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Last-minute hotel details

We visited the hotel today, and I wanted to remind you of the following items:

  • The hotel is pet friendly. Contact them directly for details (and check with your roommates), then bring your furry friends along to Escapade.
  • Parking (including in-and-out privileges) is free as long as you park in the city structure. It’s right next to the hotel, and this is a special deal we’ve negotiated for our attendees.
  • The hotel has a heated pool (but no hot tub, darn it). Bring a suit. And the ocean is right there! Bring a wetsuit!
  • There’s a farmer’s market just blocks from the hotel on Saturday morning. We recommend it!
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Panelists Needed ASAP

Several of the highest vote-getting fandom panels didn’t have any volunteers to lead. If one of these is your show, please volunteer to lead in the next 24 hours, or we’ll promote another panel into it’s place:

  • Iron Man: Comic book sex!
  • Merlin: Glorious Crack, or Crock of Shite?
  • Stargate: What Now?
  • Professionals – fanon vs canon. . .
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T minus 8 days… and the panel cut

Somewhere during our traditional “lag about ramp-up and finalization of schedule” process, we got sick. I mean, *really sick*. Going to the doctors sick. Calling in sick to work and wanting to die sick.

We are getting well now, and we ask only for your compassion and support as we run a few days later than is usual for us.

Also, because our attendance is smaller (*damn you, recession!*) we are taking this wonderful opportunity to offer you “ESCAPADE: THE BOUTIQUE CONVENTION.” Our intent is to really enjoy this opportunity to spend more quality time with more people, to remember what Escapade has always intended to be about: community, brilliance in our community, laughter in our community (and hotsex and food).

The list of panels is below the cut. We really look forward to seeing you, enjoying panels, eating food, and talking hotsex.
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Panel Ballot – Deadline Sunday Night

So far, we have 53 responses on the panel ballot. This means that fewer than half of you have stated your preferences for Escapade 19 programming. Act now, or forever hold your peace! The panel ballot closes tomorrow at 11 pm PT.

Remember:

  • Go here to see the results so far
  • Go here to vote

We have only one new write in topic for alt programming (see others in previous posts), but it sounds like a good one:

Keep the Peace: Flashpoint pimping
A Canadian production also airing on CBS, Flashpoint offers gear porn, sniper porn, tough guys and gals who also have tender hearts, and a great seasoned vet slash pairing. Clips will be shown, a vid, and discussion of fic.

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BREAKING NEWS: Escapade Charity

We are really sad to announce that Escapade’s long-time charity, Good Hearted People, has closed its doors. We trust that their clients will find help through other local agencies. However, that leaves us in a bind for a charity to support this year. So, we reached out to a cause that is truly in alignment with Escapade, and have selected the Organization for Transformative Works as the recipient charity for Escapade 19. They are a 501(c)3 non-profit, and all contributions made through the convention will (as in the past) be directly and completely passed on to the charity.

In case you haven’t heard of the OTW here’s a quick overview:

The Organization for Transformative Works is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms. It believes that fanworks are transformative and that transformative works are legitimate. Its projects, offered free to all fans, include the Archive of Our Own and the custom-designed open-source software on which is it built; Fanlore, a fandom wiki; legal assistance in defending fanworks; Open Doors, offering shelter to at-risk fannish projects; the peer-reviewed academic journal Transformative Works and Cultures; and the Vidding History Project.

One of the projects that the OTW has taken on recently is right here in Escapade’s backyard. They are facilitating the transfer of the Fanzine Archives (a library of more than 3,000 hardcopy fanzines) from the possession of a local fan to a university library, where they will be preserved, cataloged and cared for.

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Panel Ballot Status Report #1

So far, 27 folks have filled out the ballot. If you want to check the results, you can go here.

Note: the write-in responses don’t show there, but I’ve included the ones received so far below the cut, and will continue to update the Escapade site and the LJ community every couple of days. Leave a comment here to let us know if one (or more) of the write-in topics inspires you.

If you haven’t weighed in, please be sure to go here and vote for your favorite panels! Remember, if you don’t vote, or don’t volunteer to lead panels, they may not get scheduled. ::voice of doom:: The fate of the convention is in your hands!

Deadline for votes is Sunday night 2/22.
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Weekend Update

Vid Submission Form
We tried to do the submissions all fancy through Filemaker last year, with pretty dreadful results, so we’re falling back to our old friend, Surveymonkey. You can enter your vid details here. The survey is set to take you back to the beginning, so that you can enter as many vids as you want, then just exit without saving when you’re done.

Outstanding confirmations sent
We just corrected a database error that was preventing email confirmations from being sent, and sent out more than a dozen that were overdue. Our apologies to those of you who’ve been waiting patiently. If you haven’t received your confirmation, or want us to re-send, just drop a note to me at jennifer@escapadecon.net and I’ll get it right out to you.