Announcements and updates specifically from the 2006 convention year.
The January general meeting will be held at the Salem Public Library on Sunday, January 21, from 2-5pm.
101 Liberty St. SE, Salem, OR 97301
Like all general meetings, it is open to the public. Further details on agenda items will be posted as the meeting approaches.
Backspace 115 NW 5th Ave Portland, OR 97209 Easily accessible from the MAX Google Maps view MapQuest view
Console gaming on our new Wii consoles, our PS3, and giant flat panel LCD TVs.
Tournaments and raffle, LAN gaming room, pool tables for non-gamers, and FREE FOOD!
This event is restricted to Kumoricon registered staff. If you have not signed up yet, please arrange in advance to meet with your director at the party. Staff membership fee is ten dollars. You must have your form filled out, and paid the staff membership fee, before the party, or have arranged with your director to do it at the party, to be considered staff!
Sunday, December 17th, 3pm - 8pm, food served at 5.
Imagine stumbling into your local game store and spotting, glowing on the shelf, a beautiful, unclaimed PS3. This happened to one Kumori staffer, and we are proud to announce that we now have a Kumoricon PS3 available for the Staff Holiday Party!
Details on the Staff Holiday Party for Dec. 17 are now up on the calendar. Click on the calendar square for more details.
After staying up until the wii hours of the morning, your dedicated Kumorican staff has acquired four convention Wiis. Kumoricon was interviewed on Portland’s local Fox 12 station while waiting in line for the Wiis!
Seen here are four convention Wiis, in addition to five additional Wii-motes (for the one additional system we have pre-ordered and will pick up later today). We will be acquiring Nunchuks, Classic Controllers, and component cables shortly, but they were out of stock today. Staff get to play with our Wiis at special events such as the holiday party. The rest of you get to play them at the con. 🙂
Kumoricon is in line to buy convention Wiis. We arrived at Best Buy at 10:30pm, they are expecting around 100 units, and we are around 30 in line. We are staying here all night and we will be getting these systems! Those of you signed up as staff will be playing these at the Kumoricon holiday party.
Best Buy has been watching over us, providing us with free pizza, drinks, hot chocolate, coffee, and cookies. Thanks to general manager Sam and his awesome, courteous staff at the Beaverton, OR Best Buy for an awesome console launch experience!
301 West 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660
Staff registration will be available starting at 12pm, please meet with the director of the department you are working with to get approval and have them sign off on the registration forms. Staff will be able to pay with credit or debit cards through Acteva, if they are interested in this avenue.
The November General Meeting will be on Saturday, November 18th, 2006. This meeting will be held in the Portland area, venue and time to be announced. (When I have have it, I’ll post it here! 🙂) On the agenda:
If you are interested in becoming staff for 2007, please contact personnel@kumoricon.org to get in touch with the proper directors. Be sure to bring your $10 membership/registration fee if you are accepted. We will not be able to add you to the staff areas of the site or the staff email list until you speak with a director, fill out the proper form (available at the meeting), and pay your membership dues. As always, meetings are open to the public. More info will be posted as available. (Early this week.)
Welcome new execs for Kumoricon 2007!
Please welcome your new execs!
The deadline for the anime article contest has been extended again until Saturday, November 11, 11:59pm.
This gives you a bit over two weeks more to write your article telling the world about Kumoricon! (We thought this was more reasonable than just a 3-day extension. 🙂) See further down the page to review the official rules. Good luck!
General elections start at 12pm SHARP and will continue until all elected positions are filled. For more information on nominees, or to add a nominee, please click FORUM above and visit the thread under ‘Meetings’. This is the most important meeting of the year! The directors you elect will run Kumoricon 2007.
Starting at 2pm, Etherguild presents LANime! This being the weekend before Halloween, J Horror and Cosplay will abound! Enter the DDR tourney, view the Kumoricon 2006 and Gameshow footage, and dance at the ANIME RAVE!
We’ll see you there!
All you happy anime lovers! It’s time to tell the public just how cool we are.
This is your chance to write the article that everyone should read about anime conventions. If you’ve got the journalistic touch, and can inspire others to share in the love of anime and Japanese culture, then this is the contest for you! The article you write could be Kumoricon’s official info page and press release.
Requirements are as follows:
The winner will be chosen by the board of Altonimbus Entertainment. All submissions and corresponding photos become the property of Kumoricon/ Altonimbus Entertainment. Articles may be edited for spelling, grammar, statistical corrections, and content.
Send your submission with your real name and forum name (if applicable) to chair@kumoricon.org
The winner will be announced on October 29th, 2006.
Good luck to all our entrants!
Welcome to the interim site for Kumoricon for the 2007 convention year. The mascot contest winner now graces our banner. Be sure to check back for updates to the site over the next couple of months.
In the meantime, here are some stats to chew on for the 2006 year:
Attendance: 2257, up from apx. 1700 in 2005
On line pre-registrations: 1035, up from 720 in 2005
Total pre-registrations: 1257 (Same as total attendance for 2004)
Charity Auction Sales: $2455, up from apx. $1600 in 2005
Your directors for 2006 were:
Be sure to watch the forums and main page for more information on the 2007 elections, including a listing of all the nominees.
General Elections will be held on October 28th, 2006, 12 pm.
We will be electing the officials who will steer the direction of Kumoricon for the 2007 convention year.
This meeting will take place at Chemeketa College, Salem OR, Building 9.
More information to follow.
Kumoricon 2006 has now come to a close. Thank you to all the staff, guests and attendees for making this convention work. We could not do this with out you and we look forward to seeing you all next year.
Kumoricon executive staff