• 1st Prize Panasonic VIErA 127cm Plasma Full HD TV (THP50G10A) + Blu Ray Home Theatre System (both with 4 year warranty) with iPod Dock + HDMI 1.5m cable + Fibre Optic Cable + Dick Smith 6-Way Surge Board + Nintendo Wii +Wii Biggest Loser Game + Wii Fit Plus/with Balance Board Retail value $5165.00
• 2nd Prize Apple MacBook Pro 15″ 2.53Ghz, 250GB HDD + APPLECare Macbook Pro/Power Book + MS Office MAC Home & Student 2008 + X+Y Sleeve Retail value $3132.00
• 3rd Prize $2000.00 STA Travel Voucher (*conditions apply) Retail value $2000.00
• 4th Prize Apple iPhone 3Gs 16GB Retail value $879.00
• 5th Prize 3 Month membership to Unigym Hobart for 2 people (Donated by Unigym) Retail value $422.00
• 6th prize 3 Month membership to Unigym Launceston for 2 people (Donated by Unigym) Retail value$422.00
• 7th Prize NAVMAN MY50T GPS Navigator + 2 year Warranty + GPS Case Retail value $398.00
• 8th Prize $300.00 Myer Gift Voucher Retail value $300.00
• 9th Prize $250.00 Co-op Bookshop gift voucher (Donated by the University Co-operative Bookshop) Retail value $250.00
• 10th Prize $150.00 Savoy Baths Gift Voucher Retail value $150.00
• 11th Prize 2 Village Cinemas Gold Class Movie Vouchers + Gold Class $30.00 Food & Beverage Voucher Retail value $104.00

Now that is a mighty fine bucket of prizes if I do say so myself. Each ticket costs 2 dollars. If you don’t want loose tickets, each book has 10 tickets and thus costs 20 dollars. Fairly straight forward math. 
The drawing will occur in August, but don’t wait for the last moment. Hunt us down now and get your tickets. You can always find someone with a book to sell at either the LANs or the Anime Society Screenings.

Yes that’s right, it’s an update. After a month and a half of recovery, we’re well on our way back to another great con!

While the masses are reeling from the sheer awesome that was the 2010 AICon, work is already underway for the AICon 2011! We hope to be able to keep you updated throughout the year leading up to the convention, so check back often.

Now on to the announcements:

• The theme for 2011 has been decided. Lips are still sealed, but expect an official announcement to be forthcoming, so stay tuned.
• Raffle tickets are being sold to raise some money for the convention. The prizes being offered are made from pure awesome. A full list will be up soon. If you are interested, you can pick them up at any AICon or ASoc events.
  Currently we are aiming to have either one at least once a week.
• For those not interested in winning awesome stuff (seriously?), you can still help raise money by selling books.
  I think you can see a trend when I say more information will be released soon.

Also, the 8th AICon LAN is scheduled for this Saturday. It will run from noon to midnight. Anyone in and around Hobart that might be interested can click the link on the sidebar to the left.

Everyone else can also click on the link and read about what goes on in the LANs.

Now we’re up to the time of year where we elect our next committee, if you’d like to be involved please contact Blah on the forums or by email at :

digivisipop@aicon.org.au

All positions are up for grabs except Convener, Financial Officer and Secretary which were voted for at the AGM on the 20th. So if you’d like to apply, send a small application letter for the position to me, it doesn’t matter if you don’t think you have the skills required or don’t know how to do the job, we can teach you, what we need is people that want to help and have the motivation to see AICon grow and improve.

For a full list of positions, check the forums over the next few days as I will have position titles and descriptions up. If the position you want doesn’t exist and you can justify it, we will create it for you.

We’re only hours away from our totally awesome convention.

We’ve toiled long and hard, and you’ve all registered and helped us get to where we are. The only thing left to do is flip the switches and have a wonderful weekend!

Please remember to take a gander at our Schedule to find out what is when, and check our Getting there section to find us!

Thank you all so much, lets have a great weekend!!

Dont fret about Sunday being a no-bank day. As long as you get in your registration today your all set!
This is also a reminder to those that havn’t paid to please make the transfer ASAP & if you’ve experienced any problems with the pre-registration system to email us here and we’ll take care of you.

In other absolutely exciting news we’ve finalised details about our After Party! We really encourage everyone and everyone to come along because its a great way to meet the people behind the convention, unwind after the con and just have a great time!

Also we hope plenty of people can participate in our Scavenger Hunt! This year’s is part wild goose chase and part murder mystery.

Also a reminder that we’ll have the OzTaku Artists Corner running all weekend, which should prove to be a fountain of creative excellence.

And please dont forget to drop by the AI-Con Games Room which will also be running for the length of the con.

Also I want to remind everyone that Pre-Registration will be closing this Sunday the 28th of February. So get in before then to save yourself some cash and jump the line-ride!

Our events co-ordinator would like to remind everyone to please register yourself for the cosplay competition please!

You can now buy tickets for the con at “Niko Niko” in Cat & Fiddle Arcade in the Hobart CBD! Please go & take a look at one of the better anime/jculture stores in Hobart.

NikoNiko WIP

Better yet please go ahead and check out our Art competition. Entries can either be pre-reg’d or brought on the day of the con. To read more click here.

We’ve also cooked up a new special event called “Deal or no Deal“. Inspired by the prime-time TV gameshow, we think you’ll enjoy the anime-ified format!

Also please remember that Pre-Reg has been extended till the end of Febuary so get in now and save money!!

Also, pre-reg’ing means you get to jump the line-ride, how cool is that?

So you’ve not got untill Febuary 28 to click here and pre-reg!

Also a few updates! We’ve updated the Panels page to flesh out most of the panels we’re hosting this year.

Our Game Room Tournaments are up too!

Your faithful webmonkey has finally gotten more updates on the website!

Cosplay Chess is up, you can register as a chess piece or as captain.

One of our biggest competitions, the Cosplay competition is now up and can be registered for!

Also, as if that wasn’t enough, our Fruits Fashion competition is also up and rego ready!

- So please, take a look, register and get ready for AI-Con 2010!

Competitions > AMV Competition  is the page you have to go to find out all the important details for entry.

Info, entry form & contact details are all within, so go have a look!

Please remember pre-reg is now open & to subscribe to us via RSS!

Interested in writing or running a panel at AICon 2010? If you want to know more about panels or are interested in running one of your own please contact Iron_Rose either via the forums or through the contact info provided below.

If you have already suggested a panel and still want to do it PLEASE let Iron_Rose know by DECEMBER 26TH. If you fail to do so other people will be given the opportunity to take over the panel topic.

Iron_Rose – (Maddie O’Keeffe)
Events and Panels Coordinator,
events@aicon.org.au

Whilst there isn’t a set date for pre-registration, I can confirm that we’ll have it open soon. Attendees will be able to pre-register directly on our website without the need for signing up for an account.

Once again, look forward to more information on what AICon has to offer in 2010 shortly! And if you haven’t already, make sure to join our forum and also follow us via RSS here.