{"id":953,"date":"2024-08-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/?p=953"},"modified":"2024-09-22T23:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T23:13:32","slug":"confabulous-2024-is-almost-two-months-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/confabulous-2024-is-almost-two-months-away\/","title":{"rendered":"ConFABulous 2024 is Less Than Two Months Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To our\u00a0<span class=\"il\">ConFAB<\/span>\u00a0Friends,<\/p>\n<div>Preparations are underway for\u00a0<span class=\"il\">ConFABulous<\/span>\u00a02024 at the Crowne Plaza Suites MSP Airport \u2013 Mall of America, 3 Appletree Square in Bloomington, MN on October 11-13, 2024.\u00a0Register now at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455&amp;id=23a669af14&amp;e=3ecdb286a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455%26id%3D23a669af14%26e%3D3ecdb286a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727130689896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3P5-xRYkHPE9YD6x63WAYA\">https:\/\/<span class=\"il\">confabulous<\/span>.org\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/registration\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again our programming space is all on the hotel&#8217;s second floor, which is on the same level as the top floor of the parking garage and accessible via stairs and elevators from the main floor. We&#8217;re dedicating three rooms to role-playing games so the anguished screams of the vanquished and the joyous shouts of the victors will be less disturbing to the concentration of other dedicated gamers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hotel\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If you want to stay late gaming or \u2013 shudder \u2013 start early, our room rates are only $129, and you can book your room now.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455&amp;id=a1dbe9d236&amp;e=3ecdb286a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455%26id%3Da1dbe9d236%26e%3D3ecdb286a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727130689896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Nhcq-544aDFUziqXwNjxg\">https:\/\/<span class=\"il\">confabulous<\/span>.org\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/hotel\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Getting there\/Parking<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0As a reminder, you can park for free whether you have a room at the hotel or not and can also get to the hotel via light rail (and a very short walk). You&#8217;ll be close to the Mall of America and the MSP airport.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Once again in 2024 we will provide a selection of hot and cold foods catered by the hotel throughout the convention along with breakfasts, snacks and soda offerings from our ConSuite, including the Saturday Chocolate Symposium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Games\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 You&#8217;ll have access to a large selection of board and card games, and players that are willing to take you on whether you&#8217;re a beginner or an expert. We also have a video gaming area, and three rooms for role-playing games. If you would like to request a game or would like to run a role-playing game contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gaming@ConFABulous.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaming@<span class=\"il\">ConFABulous<\/span>.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Panels\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 We will offer a selection of panels of general interest to the speculative fiction and LGTBQA community. Volunteer to be on panels and send us your panel ideas! It&#8217;s never too early at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:programming@ConFABulous.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programming@<span class=\"il\">ConFABulous<\/span>.org<\/a><wbr \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>COVID\/Masking<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Due to the large uptick in the summer COVID wave this year our policies for 2024 are the same as last year.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455&amp;id=d0a191643f&amp;e=3ecdb286a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455%26id%3Dd0a191643f%26e%3D3ecdb286a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727130689896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36ZwJ8HfRKW3oMbUx8QaSl\">Please see our website for details.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Website\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Check out our website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455&amp;id=a3bce8bfa8&amp;e=3ecdb286a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455%26id%3Da3bce8bfa8%26e%3D3ecdb286a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727130689896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1GeJxLEy03ZakEfLJLL918\">https:\/\/<span class=\"il\">confabulous<\/span>.<wbr \/>org<\/a>\u00a0for the latest information on the convention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope to see you at the\u00a0<span class=\"il\">con<\/span>\u00a0on October 11-13, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you would like to help spread the word about\u00a0<span class=\"il\">ConFABulous<\/span>\u00a02024, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455&amp;id=fe013829cc&amp;e=3ecdb286a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gaylaxicon.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D85a124b924ac61dfef04d9455%26id%3Dfe013829cc%26e%3D3ecdb286a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727130689896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LmhLhMyAKWSg-W8DMn3kX\">https:\/\/<span class=\"il\">confabulous<\/span>.org\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/spread-the-word\/<\/a>\u00a0<wbr \/>where you can download flyers you can print and give out &#8211; and thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Kaiser<\/strong><br \/>\nChair,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">ConFABulous<\/span>, Gaylaxicon Minnesota<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To our\u00a0ConFAB\u00a0Friends, Preparations are underway for\u00a0ConFABulous\u00a02024 at the Crowne Plaza Suites MSP Airport \u2013 Mall of America, 3 Appletree Square in Bloomington, MN on October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":962,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confabulous.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}