Update from Elmey for the MFU 50th Anniversary plans

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Poll wrap up and call for volunteers!

The MFU 50 poll had a great turn out. Thank you everyone for voting!  Go here to see the results  OR..

In case you haven't had a chance to check, the top five vote getters are:



1. Fanwork Collections (34)
2. Short Fic Challenges (33)
3. Mini Bang (32)
4. The Writer's Bible (30)
5. The Quote Quiz (30)

And hurrah! four of those events (2 - 5) already have organizers/sponsors. And more good news, there are several other events, very close in vote to these, that are already spoken for too. Information under the cuts.

Important note: Our biggest vote getter, the Fanwork Collection needs an organizer to take it on. I think we all realize it will take some doing to figure out what we can do in this area and how best to do it--we need a plan! Any volunteers? You won't be on your own, but I hope one of us is interested enough in seeing this happen to take charge. Let's discuss it in the comments below. Because you don't really want me to start twisting arms.... ;)

I'm going to go over the three categories in more detail below, all under cuts because there's a lot of info and some of it no doubt tl;dr ;)


New Fiction/Fanwork events

We're in great shape here. The mini Bang has an organizer (elmey; and I'm going to put up a faq with details next week)

Round Robin has an organizer (frau_flora at mfuwss) details tba.

Short fiction challenges: carabele will adjust dates and subject matter on one of the the section7mfu Mood-y challenges to fit into the celebration. Posting requirements will also be adjusted to accommodate all genres.
Other challenges are possible as well as long as we coordinate dates to give every challenge the best chance for full author participation. And don't forget, we can always do some adhoc fun things like drabbles, 50-word stories or limericks for that matter--it will allow people who don't necessarily consider themselves writers to participate.

Other fanworks: artists, vidders, and other types of fan work can participate in the mini Bang. I hope as many people as possible do!
spikesgirl58 via mfu_icons will host an icon extravaganza
If you'd like to organize another event, please do--keeping in mind the date issues. There's also the alternative of creating an MFU50 tag on the mfu_scrapbook, and people can post art, graphics etc under that tag as inspiration strikes. We'd include the tag in our final MFU50 masterlist.

Celebrating 50 years of Fandom

For the Fanwork Collection, see discussion above
Linda Cornett (lcorn )has offered to put together the Writer's Bible, and will be asking for help with that so if it interests you, please mention below.
Meta: memes, commentary, memories give a chance for people who don't do other types of fanwork to participate actively in the celebrations. There's plenty of time to come up with ideas so if this interests you, comment below and/or put up a post when you're ready.

Fun and Games

We're covered except for the meetups.

Re-watch will be organized by spikesgirl58
Trivia Quiz is akane42me's albatross assignment
Great Quote Quiz will be organized by sparky955

We'll get faqs from all of them as we go along as well as calls for minions volunteers.

I think our cousins in Europe have given us a good model for meet-ups. Regional, and arranged amongst the attendees themselves. So if you're interested, give a shout-out to the mfu fans in your area via the Canteen or here on Network Command and let's see if we can't get some people together to party :)



Don't forget that this isn't meant to be the last word on events. We can add and subtract as we go along--if you have ideas, if you want to organize something, jump in! I'm collating and making posts, but the events depend on all of us.

As far as I'm concerned everything goes, as long as someone has the time and energy to organize it. The one thing we want to be careful about imo, is scheduling--we want each event to have the maximum impact and participation: for example we wouldn't want the Quote Quiz on the same day as the Trivia Quiz etc.

I'm planning to keep a master-list with links to events and dates on a sticky on top of network_command so you can always find the latest info. It might be easier to discuss more detailed logistics just among the oganizers but I welcome any comments and suggestions. Feel free to kibbitz below.

Finally: Branding!! Does anyone have time/inclination to make a Man from Uncle 50th banner? Something we can use to promote all events. Comment below please, or send me a PM. Because frankly, with the talent we have on tap, it would be sad if we had to use something I made :D

                                                   

Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for putting up the reminder! I want to encourage everyone to come over and chat :)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

yep, sharing is caring. Even though links were posted on the Canteen and Scrapbook, I figure there's some people who might have missed them.

Just spreading the luv! Thanks for everything you're doing. I know Carabele came up with the Mood-Y for section 7 but Glenna and I are chatting about some other things to possibly add to the list. Will let you know.

She's been very tied up as her Aunt is very ill and needs a lot of attention.