[Penguicon-Concom] Schedule book, Nonschedule book, split deadlines

[Matt Arnold]

Just a notification to alert you that the February 15 deadline for
content to the non-schedule book has passed. A big thank you to Guest
of Honor Vernor Vinge for including a short story!

Here are the things we do not have, and will probably leave out:
conchair report
restaurant guide
menu of hotel concession stand, if they are going to have one

-Matt

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear everybody,
>
>  I was reminded by Molly's questions about deadlines. This year Dan
>  DeSloover and I are going to split the program book into two books.
>
>  The schedule book will have its own separate due dates for the
>  programming team to provide content. If you're not providing or
>  organizing scheduled events, you don't have to worry about it. This
>  will contain the full schedule, so basically all the stuff that delays
>  the program book with late-breaking changes every year. Lady Sarah
>  will provide a deadline for getting your schedule content to her. This
>  book will contain a map, and will be 8.5"x11" letter size, folded
>  vertically to 11"x4.25", so it's very narrow and fits in a pocket. But
>  unlike the folded pocket program, it contains all details and is a
>  staple-bound book.
>
>  The other book will be the souvenir book. This will contain
>  "everything else". All advertisements, conchair report, dealer room
>  info, consuite, ops, volunteers, rules, guest bios, even articles if
>  you want. This will be printed in the usual shape and format of
>  8.5"x14" legal size paper, folded horizontally to 7"x8.5" pages. We
>  would like you to at least get your space requirements to us by the
>  end of January, which is one week from now. Most of you were told this
>  at the concom meeting, but for the others, I'm sorry for the late
>  notice. If you can't write your content yet, leave underscores in it
>  for the missing information, or else just estimate the number of words
>  you'll have.
>
>  The deadline for the _final_ souvenir book content will be Friday,
>  February 15. It's negotiable now, but will be less and less negotiable
>  as time goes on. We just need to hear from you so we can work out the
>  nature of what you'll need your department to include. Dan and I are
>  really flexible about this and are happy to make it easier for you,
>  but nobody is allowed to ignore us and suddenly ask for an extension
>  when the deadline has already passed. That would be just uncool, OK?
>
>  -Matt
>