Sinpozium - slash con in Sydney

Unfortunately since our last post, it has become obvious that Sinpozium 2020 cannot go ahead in April as originally scheduled.

We are determined that Sinpozium will be back, either later this year or next year. If you've paid and would like a refund at anytime (now or in a few months), please email sinpozium(at)gmail.com with your bank account details.

Otherwise, we will keep track of who has paid $50 in advance for the next one.

For the sake of transparency - we have received a full refund of the booking fee for the venue.

We hope you and your families are well, and that you have plenty to watch, read, make and/or listen to if you are in a full or partial shutdown situation.

Erilyn and Alasen

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Like everyone, we're watching the COVID-19 situation cautiously. Hopefully, Sinpozium will go ahead (with sensible general precautions - please don't attend if you are unwell, please wash hands regularly etc etc).

However, if the situation/government advice changes, it may not be possible to have it.

For full transparency, the hotel has kindly extended the deadline when we can cancel at no charge until two weeks beforehand. After that, we are liable for the full payment. So that will be a key date in making decisions and we will keep you updated.

In the mean time, we will go on in the assumption that Sinpozium 2020 will occur. So please register if you have not, and volunteer/suggest content!

Please ask us if you’ve got any questions at all, about contingency planning or just in general, either in the comments here (anon comments are welcome) or via sinpozium(at)gmail.com.

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It's less than 10 weeks until Sinpozium 2020, so its time to talk about what we're gonna do! We need people to lead discussions, pimp fandoms, and suggest content/activities you'd like to see at Sinpozium. To jog memories, here's the 2017 and 2015 draft timetables.

++ Doesn't have to be tv shows/movies, all types of source material welcome. While we prioritise slashy/queer fandoms, other fandoms/source materials that Are Relevant To Our Collective Interests have also been included. If you're not sure if it fits, please ask in comments or via email!

++ Fandom pimps will probably be limited to a maximum of half an hour (if you want to do less, that's fine, and they don’t need to be fancy). We strongly recommend keeping video portions of pimps (if you wish to include them) to only about 15-20 minutes - this should be enough to give a feel for the fandom, anything longer and interest can really start to lag (always leave 'em wanting more!). If you can get someone else to look over a presentation, a second pair of eyes really helps, particularly if you’re having problems trimming it.

But we can't emphasis enough - you don't need to be a video editing expert to do this and you don't have to do a long presentation - you can take 5-10 min to tell us why Fandom X rocks, and show us 1 clip if you want (or do a slideshow, or whatever suits the source material). Your love for your fandom is the important thing, and if you need help with technical side making some clips or something, just holler!

++ Presentations/videos/slideshows will be shown via a laptop hooked up to a data projector, so will need to be brought on disc/USB stick/external hard drive (we don't want to be switching laptops around if we can avoid it). A variety of file formats will be acceptable (but if it can be played by VLC, that's a good indication it will be ok).

++ Suggestions for games are welcome, but from experience, they need to be simple and interactive. Participation is strongly encouraged but not mandatory in slash pictionary, but no one is excused on the grounds they can't draw (that's the point).

++ New or old, it doesn't matter - some of the most interesting fandom pimps we've seen at past Sinpoziums were for shows from before we were born, take us down nostalgia lane from 10 years ago, or introduce us to the hot new thing.

++ Discussion topics that are multi-fandom are particularly good (as they're inclusive). Topics might range from serious discussions of writing or fannish trends, to which characters look the best in tight jeans. Lengths will be 20-60 minutes, depending on topics, number of suggestions and structure of final timetable.

++ Suggestions for discussions/panels are more than welcome, even if you don't feel like leading the discussion yourself. If you're having a complete mental blank, I find reading about other fannish events and cons can really get me thinking about what I'd like to participate in.

++ Vidshow - there's already 1 on the draft timetable, but of course you're free to use vids during fandom pimps etc, and if there's some vids you are passionate about showing, please volunteer!

So let us know what you want to do (or would like to see happen) this year at Sinpozium, and if you have any questions you'd prefer to ask privately, please hit us up at sinpozium(@)gmailDOTcom. We also have a dedicated channel in slack for discussion if you'd like to brainstorm!

x-posted to https://sinpozium.dreamwidth.org/16788.html (we would prefer to centralise comments there, but they are open here too for your convenience)