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Thanks to the 65 people who took time to let us know what you want to see on the schedule for Escapade 27. Below are the panels we expect to see on the schedule. There are a few that won’t be scheduled unless someone steps up to moderate. Panels needing mods are called out with *** and ALL CAPS notes and include the panel description. Are you the one? Email us at info@escapadecon.net

GENERAL/META PANELS

The Kids Are Not the Problem (combine with Evolution of Fandom)

Mods: Katie, Sinead, Aral, Megan

What’s new and where to find it

Mod: Tayrin

***MODS NEEDED!! Home on the Web

Description: LJ’s Russian overlords have removed HTTPS support and are moving the server activity to Russia; some say a shutdown of US services is on the horizon. Yahoo fails to make money with Tumblr. Dreamwidth is slow, and doesn’t have media hosting. Email lists are a hassle. Imzy, a startup, places branding aesthetics over design usability. Where’s the next place for fandom, or should we reclaim one or more of the platforms from the past?

Willing (but need more!): elf

The fax about fixits!

Mods: Dorinda, Megan

Fandom vs Cheeto Voldemort

Mods: Saklani, Parlance

You’re Totally Welcome on my Lawn, but I Wish You Wouldn’t Pee on the Grass

Mods: cacupid, megan

LGBTQIA+ in Slash Fandom

Mod: undeleterious

Where did the sex go in our slash con?

Mod: Dail

The Most Meta (the panel about panels)

Mod: megan

Black Jewish Superman

Mods: Dail (Willing: Aral)

***MODS NEEDED!! Wank: It’s Coming From Inside the Fandom

Description: Whether you call it fan wank, flame wars, or just The Discourse, fans continue to disagree about every aspect of fandom. Let’s gossip about the latest and greatest kerfluffles and why everyone else’s opinion is just plain wrong.

The Slash Book

Mods: ConstancePenley, Charlotte

NFAF: Non-fannish Films About Fandom

Mod: Franzeska

Representation Matters

Mod: Killa

OT3 for Me

Mod: RaineWynd

ALTERNATES (if we don’t get mods for the panels above, we may schedule one or both of these.)

We’re All Going to Hell

Mod: Elf

***MODS NEEDED!! It’s Canon, but is it Slash?

Description: From K.J. Charles to C.S. Pacat, professional m/m writers are flourishing. But do these works scratch the same itch as slash? What do we like? What do we hate? What do we want more of?

FANDOM-SPECIFIC PANELS

Sherlock: Behind the doors at 221B Baker Street

Mods: snow, SJ Bryan

Capes and Cowls (Pixie boots optional)

Mods: bren/glacis

ST: Quite logical: 50 years of ponfarr

Mods: CatalenaMara, rhaegal

Stargate: Classic Fandom Flashback

Mods: bren/glacis

SWRO: A Woman, a Rebel Operative and an Imperial Defector Walk into a Bar

Mod: Killa

MCU: Hanging Up the Shield: Where does Captain America fandom go from here?

Mod: Gwyneth

due South: For Reasons That Continue To Need Exploring At This Juncture

Mods: ride_4ever, bren/glacis, DeniseRaymond

HP: Potter, classic and next generation

Mods: bren/glacis

Sense8: Orgies and Sing-a-Longs

Mods: Nestra, brak

Yaoi on Ice

Mods: bren/glacis

Pacific Rim: Canceling the Apocalypse Again

Mod: RaineWynd

Hannibal: Fannibal Pannibal

Mods: iesika, foxwrapped

DC CW Arrowverse Catch All

Mods: bren/glacis

The Expanse S2: In Space No One Can Hear You Kick Ass

Mod: Kadymae

Star Trek Beyond: The Spock McCoy Relationship

Mods: Dr. Beth, Saklani

Pros: It’s a Holiday

Mods: Krisser, bren/glacis, cindy

TECH/WORKSHOP

AO3 Tagging for Fun and Kudos

Mods: elf, undeleterious

Vidding 101

Mod: Lola

I want to read graphic novels, but I don’t know where to start

Mods: kadymae, DeniseRaymond

How to Threesome

Mod: Elf

Escapade the Website

Mod: Ellie

***MODS NEEDED!! Dead Fandom Museum (moved to tech from general)

Description: Time and the internet march on even as authors and archivists move on to other things. We’ve all had the experience of going back to look for an old favorite fanwork to find all links dead and the urls of once-huge archives up for sale. Or maybe the the author has pulled all their work and disappeared, but someone you know has a collection of pdfs they’re willing to share…

What’s the best way for us to preserve older works and archives without stepping on creator’s toes? Can we anticipate and plan for eventual fandom and platform death or die-back?

(Willing, but need more: iesika)

Let’s Collab! New Forms of Collective Fan Creativity (moved to tech from general)

Mod: lola

Calibre – Plugins for Fandom (write-in)

Mod: Amalthia

ALTERNATE PROGRAMMING/VIDEO

Pegging Our Boys (write-in)

Mod: Fashes

Gaming Fun

Mod: Katbear

Fandom Pictionary

Mod: DeniseRaymond

Fandom Dating Game

Mods: Franzeska, DeniseRaymond

A Wake for The Legends We Lost in 2016

Mod: DeniseRaymond

Peer-run Trauma support check-in (write-in)

Mod: Fashes

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It’s voting time! The Escapade panel ballot is open now and will close at midnight PST on Friday, February 3.

https://escapadecon.net/panels/

Tell us which conversations you’d like to see on the schedule! You can also volunteer to moderate panels when you vote, and remember: panels with moderators are more likely to make the final cut.

Have a hot topic you weren’t able to submit before the suggestion deadline? Just now struck by inspiration? You have one last chance to submit a panel using the “Write In Panel Suggestion” tab.

Vote now and help make Escapade the convention YOU want to attend!

escapade_team

The final panel schedule is posted! Here’s the link:

http://escapadecon.net/schedule

(as in previous years, there is a tab for each day, and text descriptions below the grid layout)

If you want to take advantage of any of the open time slots for alt programming or video, send an email to info@escapadecon.net with your preferred time slot and one backup, and give us a title and description of what they plan to do. Note: all programming in convention space must be open to all registered attendees.

Time slots are “first come, first served”, and we’ll do our best to keep the schedule updated as slots are taken.

escapade_team

Art Show 2016 Call for Entries!

Escapade Art Show registration is now open!
https://escapadecon.net/programming/art-show/

The Escapade Art Show wants YOU to submit something this year! The 
people who attend the convention are a talented group with a wide 
variety of interests - let's celebrate our talents and fannish loves!

On-line registration is open until Monday, February 22, 2016.  Please 
help us test out the new system!  For those last-minute inspirations, 
walk-in submissions will be accepted Friday afternoon during art check-in.

Need some ideas?
* Artistic abilities peaked in elementary school? Glitter and 
construction paper are an under-rated medium! If you had a good time 
making it, then it belongs in the show!
* Are you a crafter? Clay sculpture, jewelry, dolls - you name it, we 
want to see it!  All art is valued!
* Are you a cook? Baked goods and preserves with a fannish connection 
are welcome!
* Not willing to part with the fabulous thing you just made? That's OK! 
The art show welcomes art for display only.
* Not enough time before the con? Offer your services to make something 
for the highest bidder! Just give us a piece of paper explaining what 
sort of commissions you're willing to offer (art, vid, gif, etc).  We 
would be ecstatic to auction off a vidder, er, I mean auction off a 
vidder's services.

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Panels, panels everywhere!
Now we need more mods!

We have collated the initial list of panels, based on voting by members 
like you. Several of the most popular panels need one or more mods to 
sign on, in order to make it on to the final schedule. Check out the 
panel cut here, and then email us to let us know which you'd like to 
moderate or co-moderate.

Panel cut link:
https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-cut/

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Vid Show Deadline

Just to give all the vidders a little breathing room, the deadline has 
been extended to February 6, midnight PST. Remember that the vidshow 
details can be found here: https://escapadecon.net/programming/songvid-show/

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The Escapade Scholarship Drive

1. Contribute to the Scholarship Fund
The Escapade scholarship works because it's like the rest of Escapade: 
you make it work. Your contributions have supported many attendees over 
the years, from maintainers of fannish archives, lists, and communities 
to fanfic writers and vidders. Scholarships introduce new fans to 
Escapade, and bring back long-time attendees who may have fallen on hard 
times.

Please donate to the fund. You can contribute by Paypal (to 
info@escapadecon.net), by check (made out to Escapade; send to 264 Santa 
Monica Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109), or by pledge via email to 
info@escapadecon.net  (You must be an attendee to pledge; you can pay 
when you arrive at registration.)

Any amount you can give, from $10 to $10,000, helps tremendously. It 
helps attendees who couldn't otherwise make it; it helps programming, 
because scholarship recipients volunteer and co-moderate panels; it 
helps your karma. As always, 100% of your contributions go directly to 
recipient expenses like airfare, hotel, and food expenses, if needed.

2. Nominate a Potential Scholarship Recipient
Now it's time to check the registration list at the web site, and 
consider who isn't on it. Are they skipping due to unforeseen financial 
stresses? It's time to think about a fan who has never been to Escapade 
but who you know might love it.

In the same way you create the scholarship fund through donations, you 
create the scholarship recipients through nominating people. Go to the 
Escapade website: https://escapadecon.net/programming/escapade-scholarship/
and share a little about the scholarship nominee. We will do the rest, 
and announce scholarship recipients at the con.

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Have you cast your vote for this year’s panel programming? You still have time!

The panel ballot will close tonight, 1/25, at midnight PST.

Remember that if you have already voted, you can also go back to the ballot and change your votes until it closes. Check out the current totals and see if that changes how you want to vote!

View the voting results here: https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-voting-results/

Vote (or change your votes) here: https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/

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