On a much smaller scale and far more immediate, if you have clutter lying around the house that you ‘really should get around to cleaning up’, we also have the solution. The second Great AICon Garage Sale is happening at the Sorell Market on the 18th of July. Anyone that wants to offload stuff is welcome. Bring a range of garage sale items, or if you want to make stuff, like cupcakes, you can do that too. AICon will be paying for the site and a double space has already been booked. If anyone has tables they can bring we would appreciate it. How much of your profits you donate to AICon is up to you. Last time we only asked for 10% and everyone gave about 50%. So do whatever feels right. If you can’t make it, but have stuff you want to sell, get it to us before the event and we’ll bring it with us, space in cars pending.

On the other hand if you’re looking to add to your clutter, do come and pay us a visit at the Market. There will be groaning and moaning about the time, (mostly) shiny things and insanity. More information about the Sale here.

LAN #14 is on for this Saturday (17th July). We have moved to the Hobart Showgrounds for the foreseeable future. For those interested, you can find more information here or through the link to the left.

For everyone else, we have these announcements for you:

Footage from 2010 AICon events will be up for your viewing pleasure soon. If you missed an event you really really wanted to see or if you want to relive the awesomeness, keep your eye on this space.

Along with that, we’re also going to get a shiny new website to poke around. This new site will also hold all the new information for next year’s con. Expect all this to happen vaguely within the next 2 weeks.

If you’re after something more concrete, the Hobart Zombie March is on this Saturday (19th June). If you’re interested but don’t feel like marching alone, you can probably find someone to hold your hand (or the guts spilling from your stomach) on the forums. We don’t bite…much. It was an isolated incident!

For those who have an aversion to the undead but find their Saturdays empty, there will be another LAN this Saturday from noon to 1 past midnight. Writeup of the previous LAN and what to expect in the coming one can be found here.

There’s not much to report in terms of new developments, but tomorrow (Saturday 29th May) will be the last anime screening of the university semester. It will start up again in semester 2, but if you get the chance, come on down and say hi.

The fortnightly LANs are still running. The most recent one (Saturday 22nd May) was an epic affair. There’s always space for more if you’re interested in having some fun. It seems that we might be reaching capacity in terms of machines we can fit in the room, but don’t hesitate to come on down to the next one (Saturday 5th June).

I apologize for the lack of updates in the past weeks, but the committee is currently in the process of finalizing many many things. The moment something is concrete and I get permission to announce it, it’ll be up here.

Cheers all~

Let me break it down for you:
Who: You!
What: Anime Island Convention (AICon)
Where: Derwent Entertainment Centre (DEC)
When: 5th to 6th of March 2011 
Why: It will be buckets and buckets of fun.

Next year is going to be bigger and better than ever. Don’t believe me? Be at the DEC on the 5th and 6th! We’ll prove it to you. In all seriousness, this growth could not happen without your support, so on behalf of everyone on the committee I would like to thank all of you out there in reader-land.
In more immediate news, there will be an anime screening this Saturday. This will be a good place to get your hands on raffle tickets for the awesome prizes, so check out the Anime Society website for further information.
That is all ladies and gentlemen, have a good week.

• 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!