Escapade Con

Do you have a room for two (or three) but no roommate(s)?

Are you looking for someone with space in their room for one more?

Are you driving in and hoping to find a passenger to share gas expense,or looking for a ride to the con?

We won’t do your match making for you, but if you post about your need in the comments to this post on the Escapade Website, the odds are good you’ll find a match.

We’d like to try to centralize requests in this location, so nobody’s offer or request gets missed.  If you’re reading this post on social media or through email, you can access the post via the News page on the Escapade website, log in, and leave comments to connect with other Escapade members for rides and roommates!

Escapade News page:

https://escapadecon.net/news/

Recent News Updates:

https://escapadecon.net/escapade-panel-ballot-is-open/

https://escapadecon.net/escapade-panel-suggestion-deadline-december-24/

https://escapadecon.net/reminder-roundup-do-all-the-things-for-escapade-2019/

https://escapadecon.net/the-escapade-scholarship-fund-and-scholarship-nominations-2/

What is slack and why do I care?

Slack is a new-ish group communication app. It is a cross between yahoogroups and an instant messenger application like IRC, AIM, or Jabber. Slack is fun, free, and searchable, so Escapade is test driving it for communications this year. Our goal is to have an ongoing conversation between convention organizers, attendees, and anyone else who has an interest in Escapade. The conversation is available any time, and in any format that people choose to access it. Don't worry, we are adding slack, not removing any of our existing communications channels (website, yahoogroups, dreamwidth, Facebook, tumblr, twitter, and opt-in direct emails).

Slack is cloud based, so anyone who is a member of Escapade's group can access it 24/7 through a web browser, or slack's free app on a PC, Mac, tablet, or smartphone. To become a member of the Escapade group, click this link: https://tinyurl.com/escapade-slack

What then? We have already set up about a dozen different slack "channels" where members can chat with each other. You are welcome to join or leave any channel at any time, and you can browse the channels you haven't joined (yet). When you join our group, you will automatically be added to #_official, #ask-the-staff, #all-of-us, and #off-topic, all of which seem pretty self-explanatory. There are channels for each area of the convention (panels, art show, vids) and for hooking up with rides and roomies. The newest channel is for people who want to chat about NaNoWriMo. If you spot something we're missing, let us know and we can add it.

Volunteers Needed!

After all these years, we'd like to claim that Escapade runs like a
well-oiled machine. But the truth is that the convention wouldn't run at
all without the dedicated effort of dozens of fans. Volunteering at
Escapade is a way to meet people, to have a lot of fun, and to make the
convention your own. In return for their efforts, everyone who
contributes five or more volunteer hours will be automatically
registered for next year's convention, and receive a $10 credit. There's
a space on the registration page to indicate that you'd like to
volunteer, or you can directly contact the department heads below to
offer your services.

Check out the Volunteer page to see what opportunities you might want:

https://escapadecon.net/volunteer/

Or email Misti at misti@escapadecon.net

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Rides and Roommates!

Do you have a room for two but no roommate?  Or are you looking for
someone with space in their room for one more?  Are you driving in and
hoping to find a passenger to share gas expense, or looking for a ride
to the con?  We won't do your match making for you, but if you post
about your need on the Escapade Chat Yahoo list or on one of our social
media sites, the odds are good you'll find a match.