WASFF WANTS YOU!

[callistra]

One of the things I want to look at this year in WASFF is how WASFF can benefit YOU.

What I want from you today is your wildest ideas on how WASFF can benefit you, and your fandom life. WASFF is here to promote SFF in WA, and to that end I am looking for more ideas on the things we can do, and the structures we can put in place to help YOU do stuff.

So, your wildest ideas please!

Random thoughts that have cropped up:

- Grants like systems (intangible return, or creative work returns)
* grant for a writer to attend a writing course and in return produce a text
* grant for artist to purchase goods and in return produce an artwork to be displayed at Swancon/something
* grant for a theatre production to be done at Swancon
* grant for independant presses to produce something showcasing local talent
* strengthen and stabilise the Swancon Short Story Competition
* strengthen and stabilise the Swancon Art Competition
* WASFF Short story competition to be held 6 months after Swancon one, with similar prize money
* Subsidy for WA person to go to Clarion, Clarion South, or Clarion West
* work in tandem with the KSP or other writers groups for awards nights or something
* funding for awards night(s)
* WASFF donations to GUFF, DUFF, NAFF, TAFF, FFANZ, whatevs
* donations to ensure creche and children's stream is financially stable and strengthened at all WASFF events
* Entertainment Books

- Grantslike System where the grant is expected to be returned (ie, a budget and etc is expected)
* small convention development (look at what stops people from doing this, and try to streamline)
* WASFF publications (short story winners? Something else?)
* Projects ie someone wants to run ie a writer's workshop, can apply for a loan

If you have any wild, wild ideas, please let me know. You can either comment below for discussion, or else email me at callisto at g mail dot com. I know I am missing heaps, so please give me your thoughts!

Comments

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

When I was on committee WASFF sponsored $50 memberships for new members. Brilliant idea (cough mine!).

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I think the $20 Friday memberships have that well in hand now. New members are beyond the scope of this project, I want to know what YOU need to get more art out of you. Or more writing out of you. Or get you to see different SFF stuff you haven't seen before.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

It was brilliant too by the way
:-)

[stephen-dedman.livejournal.com]

The 2011 concom's idea of making the first day free strikes me as an even better idea (even better than the *cough* cheap day), which I think WASFF should continue to support.