BCinDC & the 2011 Convention

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In keeping with the Choose Your Own BookCrossing Journey theme, these add-ons are optional extras to enhance your convention experience. These include convention shirts/sweatshirts, raffle tickets, meal vouchers, early bird activities, convention activity choices (the ones that require reservations), and the hanger-on dinner. Be sure to check the convention schedule to see all the fun things we’re planning and to decide what items and activities you would like.

Check out all the extras and submit your choices on this page: http://www.bcindc.zoiks.org/?page_id=293

You heard it here first: you can now register for the 2011 BookCrossing Convention! You can also reserve a room at our convention venue hotel, the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel. Be sure to check the Convention section of our website for FAQs, goodies, and much more.

We hope to have the add-ons/extras form up this weekend as well, so if you register now or subscribe to our list, you will be the first to be able to Choose Your BookCrossing Journey!

So the big event doesn’t happen for another seven months, but you already want to start getting involved with the 2011 BookCrossing Convention? Great! Here’s some things you can do to help us out:

• Collect and send:
  • “Choose Your Own Adventure” style books and send them to the convention committee. These don’t have to be the CYOA brand name (though those are fine too).
  • Items for the goodie bags or raffle.
  • Books for the book buffet (especially DC-themed ones, but all are welcome)
• Visit the OBCZ at the Crystal City Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The hotel staff love having the shelf there, and we want to always keep it full of great books. While you’re there, stop by their cafe to grab a bite to eat.
• Spread the word via blog posts, FaceBook updates, Twitter Tweets, forum posts, and sharing via places like StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit, and more. You can link to the convention website.

How do you get these items to us? Hand it to any of the Convention Committee Members at a local meetup or event or mail them to the address below:

Thanks and have fun!

BCinDC would like to thank everyone who participated in our successful auction. With the help of people who donated items and generous people who bid, we were able to auction off 8 different boxes to raise money for the 2011 Convention. The more we raise, the lower registration costs will be… and the more we can do at the convention!

We are taking a break from the auction for now but we have a few other auction boxes planned for, perhaps, late October. So subscribe to our site to find out as soon as any new, exciting boxes are up.