OMGcon 2009 was a success! 1:07 PM - Thursday, June 25th 2009 - by Gabby

Thanks to everyone who attended OMGcon 2009! We had 992 paid attendees with an estimated 1100 at the con (Staff, Volunteers, Vendors, Artists, etc.). We had over 250 cities represented! We all hope you had a great time.

We won't be announcing anything about an OMGcon 2010 until we have everything settled. So please keep checking back!

To everyone who bought a DVD, we seem to be on track to finish and mail out the DVDs at the beginning of September. If we end up being ahead of schedule, I'll be sending out emails to update you all.

When we start our online registration, we will be selling 2009 DVDs for everyone who didn't buy one at the con. For now you'll just have to watch this trailer!

 

Pre Registration is over! 12:01 AM - Monday, June 1st 2009 - by Gabby

Hello! Well Pre registration is over, but we are still doing at door badges. Check our Registration page for price and convention times. Also if you haven't seen it already, we've got our schedule up. So make sure to check that out.

We will see you there! ^.^

 

Mail In Registration is Over! 12:01 AM - Friday, May 29th 2009 - by Gabby

Hello Everyone! Well we have taken down our Mail-In Registration sheets. We are only taking in registration that has been postmarked by May 28th, so I hope you got it in on time! But you still have time to Pre Register. We are keeping our Online Registration up until May 31st, so make sure to do it before you run out of time! We are doing at door registration, I've been asked by a few people who weren't sure if we were. All prices can be found on our Registration page.

We have completely sold out our initial room block at the Executive Inn. But they have opened up more rooms, at the special OMGcon price. So remember, you can call between 7AM - 11PM at (270)443-8000. Make sure to mention OMGcon when you call to get the special discount.

 

OMGcon 2009 Schedule 2:37 PM - Monday, May 15th 2009 - by Gabby

I have finally finished our OMGcon 2009 Schedule! At this time, this is the final draft for the schedule. A few things might change before the con, such as viewing titles. But if you'd like to see it, just click here. This is a PDF file so make sure your Adobe Acrobat is up to date!

Also I have posted all of the explantions for the events in the Programming page. All of these will also be listed in the program guide. If you have any questions about these events, post in our Events section on our forum. Most of our fan panelists have accounts, and I'll try to answer anything I can.

The Executive Inn has told us the rooms are filling up! Remember we don't have very many, so call 270-443-8000 (Call between 7AM-11PM). Their website isn't up, reason being because the old owner doesn't really care. Once the new owners take over the hotel, there will be a new website. When will that happen? Who knows.

 

EXECUTIVE INN IS OPEN!!! 2:13 PM - Monday, May 11th 2009 - by Gabby

Good news everyone!

We have just gotten confirmation an hour ago that the Executive Inn will be open during OMGcon. They are taking reservations right now, and only 75 rooms are open!

So what you need to do is call 270-443-8000 (Call between 7AM-11PM), the OMGcon room rates are $65 per night for a regular room. And $100 per night for a suite. The suites are nice if you have a bigger group of people, it's got double beds and a living room/bar area. But there are only about 5-6 of those left. Make sure to mentioned "OMGcon" or you won't get these room rate.

It is still the Executive Inn's policy to have someone 21 years or older to make reservations and check in. So please remember this when you are making the call. We tried to get them to lower it to 18, but they wouldn't. There are still hotels near the interstate that will take people 18+, so please check this link for other hotels a few miles down the road.

In other news, the OMGcon 2009 schedule is almost done and will be posted at the end of this week so check back to see all of our events.

And remember our last day for mail in pre reg is May 28th, online pre reg is May 30th. So get in your pre reg while you still have a chance!

 

Executive Inn Update 3:00 PM - Monday, May 4th 2009 - by Daniel

We were hoping to have a phone number and room rates at this time for the Executive Inn, but the sale closing still hasn't happened. As you may or may not have heard the hotel was cleaned and opened for the AQS Quilt Show near the end of April. The prospective buyer had an operating agreement until May 1st, but since that has now expired we are still waiting on the hotel being bought.

We have been in talks with space coast hospitality, the prospective buyer of the Executive Inn. They are working on negotiating an extension on the operating agreement until they buy the hotel, which will hopefully be sometime in the next couple of weeks.

This in no way affects the actual convention that is being held in the newly renovated Julian Carroll Convention Center. We are currently working on our event schedule and should have it posted within the next week or two.  If you don't feel comfortable waiting on news about the Executive Inn, here is a list of hotels found a few miles down the road from the convention center near the interstate. Found here.

We should have certain news by the middle of the month, if the hotel's operating agreement hasn't been extended we will announce it to all of you so you can stop waiting and get your hotel rooms as soon as you can. We apologize for all of this but it's really out of our hands.

 

End of April Update! 7:13 PM - Friday, April 24th 2009 - by Gabby

Hello Everyone!

We had great pre registration numbers for our 3rd tier of reg. Thanks to everyone who helped by pre registering! You still have time before our 4th tier is over, so make sure to pre reg and get all 3 days for only $35!

We want to apologize to all of our friends on the forum. Our server has been acting kinda funky so it's been offline a lot lately. We are trying all we can to get it back up, please bear with us!

We are accepting Fan Panels until May 1st, so remember to send them in as soon as you can! If you submit 2 or more panels and they are accepted you will get a free 3 day pass! (Check the fan panel page for more information)

Also we are supporting our Street Teamers with promotional items until May 8th. So if you'd like to join, makes sure you do it before May 8th! It starts to get really busy and we can't mail off anymore items. We currently have full color flyers and posters to give out so please check our Street Team page for more information!

 

Convention Center Update! 4:38 PM - Thursday, April 9th 2009 - by Gabby

Hiya! ^.^

So this morning we were given the chance to check out the convention center, which we haven't seen since last years convention in 2008. As you know they are renovating it, which should be done mid april for the quilt festival. If you are interested in seeing all of the images, check out the forum post!

Also, we've been getting a lot of questions in regards to the hotel. Let me explain, the convention center is owned by the city of Paducah currently. The Executive Inn is in limbo with the new owner and old owner. We have confirmation that we will have the convention center from the city of Paducah. The hotel is still unknown. We should know by May 1st, so please wait to ask questions. Once we find out anything, I'll make a post as soon as I can.

 

April Update 5:00 PM - Wednesday, April 1st 2009 - by Gabby

Hello! We haven't made a front page update in a while so I thought I'd make a quick update. We've been getting a lot of questions about the Executive Inn. The convention center is seperate from the Executive Inn, so we will still be holding our event. But right now the hotel is going through new ownership and a lot of drama.

We are hoping it's all sorted out by May 1st, and that's when we've been telling people to wait to make your reservation at the hotel. If you don't want to wait there are a lot of hotels off the interstate a few miles down the road from the convention center. Here is a map on googlemaps.com.

Also we've posted a few things on our forum that you might wanna know! We've posted our Video Game Map layout for our 2009 year. This year we've also decided to post all of the prizes we will be giving away this year. We make updates regularly so take a look to see what you could win! Also if you are apart of our street team, or may be interested in joining, we've been posting our Street Team Score Board online as well. Also if you are interested in showing off your AMVs, we are planning on holding a contest if we get enough people.

If you are interested in helping out at OMGcon as a volunteer or staff, we are having a meeting in April. So make sure to email us for more information.

 

Taking in Fan Panel Applications! 5:00 PM - Saturday, February 21st 2009 - by Gabby

Hello everyone! This is just a quick update to tell you we have started taking in Fan Panel Applications for OMGcon 2009. Please check the site for information as well as the application. We are still giving away a free 3 day badge with every 2 fan panels that are accepted. So make sure to apply and get those in before May 1st!

Our Artist Alley has been sold out! If you have bought a table you will be getting an email from us reminding you of where your table is, a quick reminder of our artist alley policy, and any other information that may be important to you.

Also, our 2nd teir for Pre Registration is almost over! Make sure to pre reg for only $25 before February 28th! If your Mail-In Pre Registration is postmarked by then you will still get the special price.

 

We survived the ice storm! 1:00 PM - Thursday, February 12th 2009 - by Daniel

We are starting to tick down the days before OMGcon, a little over 100 days now. We have finally mailed out our first round of Street Team packets today, we apologize for them taking so long. Because of the ice storm the printing company we work through were delayed, but they should be in your mailbox next week.

We will be hitting some local conventions within the next few months, if you see our table come on by and enter our raffles for free prizes. We are getting ready to leave for Kawa Kon this weekend (February 13th-15th), Daigacon March 13th-15th, Anime St. Louis March 27th-29th, and Mtac April 3rd – 5th.

Keep checking back for more updates!

 

First OMGcon Meeting of 2009! 1:00 PM - Sunday, January 4th 2009 - by Gabby

Anyone interested in getting involved with OMGcon, either in our Street Team, or as a Volunteer/Staff, is invited to this meeting.

It will be held on January 24th, for more details on when and where please emails us and we'll add you to our mailing list. ^.^

 

Happy New Year! 11:00 AM - Thursday, January 1st 2009 - by Daniel

Wow it’s a new year! The first tier for Pre Registration has ended and the new one has begun. We are working hard getting everything together. Street Team members should start seeing their promotional packets at the end of this month.

You should also hear something about hotel information room rates soon. As you may or may not know, after we signed a contract with the Executive Inn for our 2009 convention, it closed and was bought by Space Coast Hospitality. They in are in the final stages of buying the hotel. They plan to renovate it to the tune of 30 million over the next 3 years. Their plan is having the first stage done by the end of April, in time for the local large quilt show that draws in over 30,000 people.

There is a plus, the city is remodeling the convention center that our event is held. No more heating and air issue, new carpet, lighting, bathrooms, the max. The pictures shown here are of the demolition stage of the convention center. They are planning on having the convention center remodeled by April 2009. We are excited to see all the things that are being done at the convention center and hotel.


Also we are happy to announce that Greg and Chris Ayres and Bob and Emily DeJesus will be returning as Guests for our 2009 convention! We have also updated our Artist Alley map, we are running out of space so if you are planning on buying a table, you better do it quick.