MEMBERSHIP | PROGRESS REPORTS | MW*C UPDATE LIST | PROGRAMMING
FAN Q | FAN FUND | FANNISH VIDEO | ART SHOW | MASQUERADE
Once again, MediaWest*Con 30 will be held in Lansing, Michigan on Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-31, 2010. As always, programming will be determined by member input and participation. We urge you to register early, so you can participate in planning for MW*C 30.
All Attending memberships postmarked after Dec. 31, 2009 are $50 for those in the US or $55 for those outside the US, until either Attending membership limits of 900 is reached or May 1, 2010, whichever comes first. NO MEMBERSHIPS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. Memberships are NOT transferable. Memberships are subject to acceptance.
GoFers receive a greatly discounted membership rate of $15 (as low as Supporting!) for working a minimum of hours during the four days of the con. We will try to accommodate specific scheduling requests based on the order they are received.
Supporting memberships are $15. All non-attending Art Show participants must be at least Supporting members. Supporting members will receive all Progress Reports and other membership materials, will be entitled to nominate and vote for Fan Q's, as well as be eligible for a discount on Attending membership to next year's con.
Apocryphal memberships are $1, for live animals, stuffed animals, or alternate identities.
Single day passes and children's memberships are NOT available. Babes in arms and children in direct control of parents or guardians at all times do not need memberships; if a child is old enough to be on his/her own, they need an Attending membership.
PAYMENT: Checks should be made payable to MediaWest*Con, in US funds from US banks only, please; money orders should be made out to Lori Chapek-Carleton.
Credit card payments will only be accepted online through PayPal. Click here for details on paying through PayPal (not a link to PayPal site).
IMPORTANT: Be certain to list your address including ZIP + 4 & phone number including area code. You may be listed under a fannish name if you wish, but we must also have your legal name for our records. Only the fannish name will be printed in PRs, but we will print legal names on the mailing labels unless you have a legitimate reason not to (such as personal security issues), as we have had problems with the PO not delivering to fannish names -- and please remember what name you are registered under, so we can find you next year!
Mail memberships to:
MediaWest*Con
30
200 E. Thomas St.
Lansing MI 48906-4047 USA
For other info, e-mail: MediaWestCon@aol.com
We will try to accommodate all membership changes (new memberships, converting from Supporting to Attending, or from Attending to Supporting, etc.) received up to the May 1 deadline. Attending members who are unable to attend may be switched to Supporting, $15 will be held for the conversion, and the balance they paid will be refunded; after the first Progress Report is mailed, full refunds will only be made in cases of personal hardship. No membership changes or refunds will be made after the May 1 deadline, except for those wishing to sign up as GoFers.
Progress Reports will be sent to members with info you should know before arriving at the con. PRs generally include Fan Q nomination form and ballot, SF/Media Fan Fund nomination form and ballot, panel suggestion form, Art Show rules and space reservation request form, Party Suite request form, and souvenir order form.
PRs will be sent as an attached file in PDF (Portable Document Format) to all members who provide an e-mail address unless they request PRs to be mailed. PRs in PDF will include all the same info and forms as PRs on paper.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDFs. If you do not already have it, click here for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
In addition to the Progress Reports sent to all members, MW*C 30 members are also encouraged to join the MW*C 30 Update list to receive e-mail updates in plain text in between PRs. This will not be a discussion list, nor is it intended to replace the PRs, but it will allow us to more readily update info and remind members of deadlines, etc. If you were a member of the MW*C 29 Update list you will not have to rejoin.
Programming at MW*C is determined by member input and participation.
Programming and Party Suite info can be found via:
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mwcprogram
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mwcprogram
Panel Topic Suggestions Jan 1-March 15 (Topic ideas may be sent via e-mail to mwcprogram@yahoo.com)
Panel Sign-ups March 16-30
Program Assembled April 1-5
2nd Phase Panel Topic Suggestions & Sign-ups April 6-15
Party Suite Sign-ups March 1-April 1
Please note May 1 is the final deadline for any changes in programming
Click here for info on the Fan Quality Awards.
Click here for 2010 Fan Fund nomination form. Support the Fan Fund!
Click here for Fannish Video Competition info.
Art Show rules and space reservation request form will be in a Progress Report and will be available online.
Click here for Masquerade entry form.
Click here for info on traveling to Lansing MI.
Programming will be in the Lansing Causeway Bay Hotel/Convention Center. Click here for more detailed hotel info.
MW*C 30 members may participate in the early hotel reservation request process by using the online form before July 1.
New
members who sign up after July 1, 2009 may be added to the
waiting list by following the same procedure (see hotel info
for instructions). A number of rooms
are held for MW*C
members with physical
handicaps (or members who become handicapped); such members must
still submit the reservation request form, check the
"physical hardship" box, and include a doctor's note or
other documentation of their qualifying disability.
Once again we are having problems with people contacting the hotel directly and getting people there who do not understand the MW*C registration system. Please do NOT call the hotel to make a reservation! Reservation request forms have been turned over to CWB.
Click here for info on nearby "overflow" hotels.
You must be a registered member of MW*C 30 to be eligible for space in the Dealers' Room or on Dealers' Row (Hall Dealers). Click here for Dealer info.
The Orphan 'Zine Table is provided for the convenience of those who have too few 'zines to need a table of their own, and for those who may be unable to attend and want their 'zines represented at MW*C.
E-mail LSandler1@aol.com or BastaSandler@yahoo.com (cc-ing margaretbasta@yahoo.com) or send a SASE to MW*C 30 Orphan ‘Zine Table, c/o Margaret Basta, PO Box 1944, Dearborn MI 48121-1944 for info.
Orphan 'Zine payments may also be made through PayPal.
This official MediaWest*Con page was updated March 3, 2010