Mysterium

Shorah Everyone

We have some big news for you today. At long last, Mysterium 2012 registration is open! We also have several contests and calls for submission, so read on for all the info. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey folks

So, it probably looked like the whole committee fell into the lake for a while there. Sorry about that! We’re going to try to be more active getting news out from now on (hold us to that, and complain if we aren’t.. you have my permission*)

On the hotel front, we are getting closer to booking a hotel for the Con. Treasurer Odo is working hard to negotiate a great deal for us (keeping registration fees and room costs as low as possible). We hope to have some more info on that in the next couple of weeks.

On the website front, don’t you just love our new website? It looks so different, right? Right?! Ok, fine, it’s the same old website, but now with accurate information! Alahmnat got us a fresh running copy of the site, and I’ve spent the past several hours digging through all the content in an attempt to bring it all up-to-date. Let me know if you find any problems or old info that needs updating.

On the events/presentations front, we are putting out a soft-call for events. We’ll make a larger announcement with all the normal guidelines and dates later, but I want to get the ball rolling now. So if you have some ideas for a presentation or event, head over to the events page and send it to us.

On the communication front (man, this is a lot of fronts…), you will find a new (hard to notice**) link on the right of the main Mysterium page for our new mailing list. We’ve finally gone ahead and setup a ‘real’ mailing list that we will ping with occasional news. I know we had an email submission form on our splash page this fall, but if you still want to be on the mailing list we ask that you please sign up again. You can do that here. I’m going to email everyone who signed up before later tonight with that link (rather than opt everyone in to all of the lists myself). Also, stay tuned to this blog. It will still be the place for the latest and most frequent Mysterium news, and I’m hoping to start keeping it going with some insight into what we do behind the scenes to put this thing together.

Finally, on the FMG front, we have some news. As you may know, OHB has been the Chairman of the Board of the FMG since it was formed this past summer. For personal reasons, he has decided to step down from that position. Please join me in wishing him luck, and thanking him for his work on getting the FMG and Mysterium 2012 going these past several months. I’m told this means I get promoted from Vice-Chair to Chair now. Hopefully I can hold this crazy ship together until August…

Seriously though, feel free to contact me or anyone else on the board/committee if you have need to do so. This is your convention, we just make it happen! Until next time,

To the honor of our Tubers,
-Taniith, FMG Chair

*Oh man, why did I say that?
**The moral of this story: Never send a technical artist to do a web designer’s job

Hello world!

We apologize for the delays and the downtime. Unfortunately being all-volunteer means our volunteers sometimes come and go as demands require. Also it doesn’t help when your server gets hacked. But hey, we’re back in business, and ready to dish out some information! Stay tuned, and keep an eye on the site as we rebuild it. Details on Mysterium 2012 are coming shortly.

We hope everyone had fun attending Mysterium 2011 (in person or otherwise)! If you took pictures/video and have uploaded it, please post a link in the comments on this post.

Thanks for all the support, and we hope to see you next year!

-Taniith

Have a question for Rand Miller. Check out this new post for details on how to get it answered!

There has been some confusion about Mysterium 2011, so to make it official, here’s the official word: while it is true that the Mysterium Committee originally decided not to directly organize an event this year, a group of fans formed the Mysterium’nee Committee to organize this year’s Mysterium in Boston, Massachusetts. That event is now the official Mysterium for 2011. We fully support their efforts (some of us are even helping to organize it), we wish them well and we encourage you to go!

- Odo

Are you ready for it? Here it comes…

Registration is open! The hotel is standing by! Go go go!

*cough* That is to say, check out our latest post for information on registration, hotel bookings, hats, and more.

To the honor of our tubers,
The Mysterium Committee

Greetings my starchy friends!

As you may have noticed, there has been a dearth of Mysterium news ’round these parts. A bunch of us noticed it too, and our digging revealed hints that Mysterium might not be happening. But don’t panic! We decided to take it upon ourselves to plan a Mysterium for this year, full of all your favorite activities*. We are the Mysterium’nee committee, and we have setup shop over at http://mysterium.zibland.com/. With the blessings** of folks from your normal committee, we will be running Mysterium this year. We have hacked been given permission to post some news here on the main Mysterium site, but be sure to visit http://mysterium.zibland.com/ for the most up-to-date news.

That link, again, is http://mysterium.zibland.com/.

Mysterium will be held in Boston from August 5-7 this year. So mark your calendars and get ready, because hotel bookings and registration will open shortly! And remember, never trust a potato with repressed memories***.

-The Committee

*plus or minus all your favorite activities

**we also stole Odo from them in an advisory capacity

***unless properly coated with lemon juice