Jan 24  Are you ready to convene?

Still sick from eating too much sushi? Well, I’m afraid Ctrl-A won’t be waiting for you to feel better. Let’s get started with week 4, shall we?

• Meeting – Monday, January 24 at 6:00pm, Room MC 2035 – Week 4 means meeting 4. Expect an in-depth discussion of EMC, among other things.
• Project Night – Wednesday, January 26 at 6:00pm, Room SLC 2109 – Yet more project night will be occurring this Wednesday, in the usual place at the usual time. Perhaps not as productive as I have been implying, but has the potential to be productive. Definitely bring any projects of your own if you have them.
• Emiko’s Mini Convention (EMC) – Friday, January 28, 7:00pm to 10:00pm; Saturday, January 29, 10:00am to 10:00pm; Sunday, January 30, 10:00am to 4:00pm; Location: Bricker Academic Building at Wilfrid Laurier University. Check out the official website here, or you can pre-reg for the con ($5) here. Schedule is available here. Of particular note is a Weiβ Schwarz how-to-play session held on Saturday at 11:30AM to 1:30PM. If you wanted to join the tournament but didn’t know how to play, this is your best chance to try it out.
• Meeting 5 – Monday, January 31 at 6:00pm, Room MC 2035 – As if there was any doubt, there’s another meeting this coming Monday. Go there and revel in the bureaucracy.

A representative from Anime North, Janet, visited on the Saturday of show 1 to talk about some available positions for the AMV contest. One of the positions is for the AMV Judging Team. This is a volunteer position, and amounts to approximately 5 hours of work. She is also looking to hire a video tech, a staff position, that will write submissions onto DVDs and mail them out. If you are interested in these, you can contact her by sending her an email here.

Now, I thought I’d take a moment to refer you to our forums. Just because there isn’t an event going on, doesn’t mean we aren’t all talking with each other; it just usually means those conversations are taking place on the forum. Here are some interesting things going on right now.

• Ordering Stuff – If you are interested in importing something from Japan, there is likely a thread here that can help you out. There are orders for AmiAmi, Rightstuf, Rakuten, Hobby Search, etc. Just post in the thread specifying what you want to buy, it’ll be added to the group order, and when it arrives, pay the appropriate person and get your merchandise. The main reason for this is to save on shipping, which is usually quite high.
• Anime North Pre-reg – I’ve posted about this before, but it’s an ongoing thing. Register for Anime North with us and you can pay the group rate of $40, a full $15 less than the standard rate. And once again, if you are interested in a group cosplay as Pokémon gym leaders, you can coordinate that in this thread.
• Find the Filter – Our forum game needs some love. Scour the forum and find the hidden word filters. There are four active filters right now, at least two of which are not very well hidden at all. If you find a filter, you get a point.
• Chaos and Weiβ Schwarz Tournaments – There’s still plenty of time to register, and even learn how to play if you haven’t yet. Talk to Will or Robo at games night (or wherever you happen to see them) and experience the card games that are spreading through the club like a plague.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. What are you waiting for? Go and check out our forums, and see what all the fuss is about.

That’s all for this week. Have fun!

“Drinking goodness sake for goodness sake!” Dylan