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shamelessly_mkp) wrote2014-11-08 06:28 pm
shamelessly_mkp) wrote2014-11-08 06:28 pm
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Let me tell you a story...
affectingly:
So, in 2006, I was 23, bright eyed and bushy-tailed and I had never, ever been to a fancon. But somehow I found myself going to Wincon.
That weekend was one of the best experiences of my LIFE. I met people there I’m still friends with. I bonded with my hotel roommates (who I’d never met before), I went to panels, I was ON a panel (having NO idea wtf I was doing), and I sang Karaoke - another thing I had NEVER done before!
I felt like a different person and when I came home I had about 40 more friends than I’d had before, I wrote a 50k word fic that was inspired while at the conference, and I felt more a part of fandom than I ever had in my life.
I think that weekend is the weekend I realized that fandom was more than just a hobby, a way to kill time. Fandom was a community that I was a part of, where it MATTERED what I put into it and what I took away from it. It was a community that I loved and that made me feel safe in a way my ‘real life’ never had.
Now, it’s been nearly 10 years since that first Wincon, and I’m not a first time attendee anymore. I’m one of the people running the conference, a multifandom event that has grown up to have strong traditions, among them always supporting the FAN part of fandom.
Next year will hopefully be Wincon’s 10th conference, but… like a lot of things that existed easily on LJ but now struggle to stay alive as fandom migrates to Tumblr, we need some help.
So, we’re running an Indiegogo Campaign, and I would love if you’d at least go over there, watch the video, read the page, and see for yourself what we’re all about. In order to keep Wincon alive, we have to grow to a 300 person conference, which means we probably need to get our story and our name on at least 30,000 computer screens.
And I know I’m biased, but I DO know that most people who go, even people who’ve only had the chance to go to ONE, they say nice things about us, they will tell you we’re good people and it’s a good con.
Even if you don’t think you can join us in Pittsburgh next year on October 15-18, 2015, please consider reblogging one of the many posts we’ve made on our Tumblr or just… making a post of your own that says, “Here’s this thing, it’s called Wincon, it has an indiegogo, and I think it’s cool.”
You all know how fandom and tumblr works: it’s about hitting a critical mass of exposure so that people see us. That means any and all support is not only valued, it’s vital. THANK YOUUUUUUU. <3
via:Tumblr http://ift.tt/115DB9P
So, in 2006, I was 23, bright eyed and bushy-tailed and I had never, ever been to a fancon. But somehow I found myself going to Wincon.
That weekend was one of the best experiences of my LIFE. I met people there I’m still friends with. I bonded with my hotel roommates (who I’d never met before), I went to panels, I was ON a panel (having NO idea wtf I was doing), and I sang Karaoke - another thing I had NEVER done before!
I felt like a different person and when I came home I had about 40 more friends than I’d had before, I wrote a 50k word fic that was inspired while at the conference, and I felt more a part of fandom than I ever had in my life.
I think that weekend is the weekend I realized that fandom was more than just a hobby, a way to kill time. Fandom was a community that I was a part of, where it MATTERED what I put into it and what I took away from it. It was a community that I loved and that made me feel safe in a way my ‘real life’ never had.
Now, it’s been nearly 10 years since that first Wincon, and I’m not a first time attendee anymore. I’m one of the people running the conference, a multifandom event that has grown up to have strong traditions, among them always supporting the FAN part of fandom.
Next year will hopefully be Wincon’s 10th conference, but… like a lot of things that existed easily on LJ but now struggle to stay alive as fandom migrates to Tumblr, we need some help.
So, we’re running an Indiegogo Campaign, and I would love if you’d at least go over there, watch the video, read the page, and see for yourself what we’re all about. In order to keep Wincon alive, we have to grow to a 300 person conference, which means we probably need to get our story and our name on at least 30,000 computer screens.
And I know I’m biased, but I DO know that most people who go, even people who’ve only had the chance to go to ONE, they say nice things about us, they will tell you we’re good people and it’s a good con.
Even if you don’t think you can join us in Pittsburgh next year on October 15-18, 2015, please consider reblogging one of the many posts we’ve made on our Tumblr or just… making a post of your own that says, “Here’s this thing, it’s called Wincon, it has an indiegogo, and I think it’s cool.”
You all know how fandom and tumblr works: it’s about hitting a critical mass of exposure so that people see us. That means any and all support is not only valued, it’s vital. THANK YOUUUUUUU. <3
via:Tumblr http://ift.tt/115DB9P