Positively prompt preliminary post!

[arysteia]

Hey, it's almost four weeks to d-day, last year it was only two and a half, haha.

Everybody should know, you're all so good at working it out for yourselves now -- if there's anyone reading this to whom it comes as a shock, I apologise profusely -- that get/together this year is the weekend of September 30/October 1, with additional hangouts Friday 29 and Monday 2 as usual.

Doing signups on dreamwidth went pretty well last year, and I like the partial return to our roots -- comm of Theseus -- so we'll do that again. That post will go up shortly. (I'm procrastinating from exam marking, the best way to get fandom stuff done.) If you never had a dreamwidth you can use open id if you had a livejournal, or anon-comment with your username in the comment header while revelling in your youth.

Today's immediate business is:

1) reply to this post (even if you want to take a bit more time over your sign up) to lmk that you're coming
2) brunch Friday Y/N?
3) pre-dinner drinks Friday Y/N?
4) dinner Friday Y/N?
3) dinner Sunday Y/N?
4) brunch Monday Y/N?

I'm going to be firm on these numbers once I've made the bookings, so make sure you get your answers in to these questions by the end of this week.

Also include any intended presentations you wish to give, and any suggestions for games/activities you think might be fun. Tell me what you're doing, your witty title if you have one, and whether you're a 15 or 30 minute slot. Extensions by request, maybe, once we see how packed the timetable is.

That's it for now. Signups later today.

Crossposting: I will tweet about this shortly, but probably to a dead planet. I'll post to bluesky for the lols. I'll mention it in discord, but I might not be able to link it because I can't discord on my work computer. I'd like to copy posts to livejournal out of sentiment and so people who still track comms get reminders, but I can't do that at work either, and might forget before I get home. Comments there will be closed. You can ask questions on any of the casual/micro platforms, but your official attendance and sign ups have to be here.

ETA: We appear to have lost access to the g/t twitter account, so there will very likely be no further updates there. I have, however, made a handle at bluesky, for whatever it may be worth and however long it may last.

Signups

[arysteia]

Please sign up for g/t23 in a comment to this post. Anon commenting is on if you can't sign in/don't have a journal, just put your twitter handle or whatever fannish name you're best known by in the subject line. If you haven't already answered the questions about restaurant/cafe bookings in the previous post please go do so. Please also volunteer for your presentations there.

Subs are $35 this year. You should all have my account details, but if you need a reminder shoot me a dm.

Registration Form 2023

Public pseuds (especially if your dw handle isn't the one we know you by on lj/twitter):

Current favourite fandom:

Current OTP (or OT3 etc):

Are you having a Renaissance (tm) this year (or every year!):

Food for Thought

Has Elon finally killed twitter for real? Are you going to use bluesky regularly or have you become addicted to discord? Who's figured out how to build feeds and can give us a five minute tutorial? If we held some kind of fest/challenge to encourage (slightly) longer form posting, would you do it? Sound off about social media and posting platforms here:

Do you ever just feel tired of fandom? Like you're outgrowing it and it's time to do your taxes and knitting? Or like you love it just as much as you ever did, but it doesn't love you back the way it should? What could we (micro) and they (macro) do differently to make it more fun? Sound off here:

I have an idea for something I would like us to discuss and I would like to run the discussion myself:

I have an idea for something I would like us to discuss and I would like it to get into the main panel section(s):

I would like to bring some stuff along for a jumble sale/swap:

I wouldn't mind rummaging through other people's dvds/lipsticks/fannish paraphernalia:

Actual Food

My Hell Pizza order for Saturday night is (please bold or ALL CAPS any allergies/intolerances):

It costs this much, which I will add to my subs when I pay those:

For reasons that don’t need exploring at this juncture I won’t be staying for the pizza party.

More crudites, more chips, more biscuits, or more lollies?

Hummus, salsa, or sour cream dips?

My preferred coke is:

Coffee or tea?

Whole fat, half, or trim milk?