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confabcon2020-02-03 01:13 am
CONfab Auction
Every year we try to put together the best convention for the lowest price we can possibly offer. Year over year the prices change, but this year we’ve had a big jump in hotel costs that would be difficult to offset at our current attendee numbers. Rather than passing off all of the cost changes to our attendees, we thought we’d raise money to help deal with the increase. As it stands, the badge price is going up to $150, and we didn’t want to take it any higher.
Hence the auction was born!! You get to find new treasures and help the convention continue on. Anyone who donates to the auction will be entered into a drawing for a free badge for CONfab 2020. (Unable to attend the con? You can still donate!) EDIT: This is a pre-con auction.
Not only will this auction help us run a great convention, but it will also allow one person to attend the convention for free and help us to spread the word about CONfab and hopefully grow our little fandom family.
Submissions of items for bid, provided by any willing member of the fannish community, will begin posting Feb 15, 2020, and additional dates and information will be posted shortly.
If you have any questions please comment below or email us at info@confabcon.com!
FYI - The auction is going to be changing this year. Due to COVID-19 we are adjusting both the timing and the scope of the auction. Please go to our website for more information.
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Is this for an online pre-con auction, or is this for bringing auction items to the con?
When is the con? I've been watching and watching for an announcement of the date, but I guess I missed that.
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This is an online pre-auction to help cut down the cost of the con. Sorry if we didn’t make that clear in the description. We’ll have a lot more info in the FAQ that should be out in a few days.
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(And -- duh -- I should have realized it's a PRE-con auction when it said the part about one person winning a con badge. During the con would be a little late for that.)
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This is a pre-con auction.
As far as what you can offer we’re looking for the following.
Art (Digital, painting, sculpture, etc)
Crafts (knitting, cross-stitch, collages, etc.)
Fan Labor (Beta, editors, link wrangling, Brit-picking etc.)
Fic
Podfic
Vids
We’ll have more info in the FAQ in a few days.
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