Close Quarters 2009 Schedule
July 17-19, 2009
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Thursday: The con doesn't "officially" begin until Friday July 17, and the con room won't be open until then, but your friendly con organizer and helpers will be in their room from Thursday afternoon, feverishly working on last minute preparations. Congoers arriving Thursday are welcome – no, encouraged! – to drop by.
Note on Panel Duration: Panels are tenatively scheduled to last one hour, but to allow flexibility, the schedule leaves room for up to an hour and a half for each.
**Registration will continue in the con room throughout the day Friday (until dinnertime) and until mid-afternoon Saturday**
Friday | ||||
8:30am | Dealer set-up |
Con room opens for dealer set-up only | ||
10:00am | Con Begins - Registration, Meet & Greet |
Sign in, meet and greet Pros friends old and new, hang out in the con room. Dealers will continue to set up as they arrive. | ||
12:00pm | Lunch |
Pizza and cookies served in the con room | ||
2:00pm | The Appeal of Pros: From Drawing Them In to One True Fandom Justacat & Kris |
Is Pros one of many fandoms for you or the One? What brought you into Pros and what keeps you here? For many of us, Pros is the fandom that remains central to our fannish lives. Why? | ||
3:30pm | Trapped on a Desert Island: Your Desert Island Fic, Zine, & Episode FJBryan |
Let’s find out what stories, zines, and episodes you simply couldn’t live without. One of each, please! | ||
5:00pm | Break for Dinner | Getting in and out of local restaurants on Friday night can involve waiting, so we've scheduled an early, and long, dinner tonight, to allow you to get back in time for the vid show. | ||
7:00pm | Vid Show |
Approx. 7-9pm (two halves, with intermission) | ||
9:00pm | Vids By Request |
Request repeats of your favorites from the vid show, or vids that weren't in the show, if available - or just hang out and chat. | ||
10:00pm | Late Night Activities |
Hang out in the con room - quietly! - for an hour or so, or night owls can come to CQ HQ to watch episodes into the wee hours, technology permitting! | ||
Saturday | ||||
9:30am | Old Dogs and New Tricks PFL/msmoat & Diane |
How has fan fiction in Pros changed? Or has it? Is it getting better? More realistic? Or is it deteriorating into Drabble of the Week? | ||
11:00am | Old Lads: Do They Run CI5, or Have They Run Away? Kath Moonshine |
We all know about burnout. Would it happen to the Bisto Kids? Only one of them? Do they need to work together forever to have a happy relationship? If not at CI5, then where? | ||
12:30pm | Lunch Break |
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2:00pm | Hurts So Good Diane |
Hurt/comfort in Pros. Why do we always hurt the ones we love? And who does it the best? | ||
3:30pm | Pros Fandom & AUs: I Have This Great Story You Should Read... gblvr & PR Zed |
One of the things that kept our loyal CQ Con Minion from the fandom for so long was, "I have this great story you should read; it’s an AU!" She couldn’t understand the lure; if you wanted her to read about Bodie and Doyle from Pros, why not rec a more canon-compliant story? It wasn’t until she started to read more that she got it: there are a ton of AUs in Pros, from circus performers to elves to Bodie and Doyle in space! Why is it this fandom spawns so many? Is it easier to write an AU in Pros, or is it something about the boys that makes us want to see them everywhere? | ||
6:00pm | Dinner at the Greene Turtle |
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8:00pm | The Pros Quiz |
How much do you really know about Pros? This challenging multi-part game, with sections like What Happened Next, Observation, Name the Episode, and Identify the Quote, will separate the "Pros" from the amateurs! Divide into teams to tackle it; you'll need to pool your knowledge for this one. We guarantee that fun and laughs will be had by all, and there'll be prizes for the winning team. | ||
10:00pm | Late Night Activities |
Hang out in the con room - quietly! - for an hour or so, or night owls can come to CQ HQ to watch episodes into the wee hours, technology permitting! | ||
Sunday | ||||
10:00am | Pros Slash Pictionary | It's porny, it's silly, it's smutty, and it's the best fun ever! Seriously! | ||
1:00pm | Can Tough Men Be Tender Lovers? Kat & Justacat |
Bodie and Doyle are the hard men of CI5, but...can they be tender in the bedroom? Is it always rough and fast, or are there hearts and flowers behind closed doors? | ||
2:30pm | Dead Dog |
This is your chance to tell the con organizers what you liked about the con - and what you didn’t. Share your thoughts, and help us decide whether Close Quarters should continue as a regular (every other year!) event, or whether you've had enough. | ||
3:00pm | Con Room Breakdown and Post-Con Hanging Out |
We'll start breaking down the con room now, but we have the room for the rest of the day, so there's no need to rush away - stick around, hang out, help with clean-up if you're inclined... We can leave the TV and DVD player going until the last minute, snack on the leftover food, wind down - and talk Pros, of course, because too much is never enough! |