February 7, 2007 – Kumoricon at the Chinese New Year Cultural Fair
Kumoricon will have a booth this Saturday at the Chinese New Year Cultural Fair—Year of the Pig, produced by the Portland Chinese Times.
We will be taking registrations at the booth. As a promotion, badges will be mailed out on Monday for registrations taken at the Chinese New Year Fair!
Any staff are welcome to help us behind the booth, and volunteers will earn hours by doing so.
The fair is located at the Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall C (address and maps). Admission to the fair is $3. Last year, this fair had 10000 attendees, so this is sure to be a popular event. For more information, including a floor plan and event schedule, please visit the official web site by the Portland Chinese Times.
Please note that this is the same day as the general meeting. If you aren’t able to make it down to Eugene for the meeting, you can visit us at the fair in Portland…or vice versa. 
Update: Kumoricon is booth 225 (floor plan [PDF]). There doesn’t seem to be a booth 225 on the floor plan, but it’s probably near booth 223 and 227.
February 1, 2007 – Kumoricon announces their first guests for 2007!
The creators of Applegeeks will be attending Kumoricon 2007 as our Webcomic Guests of Honor, head on over to the Guests page to read more about them!
January 31, 2007 – Your Badge is on the Way!
The first tier badges have been mailed! If you’ve already registered, you will soon have in your possession one beautiful letter containing information about check in, programming, convention features, and….your Altonimbus Membership Badge. This PVC card will be your entry pass to the Kumoricon Convention. (A picture of a sample card will be posted later this week.)
The registration list has also been updated. Just a note - only the first tier badges have been mailed. If you ordered after Dec. 31st, 2006, you will receive your badge with the next mailout, shortly after April 10th, 2007.
If you do NOT receive your badge by Saturday, February 3rd, please contact chair@kumoricon.org. Use the words “Badge not received” in the subject line for faster service.
January 29, 2007 – General Meeting Schedule for the Year
All of the general meetings until Kumoricon 2007 have now been tentatively scheduled, including the February general meeting.
The February general meeting will be in or near Eugene, OR on Saturday, February 10. The exact location will be determined shortly.
Here are the future meetings for 2007:
- March 10 – Salem
- April 13-15 – Staff retreat – Location TBD
- May 20 – Salem
- June 16 – Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center (post updated on May 21 to reflect location change (formerly in Salem))
- July 15 – Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center
- August 11 – Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center
- August 25 (weekend before the con) – Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center
All general meetings are from 2pm to 5pm. The meetings have been entered into the calendar displayed on the right sidebar and on the calendar page.
All meetings, except for the staff retreat, are open to the public.
January 14, 2007 – To the Registrants Asked for More Info
Those of you who registered during the first tier were in fact asked to supply additional information. Our ISP does not allow bulk mailing from kumoricon.org addresses. (We tried, really. 
) Rather than writing over 100 emails separately, I used my personal account to send out the requests. If you do not reply with the missing information, your badge will not be processed. I personally apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but the birthdate/ emergency contact information requested is vital to proper registration.
Those of you who are still leery of replying, please send the information to chair@kumoricon.org.
This is our first year mailing out badges, and our first year not requiring Convention Guardians. We really appreciate your patience as we smooth out the bumps in our registration process. In the end, you will be able to walk through the door with a simply flash of your badge and ID.
The registration form is now correct, so this only affects those who received an email. Again, I thank you for your assistance and patience.
Meg Uhde
Convention Chair
Kumoricon 2007
January 1, 2007 – 5…4…3..2..100!
Happy new year! Kumoricon would like to thank the 108 people who registered in the first tier price range! This tier garnered 55 registrants last year. Today begins a new tier, so member registrations now run $30 until April 30, 2007.
The first tier registrants can look forward to seeing their new badges in the next few weeks, as we complete the printing and mail them to their expectant owners. The list of registrants is now available in the Registration tab.
We hope for the best for you and yours in the year to come.
December 28, 2006 – January General Meeting
The January general meeting will be held at the Salem Public Library on Sunday, January 21, from 2-5pm.
101 Liberty St. SE
Salem, OR 97301
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Like all general meetings, it is open to the public.
Further details on agenda items will be posted as the meeting approaches.
December 16, 2006 – Kumoricon Holiday Staff Party Tomorrow
What: Kumoricon staff holiday party
When: Sunday, December 17, 2006, 15:00 to 20:00
Where:
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Easily accessible from the MAX
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Details:
Console gaming on our new Wii consoles, our PS3, and giant flat panel LCD TVs.
Tournaments and raffle, LAN gaming room, pool tables for non-gamers, and FREE FOOD!
This event is restricted to Kumoricon registered staff. If you have not signed up yet, please arrange in advance to meet with your director at the party. Staff membership fee is ten dollars. You must have your form filled out, and paid the staff membership fee, before the party, or have arranged with your director to do it at the party, to be considered staff!
Sunday, December 17th, 3pm - 8pm, food served at 5.
December 6, 2006 – The Kumoricon Update
Imagine stumbling into your local game store and spotting, glowing on the shelf, a beautiful, unclaimed PS3. This happened to one Kumori staffer, and we are proud to announce that we now have a Kumoricon PS3 available for the Staff Holiday Party!
Details on the Staff Holiday Party for Dec. 17 are now up on the calendar. Click on the calendar square for more details.
November 19, 2006 – Wii Get!
After staying up until the wii hours of the morning, your dedicated Kumorican staff has acquired four convention Wiis. Kumoricon was interviewed on Portland’s local Fox 12 station while waiting in line for the Wiis!
Seen here are four convention Wiis, in addition to five additional Wii-motes (for the one additional system we have pre-ordered and will pick up later today). We will be acquiring Nunchuks, Classic Controllers, and component cables shortly, but they were out of stock today. Staff get to play with our Wiis at special events such as the holiday party. The rest of you get to play them at the con.
