NeoAniCon | Possible New Anime Convention for Baltimore, MD.

[KSweeley]

Hello everyone,

I am please to announce the creation of NeoAniCon, a new anime convention that's being planned by me with help with some forum members from another forum that I'm a member of and some personal friends of mine. We are currently trying to find a location for the convention in the Baltimore area. We're considering of possibly having it in a hotel. We are currently looking for funding for this project. There are current plans to file for a U.S. Trademark on the name of our convention, NeoAniCon, the cost for filing a U.S. Trademark is $335.00. Also we have plans to register a domain name for our convention at www.neoanicon.com , now because of the various domain name registration services, the cost for registering a domain name varies. We also need staff members as well. NeoAniCon, what does it mean? Well Neo is New, Ani is an abbreviation of Anime, and Con is an abbreviation of Convention. We are going to start it out small then let it grow gradually until we get to a point of having it in the Baltimore Convention Center. As we are in the early planning stages for this convention, things are subject to change and we do not have a estimated date yet for our convention, we're thinking of having it during Spring Break.

For Staff Members, staffing will have sections that people can select, there's a limit of the number of people that we can accept for the sections. The minimum number is 5 and maximum is 10 [subject to change]. The categories I'm thinking of for staffing currently is: Legal Issues, Dealer's Room, Video Room, Security, Publications, Website Manager, Website Editor, Photography, Videography, Japanese Guest Relations, American Guest Relations, Press/Industry Relations, Registration, Video Gaming, Workshops, Correspondance Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Dance.

The convention is in the early planning stages so the list of categories are subject to change at anytime. I'll post any additions or deletions when we know of any. Also the number of people who are allowed in one category are also subject to change.

To help me with funding of the convention or to become a staff member in one of those categories, please IM me using AIM, my SN is WeezingPok or email me at windowsxp2@hotmail.com subject: NeoAniCon.

Thanks,

KSweeley
NeoAniCon President

[Kusoyaro]

Wow. What is it with this area? There are already 3 conventions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and now there's going to be a 4th?

[KSweeley]

Wow. What is it with this area? There are already 3 conventions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and now there's going to be a 4th?

Me and a few friends agreed that there aren't many conventions in the Baltimore area, so we're going to start this one. If you want to help us, IM me using AIM, my SN is WeezingPok when I'm on, I'm usually on at night and sometimes during the day.

[Kusoyaro]

I'd recommend you do it in late spring/early summer. Otakon dominates late summer, then there's Anime USA in late fall, and Katsucon in February. Even so, you'll be facing some stiff competition, since there are a LOT of cons in the late spring/early summer time frame.

[KSweeley]

I'd recommend you do it in late spring/early summer. Otakon dominates late summer, then there's Anime USA in late fall, and Katsucon in February. Even so, you'll be facing some stiff competition, since there are a LOT of cons in the late spring/early summer time frame.

We have plans of starting it during the month that spring break occurs. There's no conventions in the Baltimore area that occur in that month to our current knowledge.

[jbone]

For Staff Members, staffing will have sections that people can select, there's a limit of the number of people that we can accept for the sections. The minimum number is 5 and maximum is 10 [subject to change]. The categories I'm thinking of for staffing currently is: Legal Issues, Dealer's Room, Video Room, Security, Publications, Website Manager, Website Editor, Photography, Videography, Japanese Guest Relations, American Guest Relations, Press/Industry Relations, Registration, Video Gaming, Workshops, Correspondance Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Dance.

It's understandable that you want to start off big, but you list way, way too many individual titles at this point in time. You'd be better off finding people who want to do the jobs, and who _actually_ do the jobs, rather than just handing out titles to people who volunteer. Also, the person who designs publications should design the website, as well, and I doubt you need a designated "website editor" - any design-related changes to the website should be made by the web designer, and any other applicable people should have the necessary permissions to edit the news and whatnot.

Try not to get too carried away. As has already been pointed out, there are already three widely-known anime conventions in your area, and a fourth probably won't become very large-scale very quickly, if at all.

[KSweeley]

For Staff Members, staffing will have sections that people can select, there's a limit of the number of people that we can accept for the sections. The minimum number is 5 and maximum is 10 [subject to change]. The categories I'm thinking of for staffing currently is: Legal Issues, Dealer's Room, Video Room, Security, Publications, Website Manager, Website Editor, Photography, Videography, Japanese Guest Relations, American Guest Relations, Press/Industry Relations, Registration, Video Gaming, Workshops, Correspondance Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Dance.

It's understandable that you want to start off big, but you list way, way too many individual titles at this point in time. You'd be better off finding people who want to do the jobs, and who _actually_ do the jobs, rather than just handing out titles to people who volunteer. Also, the person who designs publications should design the website, as well, and I doubt you need a designated "website editor" - any design-related changes to the website should be made by the web designer, and any other applicable people should have the necessary permissions to edit the news and whatnot.

Try not to get too carried away. As has already been pointed out, there are already three widely-known anime conventions in your area, and a fourth probably won't become very large-scale very quickly, if at all.

No, we don't want to start out large, we want to start small then let the convention grow on its own. My goal is to let it grow big enough to place the convention at the Baltimore Convention Center.

[KSweeley]

Wow. What is it with this area? There are already 3 conventions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and now there's going to be a 4th?

I know that Otakon is the major anime convention in the Baltimore area, so what are the names of the other two???

[Kusoyaro]

Wow. What is it with this area? There are already 3 conventions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia area, and now there's going to be a 4th?

I know that Otakon is the major anime convention in the Baltimore area, so what are the names of the other two???

Katsucon and Anime USA. They're not in the Baltimore area, they're in Northern Virginia, but they're both an hour or less away. In fact, last year Katsucon was held in Baltimore, across the harbor from the convention center.