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WisCONline 2025

WisCONline Art Show Applications are Open

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Since the con is online-only this year, we won’t be setting up a physical room or selling artists’ work directly (or charging commission fees). However, we would still love to see and show the artwork of the WisCon community!

In past years, the Art Show has included painting, drawing, illustration, photography, comics, printmaking, jewelry and other wearable art, sculpture, and more — basically, please do apply if you make any form of visual art and want to share it with WisCon members.

The online show will consist of images and descriptions submitted by artists, curated on a 2025 Art Show page on wiscon.net. They will also be shared on WisCon’s social media, and artists who attend will be able to post about their work in an Art Show channel on the private WisCon Discord.

To apply for the show, please fill out this Google form: https://forms.gle/8D94BCMzmZCzwrZB9

Applications will be open through March 31.

Please contact the Art Show organizers (Tahlia and Sherry) at artshow@wiscon.netif you have any questions.

WisCONline 2025

WisCONline Programming Survey Opens

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Get excited everyone! We’re starting to plan WisCon 2025, which means we need you to tell us what you want it to be.

This year, we’re using a Google form for our interest survey so you can express interest in all the things we’re doing in one place. Note that there is no section for gaming or parties because we weren’t sure how much interest there would be with an online-only con. But if that is your thing and you want one of those things to happen at WisCon this year, there’s a space at the end of the survey for you!

If you have more thoughts that cannot be covered in this survey, please feel free to email Panels@wisCon.net Otherwise, click on the link here: https://forms.gle/Q9j2A5cADQbmja6BA

The survey will be open through January 31st.

WisCONline 2025

Volunteers Needed for WisCONline 2025: Ceremonies Lead, Gathering Lead, Access Team

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Ceremonies Lead
Love being the center of attention? Become Ceremonies Lead for the WisCONline 2025! You’ll organize the Sunday evening awards ceremony, introduce our Guests of Honor, recognize the contributions of committee chairs (and possibly Otherwise folk), and make other important announcements as needed. This is your chance to shine. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Ceremonies Lead) for more information.
Gathering Lead
If you believe in the importance of social connections, Gathering Lead is the role for you. You’ll solicit gathering activity ideas (via the Communications team) and organize Discord channels to help people socialize as they join WisCONline 2025.
If helping people connect with friends, established and new, is your passion, please contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Gathering Lead).
Access Team Member
Help make WisCONline 2025 accessible and welcoming to all! You’ll work with the Access Lead(s) to provide Closed Captions, facilitate Alt Text, and troubleshoot other accessibility issues as they arise. For more information, please contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Access Team Member).
Volunteering, WisCONline 2025

Website Team Lead Needed

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Be in the know as WisCONline’s Website Team Lead. You’ll update our website with the most current con information, coordinating with IT Infrastructure Lead, AppDev Lead, and other con leads. Expect to spend about 2 hours a week in this position. Familiarity with WordPress a must. For more information contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Website Team Lead).

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Discord Co-Lead and Personnel Co-Chair Needed

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Discord Co-Lead:

Here’s your chance to shine and make order out of Discord! As part of the Online Con team, you’ll set up and manage the WisCon Discord. You’ll coordinate with other departments on programming-specific channels, and help manage Discord volunteers and at-Con moderators to help online attendees connect. If you’re familiar with Discord or similar computer-mediated chat systems and are a skilled project manager, we need you! Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Discord Lead) for more information.

Personnel Co-Chair:

Do you have experience with HR or volunteer coordination and management? You can help SF3 gear up for the next WisCon! This remote role involves checking progress and follow-up with Personnel volunteers for a few hours per week. The Personnel Co-Chair is a member of the SF3 Personnel Committee and reports to the SF3 Vice President. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Personnel Co-Chair) for more information.

Volunteering, WisCONline 2025

IT Infrastructure Chair and Academic Program Lead Needed

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Volunteers needed!
IT Infrastructure Chair
If you have a passion for translating between tech folks and mere mortals, the role of IT Infrastructure Chair is for you! As IT Chair, you’ll make sure the information technology infrastructure of WisCon runs smoothly, including the website, and WisCONline scheduling and registrations apps.  Expect to spend 3-5 hours a week on this critical volunteer position. To find out more, email personnel@sf3.org (subject: IT Chair).
Academic Program Lead 
If you love research that supports feminist science fiction and fantasy, then the Academic Program Lead position is for you!  You’ll draft a call for proposals from professors, researchers, doctoral candidates and grad students studying fields related to feminist science fiction to present their research at WisCONline 2025. You’ll schedule presentations, and then publish the results after the convention. Templates from previous academic programming leads available.  Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Academic Lead) for more information!
For more information about either of these positions (or if you’d like to volunteer, but neither of these is a good fit for you), you can also check out our list of Open Volunteer Positions.
SF3

SF3 VP Opening

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Are you fascinated by the big picture and happy to let others handle mundane details? Or perhaps you love connecting people to facilitate effective action. You may be the perfect candidate to become Vice President of the SF3 Board. Expect to spend 3-7 hours a month as the liaison between the Board and WisCon committee chairs in this crucial role.
For more information, contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: SF3 VP).
WisCONline 2025

Announcing WisCONline 2025

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The WisCon Convention Committee is pleased to announce that we will be having an online convention in 2025!

What will WisCONline 2025 look like? In addition to being fully online with no in person presence, we are currently looking at changes to WisCon to make it more sustainable for our volunteers. This means WisCon may appear to “shrink”, but if we offer less (for example, fewer panels), it’s because our focus is on quality and maintaining WisCon’s values.

While we can’t give exact details this early, more than ever, the capacity WisCon has to do the things we all love will depend on having volunteers step up. We’re committed to avoiding the past burnout we’ve seen come from volunteers taking on too many roles.

When is it? It will take place Memorial Day weekend as always! (May 23-26, 2025, with some programming possible Thursday evening and Tuesday morning.)

Why online only? Unfortunately we weren’t able to recruit key volunteers in time to make an in-person con viable. We’re excited, however, to use this opportunity to explore what we can do to engage and reach our community in ways we can’t usually.

When can I register? We will send out more information soon about registering!

How can I get involved? We are still in need of many important volunteer roles, which will determine what the con actually looks like. Please check our list at
https://wiscon.net/open-volunteer-positions/
and contact personnel@sf3.org if there are any roles you’re interested in. Also look out for panel submission requests and other contact from our team!

Volunteering

AppDev Team Lead Needed

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Are you a developer interested in making WisConline 2025 possible? As AppDev Team Lead, you’ll manage a team of other application developers to keep our applications running; plan and execute updates on a timely basis; and work with other committees to prioritize enhancements/fixes based on importance and your team’s resources. You’ll also work with Convention Committee leadership, recommending appropriate updates or changes, and using their practical feedback to guide priorities. Expect to spend 1-2 hours a week on this role most of the year, and 10-20 hours (verifying applications) ramping up to WisCon.  Sound interesting? Please contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: AppDev Lead) for more information.

Volunteering

Fundraising Lead Needed

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Do you dream of a career in the non-profit sector? Do you like organizing data and people? Fundraising is the most stable non-profit role, and we can give you valuable experience building up a fundraising program!  You’ll work closely with the Treasurer and meet twice per month, once with Fundraising volunteers and once with all Chairs, to check in about fundraising activities. Mentoring available. To learn more, contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Fundraising Lead).
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Access Lead Needed

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If you’re dedicated to making WisCon as accessible and welcoming as possible, this position is for you. As Access Lead, you’ll manage the Access Team of dedicated volunteers to arrange and hire live Closed Caption transcribers (training provided!), facilitate Alt Text, and remain available and flexible for unpredictable details. For more information, please contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Access Lead).