stone_hill's Journal

2:52pm: Patricia Briggs's Website
Thanks to Jacque Trimble and Terri Jones who pointed this link out. Mike Briggs, Patricia Briggs's husband wrote a very nice blog about Necronomicon.

Here's the link:
http://www.hurog.com/index.shtml

Peace,
Ann

11:42am: Pictures from NECRONOMICON_November 8 Stone Hill Meeting
Mark asked me to post this. It's a cool idea.

Necro 2009 Over! Meeting November 8th!

With Necronomicon done for another year, expect a report on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of it. But of special interest, will be plans to do a Digital Photo Swap of Pictures from Necronomicon. Everyone that took pictures should bring them on flash drive, their camera, or Disk. We'll dump them all to Hard Drive and then make data DVDs of ALL the pictures for everyone that contributed. For questions, contact Mark Jones.

Peace,
Ann

11:17am: TENTATIVE ANIME FILM & PANEL SCHEDULE BY ANIMEMETRO FOR NECRONOMCION 2009
Fri

Yobi the Five Tailed Fox (2007) 4 pm
Necronomicon 20 Year Fandom Panel 6-7 pm
Basquash! (2009) Eps 1-2 8 pm
A Certain Scientific Railgun (2009) Eps 1-2 9 pm
Dance AMVS 11 pm
Paprika (2006) 12 am
Freeman's Mind 1:30 am

Sat

Tomica Hero Rescue Fire (2009) Eps 1-2 10 am
Kamen Rider W (2009) Eps 1-2 11 am
Joe Hisashi 25 Year Concert 2 pm
Metrocon Panel 4-6 pm
Interstella 5555 (2001) 7 pm
Bleach Movie 3 - Fade to Black 8 pm
AMVs 10 pm
Blood: The Last Vampire (live action) (2009) - 12 mid

Sun

Astroboy (1963) 9 am
Jugle Emperor Leo Movie 11 am
Animation Roundtable 1-2 pm
Lupin III vs Detective Conan (2009) 2 pm

11:35pm: Rules form
A reminder that the rules form will have to be filled out and signed when you buy your membership. This applies to pre-reg and at door members.

You can do it at the door or fill out and bring this one so you can maybe avoid any lines.

Deb




Name: ___________________________________________________

Fan Name: ________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ____________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________

The above information will not be sold or distributed. If you would like email information on future NecronomiCon events, please check the blank.

____ I would like information on future NecronomiCon events.

I understand that by paying to be a member of NecronomiCon 2009, I agree to follow the rules:

1. Alcohol shall not be dispensed in public or function areas in the hotel except by authorized hotel staff.
2. Behavior and costumes must adhere to Pinellas County decency laws.
3. All hall costume weapons / props must be approved by a member of NecronomiCon staff.
4. Quiet time, expect for first floor, is 10:00 p.m - 10 a.m.
5. ID badges must be worn prominently on front of clothing and above the waist at all times.
6. Orders given by staff and security must be followed.
7. Hotel property must remain undamaged.
8. Drunken and / or disorderly conduct in the NecronomiCon function space will result in the member being escorted to his or her room or removed from the hotel.

Failure to follow these rules may result in immediate removal from the convention and the hotel without refund. Failure to follow these rules may result in permanent banning from NecronomiCon.

I agree to the above terms.

Signed
Date

11:13pm: Still need a room? Email me.
While the official deadline for room reservations has passed, if anyone still needs a room, please email me and I will help you get one at the convention rate. You can not go through the hotel website any longer.

Deb
deb at stonehill dot org

12:02pm: Dealers' room sold out! Gaming bigger than ever!
Things are looking great this year. Our room count is good. Gaming is reporting a record year for game signups. The dealers room is sold out. Membership sales is on par with last year. Looks like it's going to be a great con!

Reminders:
You need to order your t-shirt if you want to be sure of getting a size other than large or extra large. Also, we are ordering a limited amount for at the con sales, so even those sizes might sale out.

The raffle this year will be for a netbook. Details to follow.

Volunteers are always welcome! You can come to Necro free! Pay your membership, work 10 hours over the course of the weekend and get your money back! Departments still in need of help include - gaming, con suite, security, video, and art show. You can sign up at the website under Join Us.

There will be a new information desk at Necro this year. If you need to ask a question about anything or would like to volunteer at the con, please see Info in the area where registration was last year.

12:00pm: Deadline for room reservation extended
The Hilton has extended our hotel deadline from 9/22 to 10/1. After 10/1 you will have to pay full price for the room. There are still a few doubles left.

Deb

11:54am: Department heads - info needed by 10/1
To all department heads - I will need your room layouts by 10/1. You can send a text description or a map to me.

Pre-con meeting with the hotel is tentatively planned for 10/20. I will have more details at the next meeting.

Deb

11:53am: A MESSAGE FROM THE PROM COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN
Psycho Sock Hop


Anyone who is interested in a cheap but time consuming costume for the Psycho Sock Hop (NecronomiProm) here is the link to the crinoline pattern I used. http://www.pettipond.com/lon.htm It is a reprint of a 1956 TV Guide article about a Lawrence Welk Dancer.

If you just want to make a felt poodle skirt you don't HAVE to have a crinoline/petti, it still looks good and it is easy peezy.

Poodle Skirt
You will need the 72 in wide felt. I found Hancocks in Tampa to have the best selection of colors.
First you solve for your radius.
lol
Take your waist measurement, divide by Pi (3.14) and then half that. Mine was 38 in/3.14 = 12'ish then half of that is 6 inches
My radius is 6
Now figure out how long you want your skirt. I wanted my about 33 inches long.
Add your radius to your length (I got 39")
If your total is less than 36" you can make a perfect circle with the 72" wide felt.
Fold your felt in fourths. I used a stick with the measurement marked then just swept it around like a compass to mark my quarter circle.
Cut it (both the waist and hem)
You end up with a donut.
You can run some elastic around the waist or just pin it and cover it with a wide belt. (it IS just a costume)

If your measurement is more that 36" you need to unfold your fabric and cut two half circles and sew the seams to end up with a donut. (this takes way more felt)

Decorate your skirt as needed.
I'm hoping someone goes for a cthulhu skirt.

See ya at the Hop.
Mel, prom committee

~~~~ Whip it, beat it, pinch it, squeeze it and bite it. I love cooking.

4:23pm: Stone Hill Meeting, Convention T-shirts and other Necronomicon Stuff
Hello,

This Sunday's meeting Stone Hill meeting, at the Lovers Lane Gang house in Plant City, will be a blood drive meeting. Take your vitamins and eat those chocolate covered raisins so your iron will be good.

Those of you who would like to have this year's convention t-shirt should bring checks or cash to the meeting where I will take your orders for shirts. Short sleeved shirts are $10 and long sleeved shirts are $12 for Stone Hill members.

We will order a few shirts over what we have pre-orders for but not very many and not in many sizes. If you need anything other than a large or extra large short sleeved shirt, you should definitely pre-order your shirt. You can also pay by PayPal and I will guide you in doing this if you need to do it at the meeting.

If you are reading this and you are not a Stone Hill member, but you want a convention t-shirt, please go to http://stonehill.org/necro.htm and follow the t-shirt link there to order your t-shirt.

If you are a department head who needs people to sign up for your department, bring your sign up sheet or be ready to help people volunteer online.

I still need a couple of panel hosts. If you need an hour or two to fill out your 10 hours of work for the con, hosting panels does count toward that 10 hours.

That's about it for now.

See you Sunday!


Peace,
Ann

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. --Mohandis Gandhi

12:06pm: Necronomicon on Twitter
If you are on Twitter and would like to follow Necronomicon's general convention news site and our awesome gaming department's site, here are the links:

http://twitter.com/Necronmicon_Fl
http://twitter.com/NecroGaming

Help us spread the word about the con in your LJs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Use the Force of the Net for good.

Peace,
Ann

2:42pm: NECRONOMICON 2009 SCHEDULE!!!!
This is down and dirty but it's taken directly from the Excel file where the schedule has been "living" these past few months.


Panel Genre day time room Guest 1 Guest 2 Guest 3 Guest 4 Host

Playing the Game with the Big Boys gaming Fri 1:00 PM Harborview LaSanta Helton Chris McCoy Chrissy McCoy Winn

Comics & SF as Pop Cultural Phenomenons culture Fri 2:00 PM Harborview Stark Pinsky Green Hatfield

You Say 'Self-Pub' Like It's A Bad Thing: Ways To Use It So It's Not.""" publishing Fri 3:00 PM Harborview Van Scoyoc Helton Chris McCoy G. Finkelstein Nappier

Working with Small Presses publishing Fri 4:00 PM Harborview Strand Barber Logan Helwig Wilber

Chasing Dreams: How I Came to be a Writer writing Fri 5:00 PM Harborview Asaro Briggs Byers Zahn Malcohn

Eye Scream Social event Fri 7:00 PM Ballroom

You Say You Want to be an Actor… media Fri 8:00 PM Harborview Breslauer Wynkoop G. Finkelstein T. Finkelstein Green

Meanwhile: Day Jobs for Writers (compatible ways to write and put food on the table writing Fri 9:00 PM Harborview Courtney Briggs Wilber Shea

Movie 1 Liners trivia Fri 9:00 PM St. Pete 1 Lung

Catherine Asaro Concert music Fri 9:00 PM St. Pete 3 Asaro Wolcott Vincenti MacDougal

he Sailing Writer writing Fri 9:00 PM Williams Jackson

Open Filk fan Fri 10:00 PM Harborview Bruns

How to Grab Your Reader: Scene Tension writing how-to Fri 10:00 PM Williams Briggs Wilber

Adult Scavenger Hunt game Fri 10:30 PM St. Pete 1 Lung

All the Good Single Guys Seem to be Imaginary fan Fri 11:00 PM Williams Stark Caldwell

Dr. Horrible SingAlong event Sat 12:00 AM Ballroom Dryer

Gay Issues in Fandom fan Sat 12:00 AM Williams Dagneau Hinman Callen

"Steampunk/Lolita, Teen/Tween Jewelry" workshop Sat 10:00 AM Harborview Shea

What is Art's Place in Society? art Sat 10:00 AM St. Pete 1 Cornett Helwig Malcohn MacDougal Nappier

Guests of Honor Q&A event Sat 10:00 AM St. Pete 2 Asaro Byers Briggs Green

Magazine from Start to Finish publishing Sat 10:00 AM St. Pete 3 Van Scoyoc Gittens

Cyborgs, Supermen, & Constructs — Oh My!" science Sat 11:00 AM St. Pete 1 Caldwell KF Morris KD Morris A Jackson MacDougal

Asara/Wolcott: Diamondstar Project music Sat 11:00 AM St. Pete 2 Asaro Wolcott

E-Book formats & DRM Methods writing Sat 11:00 AM St. Pete 3 Howdershelt Helton Malcohn M. Briggs

Medieval Martial Arts Workshop workshop Sat 12:00 PM Harborview Sharkey

Urban Fantasy writing Sat 12:00 PM St. Pete 1 Cornett Byers Barber Sabin Nappier

International Space Station Slide Show science Sat 12:00 PM St. Pete 2 Mitchell

"Chibis, Round Eyes and Short Pants: What Does it Mean?" anime Sat 12:00 PM St. Pete 3 Stark T. Morris

Working for a Living in the Entertainment Industry media Sat 1:00 PM St. Pete 1 Breslauer Wynkoop Green Hinman

Digital Comics comics Sat 1:00 PM St. Pete 2 Stark

Anime Trivia anime Sat 1:00 PM St. Pete 3 Sanmiguel A. Morris

Seven Biggest Mistakes Writers Make writing Sat 2:00 PM Harborview Courtney Rush Gittens Barber

How to Break into the Field:Art art Sat 2:00 PM St. Pete 1 Vincenti Morrison Shea Cornett T. Morris

Trivia trivia Sat 2:00 PM St. Pete 2 Jones Zahn

"Horror, Fantasy and Sci-Fi: Anime vs Western Media" anime Sat 2:00 PM St. Pete 3 Caldwell

Necronomicon Green Challenge science Sat 3:00 PM Harborview K.D. Morris A. Jackson Mitchell MacDougal Caldwell

Autographing: Briggs & Asaro event Sat 3:00 PM St. Pete 1 Asaro Briggs

Trivia trivia Sat 3:00 PM St. Pete 2 Jones Zahn

Dude Looks Like a Lady anime Sat 3:00 PM St. Pete 3 Hollingsworth

Music & SF/F music Sat 4:00 PM Harborview Asaro Green Wolcott Vincenti MacDougal

Future Economy: Can we move to all electronic currency? culture Sat 4:00 PM St. Pete 1 Caldwell Ewing Berman Zahn Winn

Ask the Science Guys science Sat 4:00 PM St. Pete 2 MacDougal A. Jackson Mitchell K.D. Morris

Genre Jumping-Writing in more then one field writing Sat 4:00 PM St. Pete 3 Barber Sabin G. Finkelstein Logan Van Scoyoc

Likenesses and Differences in F & SF writing Sat 5:00 PM Harborview Briggs Byers Asaro Sabin Schlabach

Women in SF/F writing Sat 5:00 PM St. Pete 1 G. Finkelstein Hatfield Barber Howdershelt

Genre Radio media Sat 5:00 PM St. Pete 2 Gutierrez

Meanwhile: Day Jobs for Writers (compatible ways to write and put food on the table writing Sat 5:00 PM St. Pete 3 Ewing Joy Jackson Ludwigsen

Costume Contest Line-Up event Sat 7:00 PM Harborview

Costume Contest Seating Begins event Sat 7:30 PM Ballroom

Costume Contest event Sat 8:00 PM Ballroom Caldwell Podolak T. Morris A. Morris/Byers

Introduction to Meditation media Sat 9:00 PM Williams Glick

Necronomi-Prom event Sat 9:30 PM Ballroom Sears Stubkjaer Meredith Hollingsworth

You Don't Have to Be Screwed Up to Be a Writer...But It Helps writing Sat 10:00 PM Williams Joy Hansen Strand Jackson Ludwigsen

SF Name That Tune trivia Sat. 10:00 PM Harborview Harben

Open Filk fan Sat 11:00 PM Harborview Bruns

"So, What Are Your Thoughts on Yaoi?"": yaoi, yuri, hentai, oh my!" anime Sat 11:00 PM Williams Caldwell

Slash Panel fan Sun 12:00 AM Williams

Bad Magic in Fantasy & Horror/Bad Science in SF writing Sun 10:00 AM Harborview Berman Chrissy McCoy C. Jackson Joy Nappier

Soul Food: Stories for Making Spirits Soar culture Sun 10:00 AM St. Pete 1 G. Finkelstein Gittens Byers Barber Ludwigsen

The Future of NASA science Sun 10:00 AM St. Pete 2 Mitchell Berman Caldwell MacDougal

Voice Acting Workshop Acting Sun 10:00 AM St. Pete 2 Breslauer

How to Go from Amateur to Pro:Game Creation gaming Sun 10:00 AM St. Pete 3 Helton LaSanta Chris McCoy Winn

It Was a Dark and Scary Night… writing Sun 11:00 AM Harborview Hansen Van Scoyoc Strand Barber

enre Jumping-Writing in more then one field: Round Two writing Sun 11:00 AM St. Pete 1 Wilber Byers

Fun in Fiction with Quantum Physics writing Sun 11:00 AM St. Pete 3 Asaro MacDougal Caldwell Sabin

Medieval Martial Arts Workshop workshop Sun 12:00 PM Harborview Sharkey

Using Traditional Media in a Digital Age art Sun 12:00 PM St. Pete 1 Vincenti Shea Morrison Helwig Caldwell

Astronomy: Amateurs science Sun 12:00 PM St. Pete 2 MacDougal

"Urban Fantasy, Round Two" writing Sun 12:00 PM St. Pete 3 Briggs Joy Rush Gittens Wilber

Fandom is Making Exceptions: Things We Love for No Good Reason fan Sun 1:00 PM St. Pete 1 Ludwigsen Briggs Byers Wilber Nappier

Exobiology: Why There are No Aliens Here science Sun 1:00 PM St. Pete 2 Herbert

"Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace…" media Sun 1:00 PM St. Pete 3 Jackson Pinsky Joy Hansen Helton

"self marketing and promotion of art, jewelry, costumes and writing" Misc. Sun 2:00 PM St. Pete 1 Shea Cornett Vincenti Morrison Winn

Exobiology: Why There are No Aliens Here science Sun 2:00 PM St. Pete 2 Herbert

Living in a Virtual World media Sun 2:00 PM St. Pete 3 Helton Chris McCoy Chrissy McCoy Caldwell Shea

11:22pm: August Meeting
We only have three meetings before Necro! We will be discussing the final advertising push and several other very important items. Please try to be there.

Department heads, please remember to bring your signup sheets. Also, if you are using the web volunteer sheet, please see me about checking your hours.


Deb

8:25am: Vidcon Hotel Reservations, Memberships and Dinners
If you are coming to Vidcon and have not made a hotel reservation, time is running out. The deadline for reduced rate rooms is June 24. We need everyone who can possibly afford to stay in the hotel to do so. We are in danger of not making our room count and having to pay a lot of money to the hotel because of that. When we signed the hotel contract, the economy had not gone down the drain and we could expect more people to attend and stay in the hotel. Now, we could be in big trouble.

Actually, the same is true for NECRONOMICON. We need people to stay in the hotel there too, so if you can afford to stay in the Hilton, why not make your hotel reservation for NECRONOMICON at the same time by calling 727-825-7010.

Vidcon membership is $40 till July 1 and then it goes to $50, so save $10 and pay now.

If you want to attend the Vidcon dinners, they are $15 each and must be paid for by the morning of July 14.

To pay for membership or dinners, send check or money order to Vidcon at P.O. Box 2213, Plant City, FL 33565. Pay by PayPal to annmorris1 at yahoo.com (trying to discourage the spambots) and post a note in the instructions to seller box PayPal provides telling me what you are paying for and you first and last name.

Take care and have fun.

Peace,
Ann

10:50am: Book / yard sale
Since our last SH meeting yard sale several more boxes of books have been donated to the club. I'll have everything I can out at this meeting. It might be in the barn due to storms. This will be the last change to buy books before Necro.

The new books are mostly media related - ST, SW, SG, Buffy, QL, Professionals, Man from UNCLE. Get them cheap here!

Also still have SW glasses, Civil War books, other stuff.

The sale is open to anyone! It will be at the normal SH meeting on Thonotosassa Rd Sunday the 14th from 2 - 5.

Deb

3:25pm: What Some Stone Hillers Have Been up To...
Check out skynetresearch.com and click on the interview to see what some of our creative club members have been up to.

Remember that the next meeting is May 10th at the Lovers Lane Gang house in Plant City and that we'll be having a "Battlestar Galactica" trivia quiz with "Caprica" DVDs as prizes.

Peace,
Ann

10:29am: CAPRICA SPECIAL EVENT FOR STONE HILL MEETING ATTENDEES
At the May 10th Stone Hill meeting, at the Lovers Lane Gang house in Plant City we will have a special "Battlestar Galactica" trivia quiz,

Amy Sager, a representative of Universal Home Entertainment, has kindly given us several copies of the new BSG DVD movie, "Caprica" to give as prizes for the winners of our trivia quiz.

Anyone attending the meeting may enter the trivia quiz. Ann will be the trivia master for this event. The questions will focus mainly on the new incarnation of BSG but there will be a few from the original series as well.

Directions to the meeting are available at www.stonehill.org

Click on the link below for information on "Caprica."

CAPRICA DVD NEWS

6:43pm: T-shirt contest
It was decided at the last SH meeting that we will be taking t-shirt orders through the website prior to the con. What this means for artists is that entries into the t-shirt contest must be recieved by Mark Jones before June 14th. What this means for SH members is that we will be voting on the t-shirt design at the June meeting.

For more info see: http://stonehill.org/necro.htm and go the NecroFile page.

Details on ordering t-shirst will be available soon.

Deb

11:18pm: Web pages - news for Necro website
The following departments need to get Mark Jones an update for their webpages asap (that means before or at this meeting):

Filking
NecronomiProm
Art Show
Any other special event - Dr. Horrible, etc
LARP
Workshops, crafts sessions
Gaming
LAN
Con Suite

If you don't need anything changed, please let us know that too. Any current information should be checked for typos.

Advertising rates will be discussed this meeting, so don't worry about that page.

Deb

8:10pm: March 8th Meeting
We will be discussing budgets for 2009 Necro. If you are a department head, please try to be at this meeting. We will be covering: pre-ordering t-shirts, con suite and security budgets, advertising, program book cost, possible sponsorships and change in membership prices. There will be discussion on moving some areas of the con such as registration and LARP, as well as the addition of an information / signup area.

Deb

8:51pm: Yard sale at next Stone Hill meeting
Craig Comes, one of our members who moved to CA, has donated a bunch of items and books to the Necro charity yard sale. As our space in storage is limited, we're going to post some items for sale on half.com, some on craigslist and offer others to Stone Hill members at the next meeting. We'll take cash, checks or you can go inside and use Paypal.

Lots of SW stuff, including glasses sets, poster books, comics. Lots of other SF movie books such as Black Hole, Battlestar Galactica, Superman. Toys. Autographed hardbacks. Lots of paperbacks. Box of older Marvel and DC Comics. Rolling Stones and tour books. Posters and art prints. All the money goes toward the charity donation we will make at Necro to Kids n' Canines.

Deb

1:42pm: Jack Chalker
Well, well, I feel foolish now. When I looked up Jack Chalker yesterday morning to see if we could get a direct e-mail address, I ended up on his website which is there proclaiming that he is alive and well and will accept e-mail from fans. That's not the case though. After a couple of people questioned his life or death status, I Googled him and found that he did indeed pass Feb. 5, 2005. Needless to say, we will move on past his name in our potential guest list and ask the next highest vote getter if we need to. I'm hoping our first choices will be able to attend though.

Peace,
Ann

8:23am: RESULTS OF THE VOTING AT THE STONE HILL MEETING
Hi,
We voted to invite Gregory Benford and Peter DeLouise for NECRONONICON 2010. If they cannot attend, the next two on the list to be invited to be guests of honor are Jack Chalker and John Coulter.

The first choice for Florida author guest of honor is James Patterson. We may have to revisit this one if he cannot attend. There was only one other nomination and the vote for Patterson was close to, if not, unanimous.

We voted to base our costuming theme for this year's convention on Arkham Asylum (Batman). This may seem a bit narrow but if you extend it a bit to encompass superheroes and others who might inhabit or visit Gotham City, it will work.

Peace,
Ann

7:09pm: FEBRUARY 8 STONE HILL MEETING
The meeting on February 8th is at the Faber household.

At the business portion of the meeting, we will be choosing whom to invite to be guests of honor at NECRONOMICON 2010.

I will have the SFFWA directory with me so you can look up author's addresses. We need good contact information for the guest nominated, not for an agent or manager.

We will also be selecting a costuming theme for the convention. Remember, this does not have to be the same theme as the webpage them. Last year, it just happened. We have not suggested a costuming theme before but after the last convention, we had a lot of people asking what the 2009 costuming theme would be.

That's all for now. See ya there!

Peace,
Ann

10:28pm: 30th Anniversary!
A great time was had by all! Okay, we didn't have enough food because 81 people, plus 5-6 under six year old kids, came and we had only 55 RSVPs - oh, and we kind of broke the bleechers as we were trying to take a group picture - but hey, it was great!

The food was excellent, the cake was exceptional and being surrounded by dinosaurs on a beautiful day made it surreal.

Besides having a huge group to celebrate with, we also had nine of the ten original founding members attending! That kind of says it all.

To the other 20+ members who couldn't make it - just wait until the 35 anniversary party! Trust me, five years will go by a lot faster than we all want to think about.

Deb