Moderators Needed

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I'm putting together the timetable for sinpOZium and it's clear we need a bunch of people to help us mod some chats.

Moderating a chat is really, really easy. You just sit there and let people talk, and join in when you want, just as if it was unmoderated, but you just give people the occasional topic to chat about if they stall (otherwise things can take a while to get started), and maybe bring people back if they go too far off track.

I'm doing two chats, one on Harry Potter and one on Squicks and Kinks. edgehd is modding one on classic spy TV (Professionals, Man from Uncle, etc). If you've been to a sinpoz before you know just how casual and easy these things are.

You are not expected to do any public speaking in front of a group! Have no fear!

Suggested topics we have so far include:

Live Journal and its impact on fandom.

Kirk/Spock - old school fandom.

Incest as the new slash.

RPS - intro to LOTRIPS and pop, etc.

Or, you can come forward with an idea of your choice. Or I can give you the Harry Potter chat if you like, and I'll do something else. We're that easy!

(Otherwise, I'll end up doing them, and you know you'll be utterly sick of the 'Everybody Tolerates Bernice' show bloody quickly).

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We are also interested in anyone with any other ideas for things they'd like to do. Such as introduce us to a new fandom, or an old fandom you love, using videos or displays, or just talk about it. We put a loose 15 minute time limit on that, though.

grey_evil_twin is doing her traditional BDSM chat, and tboy has said she'd like to do a writing festival in short bursts over the weekend.

If you have any thing you'd like to do, up to and including doing a pornographic hand puppet display, please jump in. It's not scary, it's a whole lot of fun!

Comments

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

I want to pimp a couple of fandoms along with lydia_petze, but we need to sort out who's doing which ones. The list right now is something like this:

Starsky & Hutch
M*A*S*H
The Boondock Saints

I'd love to be involved in modding a chat - right now the LJ one sounds good. If I think of anything else I'll sing out.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Linda's talk will cover S&H, but modding a chat is a little different to promoting a fandom anyway, so it doesn't matter. You can never have too much S&H!

Oh, and we NEED people to push Boondock Saints. Please please please show us clips of Willem Defoe in drag. Please! (Love that bit).

I think we have a few MASH Slash fans (Ashelliong, for example). And I like Frank Burns. Frank Burns/Worms.

I'll put you down for LJ modding. I ended up the default mod for an LJ panel at Bascon - it's an easy topic to mod, people either have strong opinions, or no idea and seek information, so it's a good one.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

Now that I think about it, a general boys-in-drag pimp session could be a good idea. I have plenty of movies to make a clip tape! Let me ponder that for a bit.

This is going to be fun. I can't wait. But hey, I really should give some money to Erilyn - I keep forgetting to actually register.

[(Anonymous)]

Nuns on the Run!

[qotfu.livejournal.com]

Oh please please please put that tape together! not that I have a thing about boys-in-drag or anything...

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

I can add those in, sure!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

*Pssst*, don't forget to crosspost to the mailing list :)

I might do a Veronica Mars intro, but I'll certainly moderate a discussion, whatever's appropriate *g*.

[(Anonymous)]

Can't right now, as I don't have access. Will do later...

B

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Whenever you get a chance, didn't think you'd be able to during the day :)

[(Anonymous)]

Someone's left a message in my guest book, and I can't read it because of dirty words! Ack.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Not according to my spreadsheet. You can pay me next time I see you :)

[alasen.livejournal.com]

Are you slashing VM now? Hello, this is my het fandom *g*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I love both het and slashy stuff about it. I think it could be a great example of a show with interesting het relationships *and* room for slash. Plus it's just a good show, it needs pimping ;)

[sinden.livejournal.com]

I was planning to pimp Stargate: Atlantis, and as a query, would it be worth doing a better pimp of Invisible Man with way more footage or should I just let that slide?

[(Anonymous)]

I'd certainly be intersted in Stargate: Atlantis, since that's something we won't get to see here for years.

Invisible Man's just been on, though, so I'm not sure it needs a lot of pimping. Or was it... am I mis-remembering?

S'up to you, though. It's YOUR con! (Don't I sound like an American used car sales person here?) So it's whatever you want to do.

[snapetoy.livejournal.com]

Please let me know if I can help in any way. I'm used to facilitating discussions, but my knowledge of other fandoms is so limited I'm probably useless on any topic other than HP.

I'd be really interested in any sessions on writing. Some sort of topics I'd love to hear discussion on include:
* what makes for supportive writing environments
* constructive criticism and how not to take it personally
* writing motivations and methodologies
* drabbles/ficlets/one-shots/multi-chaptered fics - motivations/skill sets/sustainability
* plot vs PWP

If I can think of anything else, I'll certainly post it up.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Supportive environments and criticism kind of go together, and I think they would REALLY get people talking! In fact all of those things could go into one panel, really, as they are all kind of subsets of 'a writing environment' kind of issue.

You could break them down into smaller topics if you think people would keep talking and talking too long. For these big issues I'm currently putting aside an hour to an hour and a half for each thing, but that's really flexible.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Sure - what would you like to do? Modding is best with something with a wide audience. Then the audience does all the work. Pimping, on the other hand, the audience is more passive, and is better suited for tiny fandom things.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Some other possible discussion areas (just stuff I've jotted down at times):

- Most vilified female characters in fandom/fiction (Cassandra, HL; Cassie, Sentinel; Victoria, DS; Anne, Pros), the way women are written on shows vs the way they are perceived by audience
- Most traumatised characters in shows/fiction
- Mixed Messages - when your source materials (books and films) conflict
- Why some fandoms stay active vs others that die with the show, cycles of reviving interest
- Who gets their gear off the most (QAF not included), and who never does
- Best and worst dvd releases
- OTPish fandoms vs multipairing, How to cope if yours isn't the OTP, do you tend to go for

Some of these certainly aren't big serious topics *g*.

[calemiri.livejournal.com]

If you need another mod anywhere, let me know. I can and will talk around and about practically anything. Sometimes more "around" than "about", but so long as the journey is interesting I'm sure at least some people will be happy to go along for the ride. *g*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Terrific! Do you have anything in mind? If not, I might do some aggregate stuff later, see what's popular... then you can have your pick of what you want that way.

[calemiri.livejournal.com]

For the moment I am idealess but willing to adopt nearly anything and run with it. If I have a moment of inspiration, I'll let you know and we'll see if we can shoehorn it in somewhere. It's not particularly likely to happen, though, so I wouldn't be too concerned if there's no space in the schedule. *g* Otherwise, I'm happy to adopt an idea or two and throw them at people.

Sinpoz Virgin...

[nimmy.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to coming to my first so I'll endeavour to get my registration to you in the next couple of weeks.

Jo

Re: Sinpoz Virgin...

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Yay, can't wait to meet you!