Daily Newszine

Rev. 21-Jul-1999

Chaz Boston Baden, newszine@99.nasfic.org

Conucopia's Daily Newsletter is under the overall direction of Chaz Boston Baden and the "Pan-Galactic Publishing" crew. Our News Desk will be in the Marriott's ballroom lobby, in the same general area as Information, Handicapped Access, and Volunteers. If you want to contribute something to the newsletter, the best way is to stop by the News Desk. Or, put your note in one of the drop envelopes on the "news boards."

If you have a digital camera, please bring it to the convention, along with your driver software and cables if needed. Stop by the News Desk early in the convention so we can set things up and make sure you're equipped to take notes - if you take a picture of someone, write down their names!

The Daily Newsletter will appear at least twice a day. The morning edition will be on the stands before daytime programming begins, and the evening edition will be on the stands before evening programming begins. There may be a few "extra" issues as well. The newszine will have program updates, party listings, and anything else that seems to be worth printing. (Note to people throwing parties: deadline for party announcements will be one hour after the hotel's check-in time. Stop by the News Desk for more details.)

When we say "on the stands" we refer to five or so freestanding "newszine boards" positioned throughout the convention. There will be one near or in front of the con suite, art show, dealers room, Information, Registration, and so on. On each rack is a space for each issue of the newszine, so if you miss issue #2 you can go back and get it. If you see an empty space on one board, check one of the others, or try back later.

Next to some of the newszine boards you will find a Blue Board - a plain board, painted blue, where party flyers may be posted, along with other notices of events happening during the convention. The hotel is fairly strict about where signs may be posted, so we are providing these boards as an alternative.

Our crew consists of:

Our News Desk will be open from 10 am to 6 pm Thursday-Saturday, 10-noon on Sunday. Most of the fans listed above will be desk jockeys, working two hours a day in overlapping shifts; you'll probably also see them helping out in various other departments, throughout the convention. They'll be doing most of the original typing and copy-editing, and some of them (such as Mike Glyer) will rewrite the news to make it more interesting. Once Colleen Crosby and Chaz Boston Baden have edited and produced the actual issues, Jennifer Reed and Maria Rodriguez will distribute the newszine, and Mel. White will turn it into HTML and upload it to the website.

For Department Heads Only

If you want it in print, give it to us the day before. Our deadline for the morning issue is 6:00 pm the previous night. Our deadline for the evening issue is 12:00 noon.

We can deliver a few copies of each issue to your department, if you like. Just let us know how many copies, and we'll come by in the morning and in the afternoon with the latest editions. Write to me at newszine@99.nasfic.org and we'll set you up.

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