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Running a convention from Dot to Stop. The Redbook, guide to running a Swancon or similar convention. ...

'''Swancon''' is the major annual mainstream SF convention for Western Australia, run * [[Swancon History]] ...

...unusual in that the entire committee changes every year; thus we must make a deliberate effort to preserve this knowledge. *[[Why run a Con?]] ...

The general reason for running, organising, having or attending a convention is to have fun and meet people, with the possible corollaries of ...are great places to let down one's hair and do silly things, so encourage a tolerant attitude to these things. ...

...f Australia (though not all territories). Long ongoing conventions such as Swancon have bid for the Natcon regularly, and conventions have been organised just ...a progress report at the convention one year before their convention, and a convenor's report at the business meeting in the year the convention is hel ...

This article is obviously just a stub. ...pinions on the importance on the Swancon [http://community.livejournal.com/swancon/115724.html Livejournal community] (which is spillover from [http://girliej ...

This website aims to provide a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of speculative fiction in Austr ...nuum]], [[GenghisCon]], [[Gynaecon]], [[Nullus Anxietas]], [[Slashcon]], [[Swancon]], [[Thylacon]] ...

...this lofty aim, WASFF supports one convention a year, called by tradition, Swancon. ...ccessful, you then have the job in front of you, to do all the work to get a convention together for the rest of us to enjoy. ...

* January 1st: call for nominations. Send call out on at least the swancon email list and Facebook, and as many other media as you want. * A couple of weeks later: further call for nominations, to get the people who ...

The running of the Tin Ducks is done (officially) by the Tin Duck Administrator. ...ially named as the Tin Duck administrator should not be in the running for a Tin Duck. But the people who carry out the work in the various steps below ...

Although this was the 20th Swancon, it was publicised as 'Swancon '95', as the committee felt that they "did not want people to feel discoura Principal Guest: Pat Cadigan (a writer) ...

This Job is in aid of [[Red_Book1-1]] and is not part of a department, A bit about the job... * A float (for making change when accepting money from artists for hanging; for ...

==Ceremonies at Swancon== ...three major ceremonies at Swancon: Opening and Closing, and the [[Tin Duck running guide|Awards]]. ...

...stions for the program. Additionally, you can solicit suggestions via the Swancon list. You may also wish to buttonhole individuals who are known to be good ...w for "Introduction to Anime", it's possibly a good idea to give the panel a miss. ...

AKA Swancon 2006 Renaissances Swancon 2006 was the 31st annual West Australian Science Fiction Convention, held o ...

The Swancon Guest Liaison is responsible for: * working with the treasurer to arrange the guests' travel to and from Swancon; ...

You will need a fair amount of AV equipment during your convention. ...y annoying, stresses the committee, and leads to delays. If possible, have a backup plan to acquire one at short notice if needed, as they sometimes bre ...

...ter Marge Hughes, and to give you an idea of who she was, I’d like to read a statement provided by Dave Luckett: ...not even alive. But it is a surprise, all the same. Mumfan was a one-off, a nonesuch, and I thought, (not examining the thought at all, or I'd have kno ...

..., but other options can be considered. Swancon 1, for example, was not at a hotel. There are plenty of camp conventions, like TerraCon and SecretCon. ...proximity to fast food places or providing it through the hotel or by the Swancon committee. ...

...turday afternoon for her talk and the subsequent discussion. She was doing a literature PhD around SF at Murdoch, which she completed in 1978. All efforts to have the house listed as a World Heritage Fannish Shrine having failed it was sold to mundanes in 2002 ...