hi, tim!
short version:
there were about 40 people there, including the con chair from sakuracon and his assistant; members of k-con's parent group: alto nimbus entertainment; congoers, volunteers and staff.
there was time for announcements, during which i announced the winners of our fanfic novella contest. (see separate thread; or i think you read them in the yahoo group.)
then we had the elections.
all the elections were uncontested, except for one.
in the uncontested elections, we still had an election process.
the current directors would provide the job description. the nominee would stand up and identify him/herself and why s/he wanted the job. s/he would then take questions from the floor, then leave the room so folks could field comments without the nominee present. then it was voice acclimation, with the opportunity for folks to voice opposition and for folks to abstain.
the uncontested positions, and those elected, were:
con chair: arlene (last year's assistant programming director, for live programming).
note: i have been appointed her pre-event assistant
director of relations: sean (last year's con chair).
director of publicity: val (she did some relations and media work last year, i believe).
director of operations: brownie (last year's con chair assistant).
there is also one executive level position which is ongoing which is not elected: treasurer. that is tara, from alto nimbus (last year's treasurer).
another position which exists outside the election process is the webmaster: taper (no role last year, to my knowledge).
then there was the contested race. this was for programming chair.
beth (sailor naboo: last year's cosplay director) and guy (last year's AMV contest coordinator) tried to run cojointly, but this was not permitted by alto nimbus. there was a lot of discussion around process on this point.
beth, guy and the third nominee (in chronological order of nomination), nathan (last year's gaming director), brainstormed together and collaboratively drew up a delineation of how they would like to see themselves share responsibilities under the rubric of programming.
it was explained that the election was largely about who would serve as primary contact for all things related to programming, and who would have primary authority to appoint folks to positions related to programming, and to make decisions as regards it generally, while able to delegate specific areas to others.
the vote went to nathan.
there was then a few moments for folks to meet each other and sign up to volunteer, and name their areas of interest. then we adjourned.
i had tried to recruit folks to go see "ghost in the shell 2" afterwards, but ended up going alone.
and that's my summary for you! hope it helps! anyone else care to comment?
p.s. personal to tim: you'll be glad to know, several times fanfic was singled out for praise as an area of programming that blossomed surprisingly well
thanks for all your help. i miss you! write me!
