Welcome to the NOTOCON Blog!
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
Believe it or not, there is less than a year to prepare for NOTOCON. It seems only a dream ago that I was reading the National Conference Committee packet on my flight home from Salem in 2007, and asking myself the question, “Can I do this?”
Everyone around me gave a resounding “YES!” to that question, and so a proposal was born.
Why NOTOCON? And Why a Blog?
Salem was my first NOTOCON. I went not knowing what to expect, and leaving with an amazing sense of family with my brothers and sisters, as well as a grand sense of the possibilities for the con. I wanted to bottle that and bring it home with me to Seattle, to share it with those who hadn’t gone and those who had never yet attended our national conference.
Next year’s conference venue has the capacity to share this elixir with more members than ever, practically double the number that we have maxed out at for previous cons. It struck me that it was more important than ever to make sure the word got out about NOTOCON!
It’s my wish for this blog to become a resource not only for the most timely updates about the conference, but also for insight into what it takes to put the conference together, memories of cons gone by, and tips for how to get the most out of your NOTOCON experience.
To that end, I invite our members who have attended previous NOTOCONs to write me and share their fondest memories of the conference. They can be funny, poignant, educational…whatever you think the rest of us would like to know. Who knows? Your story could end up here!
And if you’ve never attended a NOTOCON, and have questions about it, I invite you to write as well.
The blog will not have a commenting function, so if there is anything posted that you would like to comment or give feedback regarding, please contact me directly. Thanks!
Love is the law, love under will.
Melissa Holm, Onsite Chair
Tags: from the onsite chair
October 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
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