Just, for the record, Minicon is not a book only convention nor was the change about that. Don't want to hijack Michael's space to discuss this (plus I got tired of discussing it at the time Minicon made the changes they did). If you have further questions on the topic, feel free to pester me privately or check out the Minicon website or whatever.
But really! Minicon welcomes science fiction fans of all media. Minicon doesn't have media guests of honor, but that's because Minicon doesn't pay guests of honor (and media guests are generally the ones that charge appearance fees). (Minicon does treat guests well, paying their way to the con and for a room and other such things. But Minicon doesn't pay appearance fees.)
Just wanted to clarify this as this particular misunderstanding about Minicon drives me crazy. And it makes it difficult for Minicon to get people to submit panel ideas about TV and movies and comics and find panelists for those panels because so many people are under the mistaken impression that Minicon is all about books and/or science programming. And then because there isn't as much media programming, people continue to think it's a book-only con and the cycle continues.
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Date: 2014-05-10 01:24 am (UTC)But really! Minicon welcomes science fiction fans of all media. Minicon doesn't have media guests of honor, but that's because Minicon doesn't pay guests of honor (and media guests are generally the ones that charge appearance fees). (Minicon does treat guests well, paying their way to the con and for a room and other such things. But Minicon doesn't pay appearance fees.)
Just wanted to clarify this as this particular misunderstanding about Minicon drives me crazy. And it makes it difficult for Minicon to get people to submit panel ideas about TV and movies and comics and find panelists for those panels because so many people are under the mistaken impression that Minicon is all about books and/or science programming. And then because there isn't as much media programming, people continue to think it's a book-only con and the cycle continues.