Last Call for Papers...

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Howdy, one and all.

The weekend is nigh upon us, and it's filling up nicely as far as content goes. We also have our largest ever numbers in terms of participants, so yaye.

China and I will be putting together the timetable very shortly, and there's not a huge amount of space left, but:

1) Does anyone (who hasn't already communicated with me in some way) still want to make a presentation of some kind? By presentation here I mean "fandom/pairing intro", ie "here's my thing that I adore and you should too"; or alternately "show pimp", ie "here's a show you should totally be watching/rewatching"? If so, we could squeeze another couple in.

If anyone's mad keen on any of the newer shows and wants to gain more fans, now's your chance. Leverage? Fringe? IDEK. Or if you're a last bastion of an old show and want to rekindle the embers, still your chance! China and I were chuckling about the fact that SGA, aka the fandom that ate fandom, never got done at g/t. Travesty! Victim of its own popularity! She's also asked me to rectify Supernatural's nigh supernatural absence, and I will be (show, not ship, fear not anti-wincesters). If anyone wants to put together a "reel", ie the very best moments of your show, cut together so they'll play short and sweet... have at.

In either case, please let me know in comments.

2) And then there's panels. We've got a few goodies planned, but for various reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, China and I don't want to listen to the sound of our own voices continually. So, I have a request in three subsets.

2a) You'd like a panel of your own (ie you have a topic, some subquestions, and would be happy to mod/stimulate the discussion)
2b) You have a burning question but just want to throw it out there (ie tell me and I will add it to one of the pre-existing lists)
2c) You would like to volunteer to mod something off the list (ie just guide the convo, topic already on the list)

If any of these sound like you, please let me know in comments.

The (tentative) timetable follows fairly shortly...

Registration Fees and Housekeeping

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Thanks to the increased numbers this year (which of course subsidises/reduces venue hire effectively), I am very pleased to announce that g/t has remained recession-proof. Subs are still the glorious price of twenty dollars only, which covers the venue, some goodie bags (ha ha, which will be a surprise to you all this year, but lol) and snacks and drinks for the weekend.

Because we are looking at bigger numbers, and because I have to pay for the venue in advance, and because China and I are not recession-proof, I will require payment in advance this year, rather than on the day. There are two options, either a) Paypal (which brings us full circle since I opened that account to pay China's and my subs to Sinpoz in the action that kickstarted this crazy whirligig of fun); or b) Direct Credit. My paypal account is, as always, arysteia@yahoo.com. If you need bank account details (not my mortgage account, so don't plan a quick getaway to Brazil) comment here and I will email you. If you could get on that asap please. Thank you, also in advance.

Some housekeeping still outstanding:

We're still missing some arrival times. Can you please comment at the arrivals post. ETA: all done now.

I assume everyone has organised their accommodation by now. If not, I refer you back to the accommodation post. My schoolmarmly listmaking compulsion would like to be able to leave messages etc if necessary, and/or make tentative car pooling arrangements. ETA: all done now.

I think that's it from me for now, but I will be spamming you a bit over the next few days. So sorry. ;-p

swap meet anyone?

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i seem to have acquired a couple of duplicate DVD sets - season 1 of Life on Mars (UK version) and season 4 of House - and also have some DVDs i don't really want to keep. i'm sure there are others who have a few DVDs lying around they no longer want, so how about a swap meet to flog off the rubbish redistribute the fannishness? i also have some fan mags taking up space that i wouldn't mind finding new homes for.