Accommodation Post

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Hi everyone.

I was waiting for Dewey to make this post, but in the meantime I've noticed a fair amount of double-up chatter in other places, so apologies for stepping on your toes, hon.

Dewey, who is the hotel goddess, has unfortunately confirmed that the Brentwood Hotel and 747 Motel in Kilbirnie are both full for the weekend of get/together. God knows what's going on. I understand she's been looking into other options, so can everyone who's coming in from elsewhere in NZ (Aussies not included) please track comments to this post and either confirm you've made your own arrangements, or liaise with potential roommates here. I'll keep editing in updates as they arrive, but the comment threads will have the most up to date information in the first instance.

ETA 2.0: This post is now closed. No further additions to the group booking are available. If you need advice as to accommodation options in Wellington feel free to ask, but you will have to make your own bookings from here on out. Thanks again to Dewey for a masterful job on a task that was even more difficult than usual.

Contributions Please!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

It's that time of year again! Do you have a new fandom you're obsessed with? A pairing you can't believe no one else ships? A conversation/debate you really want to have?

Well, then. It's early days yet, and there's no commitment required now, but if you've got an idea you'd like to call dibs on, do it here, and avoid the rush. Also, if you have a suggestion you'd quite like someone else to take on (no guarantees) add that to the list too.

Basically there are a few categories here (no hard and fast rules):

1) Show Pimps -- is there an awesome new show (or a magnificent old one) that everyone should be watching? Let us know! Put together a few clips, or a basic primer (powerpoint, picspam etc) to advertise and convert the masses. [This includes media other than tv shows, natch.]

2) Ship Manifestos -- is there an OTP (or OT3 or...) that is oppressing fandom fairly leaping off the screen? Do likewise.

3) Panel Discussions -- everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask. (You don't have to moderate, though you can if you'd like. Just chuck your questions down.)

As an administrative issue, the slots that are scheduled in against lunchbreaks are now "Warnings Attached" slots. There's no judgment whatsoever implied, YKINMK is in full force, but it's an acknowledgment that some people may prefer to avoid certain things.

( Here's one I made earlier... presentations past (alphabetical, not chronological) )

Current Offers:

arysteia -- Marvel Comics for Movie Fans
arysteia -- Why do some shows get cults but no fandom?
arysteia china_shop Great Inaugural Fandom Quiz
china_shop -- Premier Vid Show
labellementeuse -- Lord King Bad Vid Show
china_shop -- Parks & Recreation
china_shop -- In Plain Sight
china_shop -- Smash
china_shop -- White Collar update
meelie -- Teen Wolf
meelie -- Vampire Diaries
blademistress -- Duke/Nathan(/Audrey?) (Haven)
stickmarionette shihadchick -- Ladyballers (USA/ROW)
arysteia china_shop -- Orphaned Discourse Panel
mab_browne -- Maiden Rose (Warnings Attached)
aworldinside -- Sports Night (?)
dewey3067 -- Common Law
dewey3067 -- Steve/Danny (H50)
missiedith -- Lotrips Retrospective
cross_stitchery -- Lewis (???)

Also several excellent panels, but I'll follow those up with concerned people by email.