Charity and Final Attendance
Between the Silent Auction, Bidding Paddles, Geek Auction, and Vendor Fees we raised almost $700 for charity which will be donated to Child's Play.
The Final Attendance number was a record 420 people, up from last year's attendance of 402. Despite the freezing temperature and cold rain on Friday we still had a wonderful performance from the Flaming Faeries, Tom Smith's concerts on Fri and Sat evening were both amazing, and the Geek Auction on Sat evening was a lot of fun. We would like to thank all of our guests, attendees, and especially volunteers for great con.
If you have any comments or suggestions on how we can improve next year, please send us an e-mail. See you all in 2011!
Convention Packet and Schedule
Convention Packet and Schedule
Updates
Campus is officially closed, but the con should be opening as planned. It doesn't look like more than rain today, but please drive safe. Saturday looks like possible snow showers, so keep updated on the website for news. We should be opening as planned tomorrow as well.
Parking and Weather
Reminder to please print out a parting notice thing for the back window of your car, or pick one up at the registration table in Dana during the con.
A revised and updated schedule is on the website, though there is one further thing to be added tomorrow before the con. Keep updated on the website please.
Any closings/postmonements/delays will be posted here and on our .
Updated Weather Plans
At the moment, the weather forecast does not seem that bad for this weekend. There could be freezing rain during the day Fri, and if it causes campus to loose power we unfortunately will have to close early. Saturday looks like a mix of rain/snow, but not too much. Even if Saturday classes are cancelled, we can most likely stay open depending on the severity of the weather.
If we do have to cancel or delay opening, we will e-mail the guests/artists/vendors/event runners whom we have been in conctact with. It will also be posted here on the website.
The schedule has been rearranged due to the weather, and will be updated on the website later this evening. The main change is that the Flaming Faeries performance is from 6-7p right after opening ceremonies, the general rooms (including artist/guest/vendor) will be open from 7-9p, and the Tom Smith concert is from 9-10:30p, followed by the Crapathon. Since the concert and the Crapathon are in the same location, we will be asking everyone to leave the Dana Auditorium so IDs can be checked. The Crapathon is 18+ due to content, and due to legal reasons we need to be sure that everyone in attendance is over 18.
Please Note that the artist/vendor rooms are open when the general rooms are open: Fri 7-9pm, Sat 10a-8p, Sun 10a-4p.
Weather Plans
We're working on a solid weather plan in case it snows. At the moment, we have no idea since we have to rely on various departments at the school and can't always get in touch with all of them on the same day. Thursday morning I have a meeting which should make things much more definiatve. Currently, everything is happening as it should though we may rearrange the Flaming Faries performance with something else, so they have less weather and cold to deal with. (Well us too since we will outside watching them). Also currently (at least as far as I know at the moment), if there is inclement weather and campus is closed we will also be closed. If this happens, we will not know until 6 am the day of, at the latest. If there is bad enough weather in the morning and campus is closed in the evening, we will not know until 3 pm. If either of these occur, we will send everyone we can (i.e. Artists/Guests/Vendors/Event Runners) the news via e-mail, and it will be posted here on the website.
I will also be inquiring tomorrow about the possiblity of having limited events Next Saturday, if we are closed down this Sat. We want to stay open if we can, but if snow causes a saftey issue we'd rather not have people getting into accidents.
Tenative Schedule
There is a tenative schedule availiable. It is subject to changes of Time or Location up until the con. Please take note of the upload time/date on the schedule and check that you have the most recent one. It will be finalized before the start of the con, and you will recieve a printed version in the convention packet that you get at registration along with your free and shiney doorprizes. If you are involved in running something at the con and have a conflict with the current posted time of the event, please let us know. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
Parking and Schedule
There is decent parking availiable behind Dana, and minimal parking next to Duke. Click here to see a map of campus and the con location. We have talked to Public Safety, and it will not be required to get parking permits for your cars. HOWEVER they requested that a card be placed on your back window saying "I Am Attending What the Hell?! Con". You can print one yourself, or pick one up at the registration table in Dana during the con.
There is a Preliminary list of events for 2010 subject to Changes of time and location. Schedule in picture format to come soon.
Updates
I have made a few updates to the site: The list of rooms and events have been added to the side navigation bar, and there is a link to hotels reccomended by Guilford College on the Location page. The flyers for this year have been posted, as well as the new T-Shirt design. The Rooms page has been updated as well. Hopefully we will have a finalized-ish version of the schedule done by the end of the week, and it will be posted along with the updated Events page.
We now have the Geek Auction Form available on our links page. Either give a printed copy of completed form to Convention Staff by Jan 31st, or e-mail it to us. Please Read These Notes on the Auction, and be aware that submitting a form for the geek auction does not guarantee that you will actually be in the auction. As we have limited time, there are a limited number of slots in the auction. You can be part of a group, and if you have a good gimmick the more likely you will be chosen to be in the auction.
Dates and Locations!
We have a confirmed Date and Location. WTHCon 2010 will be happening on Feb 5th-7th, in the buildings of Duke and Dana. While we would love to return to King, it is no longer suitable for holding a convention. This disrupts the cohesive feeling of being in a single location, but we will do our best to keep everything running smoothly in both buildings.
We already have a fantastic list of Guests and Vendors, you should check them out!
WTHCon 2010
We would like to note this will be the 10th annual What-the-Hell?! Con. Nothing has been comfirmed yet other than main constaff, but hopefully we will be able to have a date and location before the start of the fall semester. We'd like to have the con Feb 5-7th, the weekend before Katsucon.
The Location is still a debate: We love having it in one building, but King (the Usual building) is having many classrooms we use turned into offices. We also always have scheduling-conflicts with Saturday classes that turn into drama at the con, no matter how hard we try to avoid them. We have also previously held the con in two buildings, which isn't ideal but may be the better choice give the circumstances.
Either way, as we get updates they will be posted. Meanwhile, feel free to browse last years' site. The gallery from WTHCon 09 has also been posted.
Post-WTHCon 09
Long-time-no-see, I know it's late but here's a post-con update. We had an attendance of over 400 people! There was some drama, there always is, but most of it got settled. Main Constaff wants to thank all of our volunteer gophers, room runners, event runners, etc, even if you just did it for the t-shirt. We could not have done it without you. Everyone at Yachting Club would like to thank all of our Guests and Vendors, and especially Tom Smith for his two fantastic performances. We enjoyed having everyone at the con and hope to see you again next year!
Almost forgot, we raised $1200 from the Geek Auction and Silent Auction, which was donated to NAMI in the name of Will Davis.
