I'm on my way back from the General Meeting in Portland and I'm very excited about how the programming director position was voted on. One of us needed to be designated as the director of programming (Nathan), but there are three of us that agreed to take on certain roles decided upon before the vote took place and presented to the attendees.
It was somewhat ironic that once he heard of the background and experience (along with inovation planned), Nathan was going to step down, but we asked him to join with us becuase of his gaming background and he ended up with the title and is the main Programming contact. Guy is focusing on non-interactive programming like AMVs and the Video Rooms as well as using his scheduling expertise. Still to be decided upon is which person will be focusing on Panels and the Dance.
The position that was agreed upon in advance of the elections for me is Live Programming. I will be handling all of the details of these events, setting deadlines and making sure to keep Nathan informed of the progress in these events.
With this in mind, I have a few positions to fill. Cosplay and Fan Fic are already taken care of and I look forward to working with Ande from the Portland Costumer's guild. Since our actual cosplay "Show" is already quite impressive, she will be focusing on making it be the best experience for the actual contrestants and she has great things in store for 2005. Ellen, aka RemSaverem, is back for bigger and better Fan Fiction events! She continues to show inovation in this area of programming and I look forward to working with her.
The other two areas that are directly under me are Hall Cosplay and Karaoke. (I will focus on running these four catagories and keep Nathan informed as we solidify the rules and plans for these events.
For Hall Cosplay, I am looking for a coordinator who loves costuming that also have orginizational skills. They will be scheduling teams of two to go out and search the halls and events for great costumes. The reason this will be in groups of twos is because one of the people will be taking pictures of the people in costume and recording their names, the costume makers names and the character (and any other relevent information.)
For Karaoke, I'm looking for a few people because I'd like to see Karaoke expand this year. I've already heard from one person who would like to run a Karaoke event, but unless this person wants to eat, breathe and sleep Karaoke the whole convention, I'm looking for several coordinators here. I'd like to see different kinds of Karaoke events throughout the weekend and if you have ideas for this, also feel free to let me know!
I am so excited about being able to focus on this area of programming and think that this division that we presennted prior to the election uses the skills and talents of each of us in the best way. I'm looking forward to working directly with Andie, Ellen, and hopefully some great people in Karaoke and Hall Cosplay.
I'm also so excited about the ideas Guy has for AMVs and the Video Rooms and with Nathan's Gaming experience and his easygoing personality, I'm sure the three of us are going to do very well focusing on areas that suit our strengths. Being able to come to decisions like this before the General Election took place shows we are already a very cohesive team!