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How the LASFS fund came to be
Posted by: Michael Lee on: October 27, 2009
Thanks to Kevin Austin for mentioning a link to Paul Turner’s Remarks about how the LASFS Building Fund came to be in response to our own earlier post about the history of the LASFS clubhouse.
One of the things that I’ve found in some of my recent conversations about this blog is that it is worth [...]
Why Organize
Posted by: Michael Lee on: September 11, 2009
I found a recent blog post by Seth Godin to be particularly relevant for our community building plans.
In a recent post about Organizing Customers, he describes the expense of negotiating the rights for Grease for small community theaters.
This strikes me as being very relevant to our discussions here. As a community, we do lots [...]
Diversicon Panel Wrap Up
Posted by: Michael Lee on: August 8, 2009
We had a very positive discussion at Diversicon.
As always, we are appreciative of examples outside of the SF Community in our local area, and one great example is the Quatrefoil Library.
And one major discussion point was the library functions — we have many pieces of material that are out there, some that belong to individual [...]
Fafnir
Posted by: Michael Lee on: July 30, 2009
One of the current challenges that CONvergence is facing is an old, familiar one: How big do we want to get?
Compared to something like San Diego Comic Con — which could fit the size of CONvergence’s membership into one room — we’re all still small stuff. 4,000 people? That is nothing when you’re looking at [...]
League Panel at Diversicon
Posted by: Michael Lee on: July 29, 2009
We will be having a brainstorming session at Diversicon this weekend. Join us at this discussion if you are registered for the convention (and feel free to register at the convention!)
Saturday, August 1
2:00-2:55 PM
Krushenko’s Annex (Northern Pacific)
Brainstorming Discussion: Geek Community Center
What would you like in a hypothetical Geek Community Center? Through the leagueofwonders.org blog, some [...]
There is Nothing New
Posted by: Michael Lee on: July 16, 2009
- In: Community| Groups
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I’ve been doing a little bit of research over the past couple of years, and I see some examples of other organizations that are “like” what we are doing here. Some are in other fan communities, others in art communities, others may be in religious communities, and others are in the non-profit space generally.
This [...]
Why Now?
Posted by: Michael Lee on: July 13, 2009
- In: Community
- 15 Comments
I’ve had a feeling for a while that we’re entering “the next era” in Twin Cities fandom for a while, and this is a part of taking an active role in shaping that next era.
Our Heritage
Posted by: Michael Lee on: July 10, 2009
I found a quote from one of the founders of Minn-Stf, Jim Young, from a Minicon panel in the late 1970s:
YOUNG: Well, you know, Minn-Stf has had a tradition of coming up with grand and glorious ideas well before it was ever able to do anything about them.
And I would like to think we carry [...]
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