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Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Guests of Honor

The Guests department is saddened to report that Thom Adcox will be unable to join us as planned due to an unexpected conflict. We wish Thom the best and hope that he can join us some other year.

Greg GulerThat being said, we are very happy to have Greg Guler, an artist and lead character designer on Gargoyles join us in Thom’s place. Thanks very much to Greg Weisman for helping us invite Greg to CONvergence 2014 at the last minute.

Greg Guler is currently the lead character designer on Phineas and Ferb and has worked for Walt Disney Studios since 1991. He has done everything from graphic design and comic book illustration to animation during his career.

Phineas and Ferb, Gargoyles, Mecha Nation

Please welcome Greg Guler to CONvergence 2014!

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Uncategorized

Come join Board of Directors for Convergence Events at the open meeting on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 07:00pm. The meeting will be held at the Waterbury Building, located at 1121 Jackson St NE, Suite 107.

Convergence Events, Incorporated is the parent organization for CONvergence.

We hope to see you there.

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Hotel

As of this date all DoubleTree by Hilton confirmations have been emailed.

If you believe that you should have received a confirmation from the DoubleTree by Hilton and have not received one please FIRST check your spam filters. If you have not received anything and think you should have, please contact hotel@convergence-con.org.

If you have received a confirmation from the DoubleTree by Hilton, please note that your confirmation must be guaranteed by June 10, 2014. Reservations not guaranteed are subject to cancellation without notice. To guarantee your reservation please call the number that is provided in you confirmation with a credit card or a debit card. Nothing will be charged to a CREDIT CARD until you check out. The amount of your stay plus an amount for incidentals will be allocated from your account if you use a DEBIT CARD. If you encounter any issues guaranteeing your room, please contact hotel@convergence-con.org.

Note please that at the local DoubleTree by Hilton number there are only 2 reservationists so it may take a couple of days for them to get back to you if you leave a voice-mail message. Please be patient.

Note please that if you cancel your reservation less than 72 hours prior to your check in you are subject to the first night’s stay being charged.

Any changes, whether it’s a date change or a cancellation must be sent to hotel@convergence-con.org, please.

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Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Hotel

The Hilton Minneapolis at 3900 American Blvd W, Bloomington, MN Has made more rooms available for CONvergence guests. Please see the Hilton Minneapolis website.

The rate is $99.00 for 2 beds, $89.00 for 1 king.

They did not advise how many additional rooms they have opened up for us, so reserve early!

As always, please contact the Hotel department if you have any questions and see the Get a Room page for information on overflow hotels, including which are already full.

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Mainstage, Music, Performers

Sunday July 6th, 2014 on MAINSTAGE @ 2pm-3pm!

Harisen Daiko returns for its second year on the CONvergence Mainstage! If you missed last year’s performance you had likely left the hotel altogether or were perhaps dead – because our beat carried all the way to the Plaza Tower and into many a panel. If you heard us without actually seeing the performance, you won’t want to miss this year’s new and returning pieces, and a new SciFi Medley.

Harisen Daiko, Taiko Drummers - 7/7/13

We are a diverse group of players with over a century of combined Taiko playing experience. Seeking cultural connection, chasing inspiration, and reveling in the energy that can only be found when you and about a dozen of your friends get together to hit things with sticks…usually drums. Harisen Daiko have come together for one purpose and one purpose only. To share our obsessive love of Japanese Taiko drumming with other people who obsessively love things.

Learn more at the Harisen Daiko Facebook Page!

 

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Panels, Programming

Hello and welcome to another great year of CONvergence Programming!

For the past several months, we’ve been compiling all the great ideas we’ve received and writing descriptions for those panels. Now it is time to ask you to sign up for them. Here’s how it works…read carefully because IT’S ALL DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

Start at the panel site:

http://panels.convergence-con.org

(Please note that the drop down menu allows you to view different keywords – you cannot see all of the panels at once). You can view the panels by selecting a keyword. Note that many panels are tagged with multiple keywords, so the same panel may appear in different lists. Also, panels that are locked are not shown.

READ THE STUFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PAGE.

Then,

READ THE STUFF AT THE END.

We mean that. Stuff has changed. After you’ve read that, you sign up for the panels by checking the boxes next to the panels that you would like to be on. Please check no more than eight. Then, go to the bottom and fill in the information. The fields are pretty self-explanatory, but please be aware that your email address is used to find you in our contacts database. If you enter a different email address from last year, it won’t link to your history.

If you have questions, comments, or something that doesn’t fit in the form (like telling us your email address changed), please send them to us at programming@convergence-con.org. HOWEVER, any email messages that include panel signups will be returned, so please sign up using the form and don’t include that in the email message.

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Music, Performers, Programming

As we all know CONvergence is growing and that at times there will be change. One of the changes this year was music at the convention. We know that music is important to the community and we want to make sure to work out the best use of space for all involved.

The plan as stated earlier on the website was to move music under two departments. Smaller acts into programming and larger acts onto the mainstage, however as you know things rarely go as planned. Since the announcement programming has lost the event space at the Sheraton Bloomington (former Sofitel) due to remodeling and mainstage has given three time slots to guests for Marina Sirtis and the other guests from Gargoyles.

As a result Programming only has limited space for groups that can work in our traditional programming rooms with minimal technical support and mainstage only has one time slot (Thursday at 11:30PM) available.

If you think your group will work within the programming parameters please contact programming@convergence-con.org.

If you feel your group would work on mainstage or you would like to make a suggestion contact mainstage@convergence-con.org.

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Gaming, Volunteers

CONvergence 2014 Gaming Department seeks interested, fun-loving GMs to run game events in our 22nd floor Gaming Space at this year’s convention (July 3-6, 2014)! Please note that hours spent preparing and running your game count as volunteer hours for the convention. Convention registration is required to run a game, so you’ll want to get your registration in as soon as possible if you haven’t already.

If you’re interested in running a game, please e-mail gaming@convergence-con.org with your contact info and the basic information* about your game – we’ll work with you to find a day / time slot for your game, and get you listed in our schedule. Table spaces are booked on a first come / first served basis, so the sooner you get us your request, the better chance you have of getting the day and time you prefer!

This year’s Convention Theme is Urban Fantasy – games that fit the theme are encouraged (ex.: The Dresden Files, White Wolf’s “World of Darkness”, d20 Modern games, etc.), but all games are welcome! We look forward to working with all of you!

*Basic game info includes: Type of game (board, card, RPG); Title, Game system, Expected approximate duration of the game, Appropriate ages, Expected player experience level, and Brief content summary.

Posted on by CONvergence Webteam Tayefel Posted in Connie's Quantum Sandbox, Volunteers

Connie’s Quantum Sandbox is looking for volunteers to lead and assist with some of the activities we would like to host at CONvergence 2014. Please click on the link and see if you have any skills you would like to share with us!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/191h3Oht2kMibZRCDRCcHctX34GTQelTzdfHSV5eKuHA/viewform

Applications will be taken until mid March.

Connie reclining