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Minnstf Links

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

For the Board

• So you're a new board member? You should read about it.
• Recurring Tasks for the board

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

Minicon continues, but since Minicon 53, the programming folks have organized things elsewhere, not on the wiki (but future programming heads should feel free to use the wiki again if they like).

M53 (2018)

• Minicon 53 (2018)
• M53 Programming Brainstorm

M52 (2017)

• Minicon 52
• M52_Programming_Brainstorm

M51 (2016)

• Minicon 51
• Minicon 51 Programming Brainstorm

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

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

Miscellaneous Programming articles

• 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

• Minicon 56 Programming Brainstorm
• Minicon 53 Programming Brainstorm
• M48 Programming Brainstorm
• M47 Programming Brainstorm
• M46 Programming listing
• M45 Programming Brainstorming
• M44 Programming Brainstorm

• 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

Hotel

• Hotel Liaison and department

Signs and At-Con Communications

• How Many Easels we need at the con

Accessibility

• Making Minicon More Accessible

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 administrators can make accounts, so please contact one of them to register. They are, as of 2023, User:Dd-b:DD-B, Rachel, Laurel and Matt Strait.

Note to sysops and people trying to edit the wiki: 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).