urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bestbiscuit bestbiscuit bestbiscuit 2007-08-13T04:01:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bestbiscuit:1248 2007-08-13T03:17:29Z 2007-08-13T04:01:07Z Five basics, just so everyone is on the same page. All are up for discussion, changes, adjustments, or just throwing them out and starting over works, too. ("Yes/No" votes by number 1-5 are also very valuable...)<br /><br />1. <b>Boarding school focus, on "le petit ecolier".</b> This includes chocolate-coated, plain, and cream-filled. With nuts and nut-free. :D <br /><br />2. <b>Slash-centric, Genderfuck-friendly.</b> This means that if there's het, it has to be very, very kinky het. Kinks in general are also highly encouraged.<br /><br />3. <b>Below the radar.</b> This means hard to search, word-of-mouth advertising only. This is a con for us. Another option is to have a tiered registration fee -- much higher for people who don't have the special fan "code" in their registration form.<br /><br />4. <b>Relaxacon.</b> No doubt we'll have programming of some sort, but the focus is on community space, inclusiveness, fun, and squee. I'm tempted by the idea of an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference">unconference</a>, and interested in what you all think of it.<br /><br />5. <b>Financial transparency.</b> This means (unless someone gives me a really good reason not to) posting the budget on <a href="http://docs.google.com">Google Spreadsheets</a> for anyone to view. If people want to suggest ways we can cut costs or spend limited resources in better ways, I'm all for it. I know I was surprised to find where the money goes for a fan-run con, and I think more info is better. And if everyone decides that money is better spent on A than B, let's discuss. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bestbiscuit:1020 2007-08-12T00:40:21Z 2007-08-12T00:40:21Z I've had discussions with several folks on the what-why-where of all this, and now am planning to post a few general thoughts for discussion. This really has to be a con of the fen, by the fen, and for the fen, and so let's hear from the fen! Because fen *love* cookies! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bestbiscuit:735 2007-08-08T06:01:46Z 2007-08-08T06:13:42Z <p>In my quest for a name for the journal... which as you can tell, didn't go so particularly, er, imaginatively, I found an interesting story on NPR on <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1306451">Boarding School Literature</a>.&nbsp;<br /><br />More soonest!</p>