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Minnstf Links

• Mnstf web page
• Minn-stf Records Page - Bylaws, older Board minutes, tax records

Minnstf History

The Floundering Fathers Panel - An interview with Minnstf founders Nate Bucklin, Ken Fletcher, Fred Haskell, Frank Stodolka, and Jim Young, circa 1977

Minnstf Document Digitization Project

Otherwise known as MinDocDigPro. This is an ongoing effort to digitize Minnstf (and in particular Minicon) documents. Here's the organizing page of the project.

Minnstf Recurring Annual Tasks

(This is a work in progress; discussion on Natter and LJ welcome.)

Proposals for future Minicons: Due to the board by January 31, approximately 14 months before the proposed convention.

Proposals for next year’s Fallcon: Due to the board by February 15, approximately 8 months before the proposed convention.

ASCAP: Due March 31(?) for previous year. To be done by the MnStf Treasurer at the direction of the board.

Voting meeting: The Membership Secretary (currently, Laura Krentz) and outgoing President (currently, Dean Gahlon) should make arrangements for nomination and voting meetings. The voting meeting must happen before March 31, typically before Minicon. There are two nominating meetings that must happen before then.

Officers: Chosen by the new board at the voting meeting or as soon as possible thereafter. Names and positions of officers should be submitted to the MnStf Webmaster (currently David Dyer-Bennet).

Minicon preliminary finances: Due to the board within one month after convention. That report should include gross income, gross profit, and amount given to the board. Final finances should be available within three months, or an explanation of extenuating circumstances.

Taxes: Due April 15 (technical drop-dead date is May 15). At this point, we only have to file the “postcard,” and that can be done online. Beth Friedman filed online in 2013 for calendar year 2012, and has the login. In theory, the Treasurer (currently Carol Kennedy) is in charge of seeing that such happens.

Annual renewal with the Minnesota Secretary of State for Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Should be done by December 1 or earlier, though the actual deadline is December 31. This is the current link to do so: http://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=5c18cf48-aed4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f. Done by Beth Friedman for 2014.

Solicitations for the next year’s Fallcon: Both at and immediately after Fallcon.

Fallcon preliminary finances: Due to the board within one month after convention. That report should include gross income, gross profit, and amount given to the board. Final finances should be available within three months, or an explanation of extenuating circumstances.

Solicitations for future Minicons: Due early November, approximately 17 months before the convention to be proposed. To be done by a board member (secretary?) (currently, Matt Strait).

Before the end of June: Annual domain registration renewal and contact information verification through GANDI (http://en.gandi.net/). Current domains are mnstf.org and minicon.org. GANDI sends notifications to the address on file (who?), who needs to confirm information.

General-interest Minicon stuff

Current Minicon Webpages

• Minicon 51 Programming Brainstorm

Previous Minicons

M50 (2015)

• Minicon 50
• Minicon 50 Programming Brainstorm

M49 (2014)

• Minicon 49
• Minicon 49 Programming Brainstorm

M48 (2013)

• Main website
• Programming Brainstorm

M47 (2012)

• Main website
• Programming Brainstorm

M46 (2011)

• Post-Mortem Agenda
• Programming

M45 (2010)

• Main website
• Programming listing

M44 (2009)

• Main website
• Programming

Planning

• Minicon 5-year Not-a-plan -- approved document covering Minicons 46-50
• 2nd Minicon 5-year Not-a-plan -- unapproved draft document covering Minicons 51-55

Minicon History

• Minicon Home Page - contains links to all home pages for previous Minicons
• Minicon is on Wikipedia!
• Minicon mini-history - quick summary of recent Minicons including name of chair and attendance
• Fred's Minicon history, updated at least to 50 - includes dates, hotel, GOH, and attendance

Resources for Minicon (and other con) running

Running a small convention or convention-related party

• Running a Small Con - Tips on planning and running a small SF convention
• Hosting the Minicon Pool Party
• Hosting Minicon parties at other conventions
• What the Chair Does
• Recipes

Programming

Take a look at the Minicon 51 Programming Brainstorm.

• Programming Head - Job Description
• A Programming Timeline (one way of doing programming through the year)
• Room requirements for Minicon
• Scheduling notes
• Supplies needed for Programming
• Who's good for which programming
• Documents or database?

Historical

• M48 Programming Brainstorm
• M47 Programming Brainstorm
• M46 Programming listing
• Programming listing for Minicon 45
• Brainstorming list for Minicon 45
• Programming ideas for Minicon 44
• See also previous Minicons' webpages for old program books, pocket programs, and what we said to members on the web.

Moderator Tip Sheet

The Moderator Tip Sheet was developed by the Programming Committed for Minicon 24. Besides general tips on how to plan and run a panel at an SF convention, the Tip Sheet includes a handy dandy worksheet for the moderator to use before and during the panel. Now and then other cons ask if they can use it. We always say yes.

Registration

• General thoughts on Registration
• FAQs of sorts (there's some overlap between these two):
  • Questions members might ask
  • Questions the registration head might ask
• Interaction between GoH and Registration

GoH Handling

• Guest Department and Liaising
• Former GoH invitation

Publications

• The Pocket program

Signs and At-Con Communications

• How Many Easels we need at the con

Art Show

• Art Show Information

Volunteers

• Sensible instructions for badgers

Blog

Blog is the traditional drink of Minicon. It's a sweet fruit punch, typically spiked with liberal amounts of vodka. The nonalcoholic variant is referred to as "St. Paul blog" for historical reasons. See the Blog Recipe.

Account creation & editing privileges

How do you register to be able to edit this wiki? The Mnstf wiki has been the victim of large numbers of spammers. Because of this, we've set it so that only people who are registered can edit the wiki, and that you need to email a sysop to register. Sysops are noted on the user list. As of March 25, 2011, the sysops are Jiawen, Laurel and Straitm. Note to sysops and people trying to edit the wiki: As of January 2015, people need to be in the "approved" group in order to edit pages (it's not good enough to just have an account, since lots of spambots have accounts already).