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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.

General-interest Minicon stuff

Current Minicon Webpages

• Main Minicon 47 website
• Minicon 47 Programming Brainstorming
• M46 Post-Mortem Agenda

Previous Minicons

• Main Minicon 45 website (2010)
• Minicon 45 programming listing
• Minicon 44 (2009)
• Programming ideas for Minicon 44
• Minicon 43 (2008)

Minicon History

• Minicon Home Page - contains links to all home pages for previous Minicons
• Minicon is on Wikipedia!
• Wikipedia list of past Minicons- 3 lines for each con
• Minicon mini-history - quick summary of recent Minicons including name of chair and attendance
• Minicons 1-30, detailed summary
• Fred's Minicon history, updated at least to 45 - 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

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.

Programming

Take a look at the M47 Programming Brainstorm Page.

• Room requirements for Minicon
• Scheduling notes
• The seasons of programming
• Supplies needed for Programming
• Who's good for which programming
• Documents or database?

Historical

• M46 Programming listing
• Programming listing for Minicon 45
• Brainstorming list for Minicon 45
• Programming ideas for Minicon 44
• Minicon 43 Programming Notes
• Minicon43 grid
• Minicon43 Program Book
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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.

• Moderator Tip Sheet (HTML)
• Moderator Tip Sheet (text)

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

• Interaction between GoH and Registration

Signs and At-Con Communications

• How Many Easels we need at the con

Art Show

• Art Show Information

Volunteers

• Sensible instructions for badgers

Account creation & editing privileges

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.