.

 

Nora

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Sent: May 21, 2018 8:06 AM
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It’s only a matter of time before FatCow, Costume-Con.org’s hosting company, breaks Gallery the same way Gallery broke on the ICG’s site.

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.hawkeswood.com/

 

 

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 11:37 PM bruno@soulmasque.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I noticed recently when I saw the winner announcement at this years C2E2 Tournament of Cosplay that Simplicity was the sponsor of $8,000 in cash prizes for the winners.  They probably paid way more than that to get their name plastered all over the convention.  I’m sure they’re also a sponsor at NYCC and Emerald City Comic Con, which are all ReedPop conventions.  Simplicity has a booth every year at NYCC.

I know that Simplicity sponsored a special contest at CC29 for the use of Simplicity patterns in any competition at the convention.  However, why not approach them as an overall sponsor for the convention each year.  We at least generally require attendees to use their patterns with the Single Pattern Contest.  I doubt that’s a requirement at C2E2.  More money from sponsors means that conventions can do more for the attendees.

Michael

CC31

 

 

 

 

 

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 7:30 PM Trudy Leonard georgialei@hotmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Sadly, Andrea is no longer with Simplicity, but there are other designers that folks might be interested in hearing from. It certainly couldn’t hurt to suggest to them that they sponsor a prize for the Masquerades. Since all the big pattern companies seem to
be under one umbrella now, just going straight to the corporate headquarters and making a pitch for involvement by any of the companies might be good.. Certainly describing the Single Pattern Contest, which encourages sales of their products, would be a good
tactic. At worst, they turn you down, but it’s worth a try.

Trudy

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From: runacc@yahoogroups.com <runacc@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Byron Connell byronpconnell@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:16 PM
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [runacc] Simplicity Sponsorship

 

It can’t hurt to try.

Andrea Schewe has come to a number of CCs.

Byron

 

On Mar 28, 2019, at 8:10 AM, costumrs
costumrs@radiks.net [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Listening to a video posted by Mike Bruno of this year’s C2E2 championship awards, the 3 top awards were sponsored by Singer, not Simplicity. That doesn’t mean Simplicity didn’t sponsor others, however.

Sandy

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I contacted them for CC22. I did not request financial backing from them, but did ask if they would sponsor some of their designers coming as guests. I specifically suggested Andrea Schewe and Martha McCann. Martha was not able to come, but Andrea did and that
started her history of coming to Costume Cons. The company wanted feedback on their patterns, and whether people were interested in the more elaborate historical and fantasy/SF patterns that were starting to be more prevalent on their lists. They got plenty
of input from our attendees.

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Interesting.

Side note, for those who’ve forgotten: Simplicity also sponsored a special award at CC3. Adrian Butterfield won for her Historical entry..

We have a history with them.

Betsy

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On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 11:37 PM bruno@soulmasque.com [runacc]
<runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I noticed recently when I saw the winner announcement at this years C2E2 Tournament of Cosplay that Simplicity was the sponsor of $8,000 in cash prizes for the winners.  They probably paid way more than that to get
their name plastered all over the convention.  I’m sure they’re also a sponsor at NYCC and Emerald City Comic Con, which are all ReedPop conventions.  Simplicity has a booth every year at NYCC.

I know that Simplicity sponsored a special contest at CC29 for the use of Simplicity patterns in any competition at the convention.  However, why not approach them as an overall sponsor for the convention each year.
We at least generally require attendees to use their patterns with the Single Pattern Contest.  I doubt that’s a requirement at C2E2.  More money from sponsors means that conventions can do more for the attendees.

Michael

CC31

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 69
Friday 104
Saturday 104
Sunday 84
Monday 36

In addition we had another 80+ rooms nights booked outside the block or outside the main days. We did get credit for those room nights toward our comps. I would estimate that we only had about a handful of room nights booked on the shoulder nights, so I would estimate our Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday / Monday real pickup was more like 79, 124, 124, 104, 46.

The bottom line is that we needed more hotel rooms than we thought we would and had a higher ratio of hotel rooms to attendees than San Diego, probably because our hotel was further out of the city and more people decided to stay there.

I’ll leave reporting our total membership to later for someone else after we grovel over those numbers, but I will say I think it was a little over 500.

Yahoo isn’t making this remotely easy, but it’s happening. And I’m
erring on the side of caution and grabbing everything, regardless of
how trivial it might be, because I really don’t want to take the time
to judge a message’s usefulness. I just want to be able to search for
stuff I know is there (or should be).

At the moment, it’s a really bare bones site, and there are only
messages from March and April, 2003, but you can see where this is
heading and what will be available. Right now I’m more interested in
migrating the data into the database than I am in how it looks.

The new archive is located here: http://runacc.costume-con.org/

It’s a WordPress installation, but there’s a way to post to it via
email, once I’ve moved the content. Please continue to use this list
(such as it is) until everything has been migrated over. I’ll let you
know when to stop posting to it.

I’ve fixed the redirect outage for the Costume-Con.org site, and I’ve
also updated the main page to reflect a change in the deadline for
receiving bids for CC41. Karen has extended the deadline to October
31st, so if you were sitting on the fence about bidding for the con,
now’s the time to let Karen know!

In the meantime, Karen and I have set a date in mid October to
finalize the content in the ConStitution. If you still have strong
opinions regarding its content, please go back and review the Google
Doc version (it’s still there) and make whatever additional comments,
suggestions, and edits you want to see included. The link to that
document is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17htn1Js5TodV-pnJnVs8lCOHSXz2hL5tdIjHurWIdKY/edit

It’s my hope we’ll also have the Visual Gallery back up and running
before the end of the fall, and that we’ll have the CC37 photos
available as well, with luck.

We’re trying to track down the status of the CC37 photos, so if you
can let us know where these things stand, we’d appreciate that, too.

If you’re willing to help with the archive migration, I’d really
appreciate it. I’m in the middle of a massive job hunt, and I’m trying
to devote a chunk of my day to processing job applications and
figuring out what to do about my house. This may well preclude my
ability to attend CC38 altogether. I haven’t bought a membership yet,
so if I do attend, it will likely be a last minute decision.

Thanks for continuing to participate in this forum.

Betsy

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http://www.hawkeswood.com/

Nora

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From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 8:49 AM
To: List, Run a CC
Subject: [runacc] Effort to move RUNACC archives off Yahoo is FINALLY underway

Hi, all:

Yahoo isn’t making this remotely easy, but it’s happening. And I’m
erring on the side of caution and grabbing everything, regardless of
how trivial it might be, because I really don’t want to take the time
to judge a message’s usefulness. I just want to be able to search for
stuff I know is there (or should be).

At the moment, it’s a really bare bones site, and there are only
messages from March and April, 2003, but you can see where this is
heading and what will be available. Right now I’m more interested in
migrating the data into the database than I am in how it looks.

The new archive is located here: http://runacc.costume-con.org/

It’s a WordPress installation, but there’s a way to post to it via
email, once I’ve moved the content. Please continue to use this list
(such as it is) until everything has been migrated over. I’ll let you
know when to stop posting to it.

I’ve fixed the redirect outage for the Costume-Con.org site, and I’ve
also updated the main page to reflect a change in the deadline for
receiving bids for CC41. Karen has extended the deadline to October
31st, so if you were sitting on the fence about bidding for the con,
now’s the time to let Karen know!

In the meantime, Karen and I have set a date in mid October to
finalize the content in the ConStitution. If you still have strong
opinions regarding its content, please go back and review the Google
Doc version (it’s still there) and make whatever additional comments,
suggestions, and edits you want to see included. The link to that
document is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17htn1Js5TodV-pnJnVs8lCOHSXz2hL5tdIjHurWIdKY/edit

It’s my hope we’ll also have the Visual Gallery back up and running
before the end of the fall, and that we’ll have the CC37 photos
available as well, with luck.

We’re trying to track down the status of the CC37 photos, so if you
can let us know where these things stand, we’d appreciate that, too.

If you’re willing to help with the archive migration, I’d really
appreciate it. I’m in the middle of a massive job hunt, and I’m trying
to devote a chunk of my day to processing job applications and
figuring out what to do about my house. This may well preclude my
ability to attend CC38 altogether. I haven’t bought a membership yet,
so if I do attend, it will likely be a last minute decision.

Thanks for continuing to participate in this forum.

Betsy

—
Betsy R. Marks

http://www.hawkeswood.com/

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On Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 10:22 PM ‘Nora & Bruce Mai’ casamai@sbcglobal.net [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I’d be happy to help as always but know nothing about Word Press.

Nora

—–Original Message—–
From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 8:49 AM
To: List, Run a CC
Subject: [runacc] Effort to move RUNACC archives off Yahoo is FINALLY underway

Hi, all:

Yahoo isn’t making this remotely easy, but it’s happening. And I’m
erring on the side of caution and grabbing everything, regardless of
how trivial it might be, because I really don’t want to take the time
to judge a message’s usefulness. I just want to be able to search for
stuff I know is there (or should be).

At the moment, it’s a really bare bones site, and there are only
messages from March and April, 2003, but you can see where this is
heading and what will be available. Right now I’m more interested in
migrating the data into the database than I am in how it looks.

The new archive is located here: http://runacc.costume-con.org/

It’s a WordPress installation, but there’s a way to post to it via
email, once I’ve moved the content. Please continue to use this list
(such as it is) until everything has been migrated over. I’ll let you
know when to stop posting to it.

I’ve fixed the redirect outage for the Costume-Con.org site, and I’ve
also updated the main page to reflect a change in the deadline for
receiving bids for CC41. Karen has extended the deadline to October
31st, so if you were sitting on the fence about bidding for the con,
now’s the time to let Karen know!

In the meantime, Karen and I have set a date in mid October to
finalize the content in the ConStitution. If you still have strong
opinions regarding its content, please go back and review the Google
Doc version (it’s still there) and make whatever additional comments,
suggestions, and edits you want to see included. The link to that
document is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17htn1Js5TodV-pnJnVs8lCOHSXz2hL5tdIjHurWIdKY/edit

It’s my hope we’ll also have the Visual Gallery back up and running
before the end of the fall, and that we’ll have the CC37 photos
available as well, with luck.

We’re trying to track down the status of the CC37 photos, so if you
can let us know where these things stand, we’d appreciate that, too.

If you’re willing to help with the archive migration, I’d really
appreciate it. I’m in the middle of a massive job hunt, and I’m trying
to devote a chunk of my day to processing job applications and
figuring out what to do about my house. This may well preclude my
ability to attend CC38 altogether. I haven’t bought a membership yet,
so if I do attend, it will likely be a last minute decision.

Thanks for continuing to participate in this forum.

Betsy

—
Betsy R. Marks

http://www.hawkeswood.com/

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Posted by: “Betsy R. Marks” <aramintamd@gmail.com>
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Yahoo Groups Links

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Posted by: “Nora & Bruce Mai” <casamai@sbcglobal.net>
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Find us now at http://runacc.costume-con.org/
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By now you’ve probably heard that Yahoo intends to shut down all
groups this year, starting with disabling and privatizing all groups,
whether public or not.

I found a tool which may prove useful if you’re a list manager like I am:

http://www.personalgroupware.com/downloads.htm

A video overview/tutorial is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PIumS33e0

Once the software finishes sucking the content down, I’ll be migrating
it to the new WordPress space. I can set up access to that space for
anyone who wants it, but you’ll need to let me know to add you as an
author, not just a subscriber, or you’ll only ever be able to comment
on posts, not make them yourself.

Watch your email for this information, coming soon. And don’t forget
to check your spam folders early and often.

To be added to the new space, email me at info@costume-con.org, and let me know.

Thanks!

Betsy
—
Betsy R. Marks

http://www.hawkeswood.com/

 

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 9:10 PM Byron Connell byronpconnell@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Betsy —

As someone else who knows nothing about WordPress, I would very much like to be included in any tutorial.

Byron

 

On Sep 23, 2019, at 10:47 PM, ‘Betsy R. Marks’ aramintamd@gmail.com [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

It’s really not hard to use. Grabbing the data off the Yahoo group is a tedious pain, but this way we’ll have searchable archives.

After I finish work and getting unemployment set up this week, I’d be happy to give you a tutorial. Classic editor is easier to use and we can postdate entries, to make the archives sort better.

I’m out of town and away from electronics this weekend from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Last day is presently Thursday. I think..

Thanks!!!

Betsy

—
Betsy R. Marks
www.hawkeswood.com

 

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 10:22 PM ‘Nora & Bruce Mai’ casamai@sbcglobal.net [runacc] <runacc@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I’d be happy to help as always but know nothing about Word Press.

Nora

—–Original Message—–
From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 8:49 AM
To: List, Run a CC
Subject: [runacc] Effort to move RUNACC archives off Yahoo is FINALLY underway

Hi, all:

Yahoo isn’t making this remotely easy, but it’s happening. And I’m
erring on the side of caution and grabbing everything, regardless of
how trivial it might be, because I really don’t want to take the time
to judge a message’s usefulness. I just want to be able to search for
stuff I know is there (or should be).

At the moment, it’s a really bare bones site, and there are only
messages from March and April, 2003, but you can see where this is
heading and what will be available. Right now I’m more interested in
migrating the data into the database than I am in how it looks.

The new archive is located here: http://runacc.costume-con.org/

It’s a WordPress installation, but there’s a way to post to it via
email, once I’ve moved the content. Please continue to use this list
(such as it is) until everything has been migrated over. I’ll let you
know when to stop posting to it.

I’ve fixed the redirect outage for the Costume-Con.org site, and I’ve
also updated the main page to reflect a change in the deadline for
receiving bids for CC41. Karen has extended the deadline to October
31st, so if you were sitting on the fence about bidding for the con,
now’s the time to let Karen know!

In the meantime, Karen and I have set a date in mid October to
finalize the content in the ConStitution. If you still have strong
opinions regarding its content, please go back and review the Google
Doc version (it’s still there) and make whatever additional comments,
suggestions, and edits you want to see included. The link to that
document is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17htn1Js5TodV-pnJnVs8lCOHSXz2hL5tdIjHurWIdKY/edit

It’s my hope we’ll also have the Visual Gallery back up and running
before the end of the fall, and that we’ll have the CC37 photos
available as well, with luck.

We’re trying to track down the status of the CC37 photos, so if you
can let us know where these things stand, we’d appreciate that, too.

If you’re willing to help with the archive migration, I’d really
appreciate it. I’m in the middle of a massive job hunt, and I’m trying
to devote a chunk of my day to processing job applications and
figuring out what to do about my house. This may well preclude my
ability to attend CC38 altogether. I haven’t bought a membership yet,
so if I do attend, it will likely be a last minute decision.

Thanks for continuing to participate in this forum.

Betsy

— 
Betsy R. Marks

http://www.hawkeswood.com/


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Posted by: “Betsy R. Marks” <aramintamd@gmail.com>
————————————

Find us now at http://runacc.costume-con.org/
————————————

Yahoo Groups Links





————————————
Posted by: “Nora & Bruce Mai” <casamai@sbcglobal.net>
————————————

Find us now at http://runacc.costume-con.org/
————————————

Yahoo Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/runacc/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/runacc/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    runacc-digest@yahoogroups.com 
    runacc-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    runacc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to:
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