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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

A MINICON TIMELINE

Each department has its own timeline of tasks that need to be done in the year leading up to the con. This is an attempt to coordinate the timelines of all the departments. It's meant to be descriptive, not prescriptive.

Documented timelines (first pass - Apr29, 2023)

IN THE MONTHS BEFORE THE CON

            6mo                4mo            3mo               2mo              1mo
ART        find subheads       find storage   contact artists                    plan panel pickup [obsolete?]
GoH        contact GoH         picture/bio    review schedule                    plan signings/klatsch
Prog  start brainstorming      idea list      find panelists   GoH sched         finish schedule

• Art Show - excellent timeline about halfway down the page
• GoH Department - good writeup with an excellent embedded timeline
• The seasons of programming (2008) old but still relevant

No timelines found

• Publications
• Registration
• Hotel - excellent writeup but no timeline

Long-term 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 (Minicons 1-50) - quick summary (including name of chair and attendance)
• Recent Minicon - Links

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
• The Seasons of Programming: a Programming Timeline (2008)
• Room requirements for Minicon
• Scheduling notes
• Supplies needed for Programming
• Who's good for which programming
• Documents or database?

Historical (Minicon Programming)

• 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 Committee 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).