On Aug 1, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Bruce & Nora Mai wrote:

> Ummm… The CC26 logo lurking to the right?

We’re giving Jan a chance to follow it up with the webmaster friendly-
like (since she knows him), but if that doesn’t pan out by next week
their head office and their hosting company are getting DMCA take-
down notices.

andy

In a message dated 8/1/2007 1:40:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
attrembl@bovil.com writes:

> http://www.dragoncon.net/costuming/
>
> Well, beside that it’s ugly…
>
> andy
>
>
>
>
>

They are using your Sewing Machine Logo?
Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org
View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/

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Given my experience with the “people in charge” at DragonCon, I’d start
to draft the DMCA notices.
YMMV –
Marty

Andrew T Trembley wrote:

>
> On Aug 1, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Bruce & Nora Mai wrote:
> > Ummm… The CC26 logo lurking to the right?
>
> We’re giving Jan a chance to follow it up with the webmaster friendly-
> like (since she knows him), but if that doesn’t pan out by next week
> their head office and their hosting company are getting DMCA take-
> down notices.
>
> andy
>
>

Didn’t even bother to attempt original art based on the design.

Charming.

-b

Andrew Trembley wrote:

> http://www.dragoncon.net/costuming/
>
> Well, beside that it’s ugly…
>
> andy

I’m assuming it used to be where the broken pic link is now.

Michael

Quoting Betsy Delaney <bdelaney@hawkeswood.com>:

> Didn’t even bother to attempt original art based on the design.
>
> Charming.
>
> -b
>
> Andrew Trembley wrote:
>> http://www.dragoncon.net/costuming/
>>
>> Well, beside that it’s ugly…
>>
>> andy
>
>

bruno@soulmasque.com wrote:

> I’m assuming it used to be where the broken pic link is now.
>

Yeah, that would have been it. The webmaster is using GoLive and there
are a ton of “(empty reference)” URLs because the target was never
linked; looks like he unlinked that image pretty quickly.

andy

In a message dated 8/2/2007 2:05:38 AM Central Daylight Time,
attrembl@bovil.com writes:

> Yeah, that would have been it. The webmaster is using GoLive and there
> are a ton of “(empty reference)” URLs because the target was never
> linked; looks like he unlinked that image pretty quickly.

If they hadn’t, it may have been a job for
The Armed Costumers Guild!

Henry

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Hello!

How is or did merchandise, such as T-shirts and tote bags, working to bring
in extra cash for Costume Cons? I know that all the glasses that we made for
CC21 went.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org
View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/

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Hello, again!

What does everyone think about having a blood drive at CC?

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org
View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/

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I am a regular blood donor at the drives at the hospital where I
work. As long as I can plan ahead so that donating blood @ the con
doesn’t conflict with that, I think it’s a great idea. (I was
willing to do so @ NASFIC, but it turned out that I had given too
recently, by about 2 weeks, and wasn’t eligible.)

Tina

— In runacc@yahoogroups.com, osierhenry@… wrote:
>
> Hello, again!
>
> What does everyone think about having a blood drive at CC?
>
> Henry Osier
> Chief Spy
> Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
> www.CC28.org

The reason I ask is that I, too, am a regular donor. I finally hit the 24
pint mark just before CC25. And the company that I work for provides copiers and
fax machines to the Wisconsin Blood Center. http://www.bcw.edu They are very
happy to come to events and do blood drives. When Milwaukee had a regular SF
con, it used to always have a blood drive.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org
View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/

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They’d only take my blood if I lied to them . . .

Their loss.

Karen

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:55:29 EDT
osierhenry@cs.com wrote:

> The reason I ask is that I, too, am a regular donor. I
>finally hit the 24
> pint mark just before CC25. And the company that I work
>for provides copiers and
> fax machines to the Wisconsin Blood Center.
>http://www.bcw.edu They are very
> happy to come to events and do blood drives. When
>Milwaukee had a regular SF
> con, it used to always have a blood drive.
>
> Henry Osier
> Chief Spy
> Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
> www.CC28.org
> View the latest Intell:
>http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
> Questions?:
>http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/
>
>
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>

Hello!

Question: Do you think that a dealer with tanned deerskins, beads, sinew,
etc., would go over well at a costume-con?

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org
View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/

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Dunno!

I know we’ve had such a dealer at one CC at least. U won’t swear to it,
but I recall it as CC11. I don’t know how well they did.

IMO, if you’re pushing the con to folks who do mountain man recreations,
old west re-enactors and the like, you’ll likely have interest.

Does that help?

Cheers,

Betsy

osierhenry@cs.com wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Question: Do you think that a dealer with tanned deerskins, beads, sinew,
> etc., would go over well at a costume-con?
>
> Henry Osier
> Chief Spy
> Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
> www.CC28.org
> View the latest Intell: http://agent-milw.livejournal.com/
> Questions?: http://community.livejournal.com/costume_con_28/
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

—
—
Betsy Delaney

In a message dated 9/8/2007 7:46:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
bdelaney@hawkeswood.com writes:

> I know we’ve had such a dealer at one CC at least. U won’t swear to it,
> but I recall it as CC11. I don’t know how well they did.
>
> IMO, if you’re pushing the con to folks who do mountain man recreations,
> old west re-enactors and the like, you’ll likely have interest.
>
> Does that help?

Yes, Betsy. It does. In my experience, I know that costumers have a need for
garment weight leather at times. I know a couple that deals those sorts of
things and am trying to gauge how interested costumers might be in them.

Thanks!

Henry

PS How’s Dan and the kids?

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In celebration of one of our favorite costumed holidays, I’m happy to
announce as chair of Costume-Con 26 that weekend membership rates will
*NOT* increase tonight as originally planned.

Adult Weekend Memberships will remain at the current price of $85 for
the remainder of 2007, with a planned rate increase on January 1, 2008.

This means that you can purchase memberships for your friends as holiday
gifts! (*Which* holiday you choose to present them in celebration of we
leave as an exercise for the reader.)

We now return you to your regularly scheduled costuming…

Kevin

Been meaning to send this info for awhile & since I’m cleaning up the
computer (deleting, removing, saving to external storage, etc.), here’s some
numbers & observations from CC25 as Treasurer, Promotional Materials
Coordinator & Membership Coordinator – Nora

Badgeholders: original print run 263
We have 33 left
Feedback: Mostly positive, some personal preferences for other types but
most liked the usefulness with all the pockets, etc.
Conclusion: Successful, despite some minor objections (very few) most people
liked them & plan to re-use.

Pins: original order 300
We have 67 left
Feedback: Very positive; looked good, shiny
Conclusion: Major plus; good idea we missed – could have been used alone
(w/o badge) as evening ID or on complicated costumes.

Branding: Use of flames & logo throughout – pubs, badges, pins, signage
Conclusion: Very successful – bright, identifiable; made for a unified look
throughout all our efforts.

Demographics:
265 Members
In advance – 233
PayPal – 59
At the Door – 32
In Attendance – 221
Used “alias” – 57
Year joined:
2004 – 30
2005 – 33
2006 – 92
2007 – 109
Voting Fees – 58
VF Only – 4
VF Converted – 54
Sat Only – 11
Sun Only – 1
Student – 11
Staff – 45
Dealers – 9
Transferred –
Supporting – 2
Free-Award – 14
Awardees that attended – 7
Free-Other – 4
Press – 2
Had to be mailed post-con – 30

Observations: Almost half registered in the last 3 months. Single days &
Students definitely worth doing even if they don’t pull in many people.
Almost 20% used “alias” option – may mean nothing but it was moderately
popular. Approximately 20% used PayPal.
Conclusions: Memberships habits have definitely shifted. PayPal very good.

Optional info:
Age: 244 responses
Over 21 – 224
18-21 – 8
13-18 – 10
0-12 – 1
Member of ICG Chapter: 214 responses
Yes – 28
No – 126
Wants to receive future CC mailings: 214 responses
Yes – 193
No – 21
Multiple pubs 2 or more members @ one address: 72 responses
Yes – 10
No – 72
Past CCs: 211 responses
All – 1
Many – 3
Some – 2
22 – 2
21 – 1
20 – 2
18 – 1
17 – 2
16 – 2
15 – 1
14 – 2

>12 – 1

11 – 2
10 – 6
9 – 7
8 – 2
7 – 1
6 – 7
5 – 9
4 – 13
3 – 6
2 – 19
1 – 42
0 – 77

Of those who responded:
Observations: Our demographic is over 21, not a member of the ICG &
interested in future CCs (probably dependant on location). Of multiple
members at one address, only 10% wanted individual publications, the rest
could share through the entire household. And approximately 1/3 were first
timers.

This is an offshoot triggered by the CC-25 info: in cleaning out paper
stuff recently, I came across a preliminary budget worksheet for CC-
18. That’s quite a while back, and I don’t have a final post-con
breakdown, but if this is something that anyone would find useful as a
planning tool (however outdated), I will save it and pass it on,
rather than discarding it. Archives?

Tina

Archives would appreciate it, thanks.

Ricky and I are taking this over from Betsy, so contact us offlist as to where to send it.

–Karen

—– Original Message —–
From: tinathebookworm
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:32 PM
Subject: [runacc] Re: Demographics other CC’s

This is an offshoot triggered by the CC-25 info: in cleaning out paper
stuff recently, I came across a preliminary budget worksheet for CC-
18. That’s quite a while back, and I don’t have a final post-con
breakdown, but if this is something that anyone would find useful as a
planning tool (however outdated), I will save it and pass it on,
rather than discarding it. Archives?

Tina

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Tina,
Do you have the ability to scan it and e-mail it to me?
Henry

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I sent this note originally via our registration system; I am forwarding
it to several interested lists to help get the word out.

You may forward/repost it in its entirety to help get the word out.

Kevin

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Important notice from Costume-Con 26 about our email addresses
Date: 27 Nov 2007 20:37:46 -0000
From: chair@cc26.org
To: chair@cc26.org

To all Costume-Con 26 online users:

This message is being broadcast to all users who have registered an email
address in the Costume-Con 26 database.

We recently discovered that a number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
have stopped delivering email to and from “.info” domains due to large
quantities of spam being sent from such domains. The ISPs doing so do not
send any bounce or error messages, they simply discard the messages.

When we selected cc26.info as our domain over 5 years ago, this was not a
problem. We only discovered it recently when we realized a large number of
Future Fashion Folio designers never received their acceptance notices, and
upon investigation learned that we had not received inquiries from them,
either.

Fortunately, we also own the cc26.org domain. Effective immediately, we
shall shift our email addresses to the .org domain. All the previous
addresses have been migrated (for instance, chair@cc26.info is now
chair@cc26.org), and the contact page on our website is being updated with
the new addresses.

Our website will remain at www.cc26.info; this problem *only* affects email
delivery. Email already in the pipeline to .info addresses will forward to
the new .org addresses (*if* it is delivered to our server).

I apologize for any confusion this may cause you, and hope you will bear
with us during any glitches caused by the transition.

Thank you for your patience, and your support of Costume-Con 26.

Kevin Roche
Chair, Costume-Con 26

I’ve been trying to email y’all and all the @sickpups.org addresses I
have keep bouncing.

Can you email me offlist?

Thanks!

Kevin

My memory is somewhat unreliable on this question, since I’m usually
involved in the fashion show somehow.

Is it traditional to have no other program items running during the
Sunday Fashion Show, or has that varied from year to year?

Thanks!

Kevin

FFS has typically been treated as a “Big Tent” item (like the Historical and F&S/F) with no counterprogramming, although I think CC22 may have had some Historical track item against it…?

Do you feel a need to do counterprogramming because of time (to fit all program items in) or space (because the room for the FFS won’t hold all the members of the convention) considerations? Otherwise, I would strongly urge you not to counterprogram for the hour or so the FFS will take.

–Karen

—– Original Message —–
From: Kevin Roche, CC26 Convention Chair
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:57 PM
Subject: [runacc] Question about scheduling at past Costume-Cons…

My memory is somewhat unreliable on this question, since I’m usually
involved in the fashion show somehow.

Is it traditional to have no other program items running during the
Sunday Fashion Show, or has that varied from year to year?

Thanks!

Kevin

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I’m mostly mediating a vehement discussion (it has not become an
argument) between my programming head (who is used to much larger
conventions where they often program against even the Masquerade) and my
FFS director.

Just wanted a sanity check.

Kevin

Ricky & Karen Dick wrote:

>
> FFS has typically been treated as a “Big Tent” item (like the
> Historical and F&S/F) with no counterprogramming, although I think
> CC22 may have had some Historical track item against it…?
>
> Do you feel a need to do counterprogramming because of time (to fit
> all program items in) or space (because the room for the FFS won’t
> hold all the members of the convention) considerations? Otherwise, I
> would strongly urge you not to counterprogram for the hour or so the
> FFS will take.
>

Could you put a clause in the “publications” section that excuses
committees from re-sending publications that are returned to sender?
We’ve had a fair number of pubs get returned because of address
problems.

andy

And by “address problems” Andy means members who give us an invalid
mailing address, or who fail to update their address when they move.

Kevin

Andrew T Trembley wrote:

>
> Could you put a clause in the “publications” section that excuses
> committees from re-sending publications that are returned to sender?
> We’ve had a fair number of pubs get returned because of address
> problems.
>
> andy
>
>
>
>

At CC23, we too made the FFS a “Big Tent” particularly to further
highlight the value of the Folio and those who contribute to it.

There will always be those members who won’t attend the FFS. However,
by not counter-programming the con strongly shows its support for
those in the show.

Dave Doering
CC23:Utah

I think you can just set your own policy. We didn’t have much of a
problem with this, but we kept PRs if they didn’t make it to their
destinations. And we made one attempt to mail the Folios again, in case we
had something wrong. We emailed them. Otherwise, too bad, so sad – pick it
up at registration – if you show up.

Bruce

> —–Original Message—–
> From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Kevin Roche, CC26 Convention Chair
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:50 PM
> To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [runacc] Hey, Karen… in your next Con-Stitution update…
>
> And by “address problems” Andy means members who give us an invalid
> mailing address, or who fail to update their address when they move.
>
> Kevin
>
> Andrew T Trembley wrote:
> >
> > Could you put a clause in the “publications” section that excuses
> > committees from re-sending publications that are returned to sender?
> > We’ve had a fair number of pubs get returned because of address
> > problems.
> >
> > andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

I would agree with this. After all, it really only is typically 1 hour.

Bruce

> —–Original Message—–
> From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Dave Doering
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:32 PM
> To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [runacc] Question about scheduling at past Costume-Cons…
>
> At CC23, we too made the FFS a “Big Tent” particularly to further
> highlight the value of the Folio and those who contribute to it.
>
> There will always be those members who won’t attend the FFS. However,
> by not counter-programming the con strongly shows its support for
> those in the show.
>
> Dave Doering
> CC23:Utah
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

At 06:57 PM 2/5/2008, you wrote:

>My memory is somewhat unreliable on this question, since I’m usually
>involved in the fashion show somehow.
>
>Is it traditional to have no other program items running during the
>Sunday Fashion Show, or has that varied from year to year?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Kevin

As I recall the three I was involved in chairing didn’t cross program
against the actual show. There was programming until just before showtime.

Pierre

“Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly —
Why They Are Simply Doomed.

Achemdro’hm
“The Illusion of Historical Fact”
— C.Y. 4971

Andromeda

Saw this on the F-Costume list so ordered it. It’s a pretty nice little mag,
glossy but cosplay heavy – $12 bucks. Anybody else checked it out or know
anything about the gal who produces it? The premier copy is only 150 run but
hopefully that will expand if we get the word out.

http://www.costumemakermagazine.com/?q=node/6

Looks like she needs some ads though – might be a good place to advertise in
for future CCs. I’ve written her for info & will pass it along when
received.

Nora

Hello!

I just thought I’d share this with everyone here. Today, the hotel contract
for CC28 was signed.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org

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Congratulations! Which hotel? If I knew, I’ve forgotten.

Byron

—– Original Message —–
From: osierhenry@cs.com<mailto:osierhenry@cs.com>
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com<mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: [runacc] CC28 Update

Hello!

I just thought I’d share this with everyone here. Today, the hotel contract
for CC28 was signed.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org<http://www.cc28.org/>

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In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:26:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
bpconnell@verizon.net writes:

> Congratulations! Which hotel? If I knew, I’ve forgotten.
>
>
>
>
>

Its a Hilton in downtown Milwaukee. I know it as the Marc Plaza, but it
started it’s life as the Schroeder.
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF
It has a lovely old world look to it and is convenient to many museums and
restaurants.

Henry

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Yay, Henry! Good job!

–Karen

—– Original Message —–
From: osierhenry@cs.com
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: [runacc] CC28 Update

Hello!

I just thought I’d share this with everyone here. Today, the hotel contract
for CC28 was signed.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
www.CC28.org

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If it is the hotel that I am thinking of, I stayed there several years
ago on business and it was a lovely funky old hotel (in the best sense
of the phrase)
^M^

osierhenry@cs.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:26:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
> bpconnell@verizon.net <mailto:bpconnell%40verizon.net> writes:
> > Congratulations! Which hotel? If I knew, I’ve forgotten.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Its a Hilton in downtown Milwaukee. I know it as the Marc Plaza, but it
> started it’s life as the Schroeder.
> http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF
> <http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF>
> It has a lovely old world look to it and is convenient to many museums
> and
> restaurants.
>
> Henry
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

Gee, Henry, it looks like a larger version of the Hotel Fort Des
Moines, where CC24 was! But considering they’re about the same age,
I guess that’s not too surprising….

Sandy

At 07:43 PM 3/25/2008, you wrote:

>In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:26:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
><mailto:bpconnell%40verizon.net>bpconnell@verizon.net writes:
> > Congratulations! Which hotel? If I knew, I’ve forgotten.
>
>Its a Hilton in downtown Milwaukee. I know it as the Marc Plaza, but it
>started it’s life as the Schroeder.
><http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF>http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF
>It has a lovely old world look to it and is convenient to many museums and
>restaurants.
>
>Henry

“Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly —
Why They Are Simply Doomed.

Achemdro’hm
“The Illusion of Historical Fact”
— C.Y. 4971

Andromeda

I see that parking is $22 a night (ouch), what’s the room rate going to be?

Nora

> —–Original Message—–
> From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> osierhenry@cs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:44 PM
> To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [runacc] CC28 Update
>
> In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:26:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
> bpconnell@verizon.net writes:
> > Congratulations! Which hotel? If I knew, I’ve forgotten.

> Its a Hilton in downtown Milwaukee. I know it as the Marc Plaza, but it
> started it’s life as the Schroeder.
> http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MKEMHHF
> It has a lovely old world look to it and is convenient to many museums and
> restaurants.

In a message dated 3/25/2008 10:36:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
MartinGear@comcast.net writes:

> If it is the hotel that I am thinking of, I stayed there several years
> ago on business and it was a lovely funky old hotel (in the best sense
> of the phrase)
>
>
>

5th & Wisconsin, right across the street from the giant conference center
downtown. Three blocks from Milwaukee Public Museum, birth place of the Diorama!

Henry

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In a message dated 3/26/2008 6:17:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:

> I see that parking is $22 a night (ouch), what’s the room rate going to be?
>
>
>
>
>

Survey says: You are in correct! Parking will be $12! (Its in the contract!)

I forget the room rate right now. Will get back to you.

Henry

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Well, that’s what their website says; glad you could negotiate a lower rate
– an extra $100 or so would knock some people for a loop if they didn’t plan
for it (course you need to make sure everybody knows about it in your PRs,
wouldn’t want someone getting charged the wrong rate by the garage
attendants. Or is it being added directly to the bill?)
Another garage question – any idea on it’s limits? Size, quantity,
what-have-you. You know our propensity for renting a “church” van, and that
wouldn’t fit in the garage at Des Moines.

Nora

> —–Original Message—–
> From: runacc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>
> In a message dated 3/26/2008 6:17:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
> casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > I see that parking is $22 a night (ouch), what’s the room rate going to

be?

> >
> >
> Survey says: You are in correct! Parking will be $12! (Its in the

contract!)

>
> I forget the room rate right now. Will get back to you.
>
> Henry

In a message dated 3/27/2008 6:19:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:

> (course you need to make sure everybody knows about it in your PRs,
> wouldn’t want someone getting charged the wrong rate by the garage
> attendants. Or is it being added directly to the bill?)

Thanks for the idea!

> Another garage question – any idea on it’s limits? Size, quantity,
> what-have-you. You know our propensity for renting a “church” van, and that
> wouldn’t fit in the garage at Des Moines.

I have seen large SUV’s in it, but I will have to find out. I am planning on
having a big van for carting folks around to some shopping sites.

Andy, can you guess where?

Henry

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CC26 still needs a house manager for the shows.

What does the house manager do?
1. Work with our hotel department to make sure that the house seating
is correct before each show
2. Ensures the judges’ desk is in position and has enough chairs
3. Manages wheelchair seating areas (if necessary)
4. Manages reserved seating areas (if there are any)
5. When the show director and the crews all agree that everything is
ready in the house, opens the house doors
6. Coordinates line management/entertainment folks (here’s hoping for
no big lines, there are nearly 600 seats in the house)

If you’re not competing and think you can do this, or if you know
someone who is not competing who you could recommend, please email chair@cc26.org

andy

In a message dated 4/17/2008 6:55:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
attrembl@bovil.com writes:

> What does the house manager do?
> 1. Work with our hotel department to make sure that the house seating
> is correct before each show

Combo effort with MD, IMHO.

> 2. Ensures the judges’ desk is in position and has enough chairs

Ditto.

> 3. Manages wheelchair seating areas (if necessary)
> 4. Manages reserved seating areas (if there are any)
> 5. When the show director and the crews all agree that everything is
> ready in the house, opens the house doors
>

Basically, all ditto

> 6. Coordinates line management/entertainment folks (here’s hoping for
> no big lines, there are nearly 600 seats in the house)

You might want to consider a separate person for this. Things can get busy
enough inside before the doors open.

I also would suggest that all Masq Staff know where the fire exits are, as
well as fire extinguishers, and what the medical emergency procedure is, both in
the house and around the stage.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010

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When Andy and I run a masquerade (that’s *2* MDs working together), we
still usually have a front-of house manager.

The difference is in key focus: the MDs are focussed on the contestants
and the show on the stage, the HM is focussed on the audience in the house.

Even with two MDs, we found one MD can wrangle backstage issues, one MD
can deal with on-stage and judging stuff, and the house manager deals
with the house.

This includes watching for security issues, etc (we almost had to bounce
an audience member at ALA 2007 for heckling. I heard it from my vantage
point and could flag the HM and MC to put a stop to it. Having one of
the MDs go wading into the audience would have been a rather
non-effective use of their talents.

Does that help make it make more sense?

Kevin

osierhenry@cs.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 4/17/2008 6:55:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
> attrembl@bovil.com <mailto:attrembl%40bovil.com> writes:
> > What does the house manager do?
> > 1. Work with our hotel department to make sure that the house seating
> > is correct before each show
>
> Combo effort with MD, IMHO.
>
> > 2. Ensures the judges’ desk is in position and has enough chairs
>
> Ditto.
>
> > 3. Manages wheelchair seating areas (if necessary)
> > 4. Manages reserved seating areas (if there are any)
> > 5. When the show director and the crews all agree that everything is
> > ready in the house, opens the house doors
> >
> Basically, all ditto
>
> > 6. Coordinates line management/entertainment folks (here’s hoping for
> > no big lines, there are nearly 600 seats in the house)
>
> You might want to consider a separate person for this. Things can get
> busy
> enough inside before the doors open.
>
> I also would suggest that all Masq Staff know where the fire exits
> are, as
> well as fire extinguishers, and what the medical emergency procedure
> is, both in
> the house and around the stage.
>
> Henry Osier
> Chief Spy
> Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
>

I’ve been a house manager. The house manager needs a staff of ushers to assist in orderly seating of the audience and, if appropriate, distributing masquerade programs.

Byron

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From: osierhenry@cs.com<mailto:osierhenry@cs.com>
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com<mailto:runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: chair@cc26.org<mailto:chair@cc26.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [runacc] Last-minute recruiting…

In a message dated 4/17/2008 6:55:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
attrembl@bovil.com<mailto:attrembl@bovil.com> writes:
> What does the house manager do?
> 1. Work with our hotel department to make sure that the house seating
> is correct before each show

Combo effort with MD, IMHO.

> 2. Ensures the judges’ desk is in position and has enough chairs

Ditto.

> 3. Manages wheelchair seating areas (if necessary)
> 4. Manages reserved seating areas (if there are any)
> 5. When the show director and the crews all agree that everything is
> ready in the house, opens the house doors
>
Basically, all ditto

> 6. Coordinates line management/entertainment folks (here’s hoping for
> no big lines, there are nearly 600 seats in the house)

You might want to consider a separate person for this. Things can get busy
enough inside before the doors open.

I also would suggest that all Masq Staff know where the fire exits are, as
well as fire extinguishers, and what the medical emergency procedure is, both in
the house and around the stage.

Henry Osier
Chief Spy
Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The House Manager should be responsible for seating, navigation,
basically everything in front of the stage, up to and including
hallway crowd management prior to opening the doors.

House managers generally have ushering staff. Considering the number
of people that are expected for CC26, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with
anything less than 6-8 ushers for each of the events. You’ll need them
to help seat people, and if the entrants are walking through the house
instead of back stage again, to help navigate them to fan photo. And
to watch for those pesky flash cameras because some ditz will think
the rule doesn’t apply to him.

If the House Manager’s doing his/her job right, the MD should be free
to work backstage, dealing with entry/judging issues prior to starting
the show and during halftime as well.

I’ve done the job before, but I don’t know about doing it at CC26. If
things are desperate, I may be available for the Historical and/or the
SF/F but not the Fashion Show (which I think you know already)! 9-)

Just please give me plenty of warning if you decide to use me. I was
planning to pack stuff to watch the show that would be completely
inappropriate for managing the house.

Cheers,

Betsy

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:10 PM, <osierhenry@cs.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 4/17/2008 6:55:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
> attrembl@bovil.com writes:
> > What does the house manager do?
> > 1. Work with our hotel department to make sure that the house seating
> > is correct before each show
>
> Combo effort with MD, IMHO.
>
>
> > 2. Ensures the judges’ desk is in position and has enough chairs
>
> Ditto.
>
>
> > 3. Manages wheelchair seating areas (if necessary)
> > 4. Manages reserved seating areas (if there are any)
> > 5. When the show director and the crews all agree that everything is
> > ready in the house, opens the house doors
> >
> Basically, all ditto
>
>
> > 6. Coordinates line management/entertainment folks (here’s hoping for
> > no big lines, there are nearly 600 seats in the house)
>
> You might want to consider a separate person for this. Things can get busy
> enough inside before the doors open.
>
> I also would suggest that all Masq Staff know where the fire exits are, as
> well as fire extinguishers, and what the medical emergency procedure is,
> both in
> the house and around the stage.
>
> Henry Osier
> Chief Spy
> Costume-Con 28 in Milwaukee in 2010
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

Thanks to everyone who offered their services as House Manager for CC26!

Tadao Tomomatsu (sp?), who is quite familiar with the Doubletree and
with our usual gang of suspects working tech and crew has stepped
forward and volunteered.

He also has no other responsibilities at CC26 (he thought he’d get away
with being a tourist… ha!) which also simplifies things.

Thanks again for your support. See many of you in a couple days!

Kevin

In a message dated 4/21/2008 6:08:53 PM Central Daylight Time, chair@cc26.org
writes:

> Tadao Tomomatsu (sp?), who is quite familiar with the Doubletree and
> with our usual gang of suspects working tech and crew has stepped
> forward and volunteered.

Where did you find him? He was a super fun guy!

Henry

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