You can preregister for Minicon before 10 March 2010 or register at the door. Preregistering is the cheaper option! You also will get a nice preprinted badge and we like it because it helps us plan for space, food and other budgetary matters.

Minicon 45 pre-registration is closed. You can still get a hotel room (although at somewhat higher rates than before).

Registration Hours

Registration is open both for pre-registered members and people needing to pay at the door:

  • Friday 10am-10pm
  • Saturday 9:30am-8pm
  • Sunday 9:30am-4pm (at the registration desk)
  • Sunday 5pm-we fall asleep (at the Dead Dog party in the bar -- mostly for Minicon 46 pre-registration)

At-the-door Registration

  • Full adult membership: $60
  • Full student (13-20) membership: $35
  • Full kid (6-12) membership: $20
  • Children 0-5: Free
  • Upgrade from supporting to attending: $40 (total of $55)
  • Day rates: (any age):
    • Friday only: $30
    • Saturday only: $40
    • Sunday only: $20
    Day badges are valid for 24 hours: 10am to 10am.

Contact

E-mail registration@minicon45.mnstf.org if:

  • You need to update your information
  • You need to transfer your membership
  • You have any questions, comments or complaints about registration

Hotel

Don't forget to get a hotel room! Filling hotel rooms is how we pay for our function space, so we would very much appreciate it if you stayed in the Sheraton.

Our rate for reservations made by March 10 is $89 for both regular rooms and poolside cabanas. Afterward, it is $94 for regular rooms and $99 for cabanas. You can book online by using this special link or by calling the Sheraton at 952-835-7800 and mentioning Minicon.

Who's a Member

This is a list of people registered for Minicon 45, with the exception of a few people who asked not to be listed. Please send corrections to registration@minicon45.mnstf.org. Also let us know if you would prefer to be listed by your badge name or in some other way.

  • Cezarija Abartis
  • Patrick K. Kennedy Adams
  • Jonathan Adams
  • Joseph E Agee
  • Gary P. Agin
  • Bruce Albrecht
  • Sue Alexander
  • Claire Alexander
  • Emily Alter
  • James Amato
  • Daniel Amyx
  • Corwin Amyx
  • Sahara Violet Anderson
  • Lynn C. Anderson
  • Seven Anderson
  • Cheryl A. Arko
  • Eleanor A. Arnason
  • Carole L. Ashmore
  • Kevin G. Austin
  • Lisa G Bah
  • Dana M Baird
  • Kurt Baty
  • Claire Beaumier
  • Terry Belcher
  • Brad Bender
  • Ruth Berman
  • Mary L. Bertelson
  • Andrew A. Bertke
  • Diane Blackwood
  • Dr. Bob Blackwood
  • Blues Bland
  • Janice M. Bogstad
  • Ben Bova
  • Kellen Bowne
  • Torin Bowne
  • Brianna Bowne
  • Stephanie Bowne
  • David Bowne
  • Seth Breidbart
  • Seth Breidbart
  • Seth Breidbart
  • Lev Bronshteyn
  • Michael A Brush
  • J.J. Brutsman
  • Nate Bucklin
  • Judy Byers
  • Laura Cabral
  • David S. Cargo
  • Laurel Carroll
  • Kyle M Chomic
  • Bill Christ
  • David Christenson
  • Arden Chrusciel
  • Judie A.C. Cilcain
  • Katie Clapham
  • Elizabeth Ann Clement
  • Judith Conrad
  • Kieran Cooley
  • Michael D Cooley
  • Margaret J Cooper
  • Karen Cooper
  • Ctein
  • Kathleen Culhane
  • Jay R Curry
  • Bill Cutler
  • Jason Darst
  • Christopher Davis
  • Caithryn C Deiman
  • J.D. Delzer
  • Eleanor Margaret Hageman Dorn
  • Mike Dorn
  • Dan Dos Santos
  • Peer G. Dudda
  • David Dyer-Bennet
  • Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet
  • Frank T. Dyson
  • Penny H. Ebbitts
  • Phyllis Eisenstein
  • Alex B Eisenstein
  • Beverly A Elmshauser
  • Erik Alan Emery
  • Daniel Engelmeier
  • Matt Eppelheimer
  • Andy S. Exley
  • Nick L. Faller
  • Louis W. Fallert
  • Moshe Feder
  • Joseph M. Fishbein
  • George R. Flentke
  • Ken Fletcher
  • Kristin Fogard
  • Ricky E. Foos
  • Eric Forste
  • H Denise Freeman (supporting member)
  • Lisa C. Freitag
  • Beth Friedman
  • Liza Furr
  • Andrej Gadzo
  • Dean C Gahlon
  • Anthony Garcia
  • Terry A. Garey
  • Rick Gellman
  • Eric Gilbertson
  • Steve Glennon
  • Rachel Gold
  • Dan Goodman
  • Jason Goyer
  • Magenta Griffith
  • Marianne Hageman
  • Bev Hale
  • Steven L Halter
  • Doug Hamer
  • Marjorie Leah Kim Harrington
  • Clayton H Harris
  • Thomas C Havighurst
  • William M. Hawkins
  • Eric M. Heideman
  • Samuel Hirte-Runtsch
  • Mona Hotchkiss
  • Lewis Hotchkiss
  • Adam Howerton
  • Sally Rose Howerton
  • Stephen Hubbard
  • Ben Huset
  • Becky A Huset
  • David A Innes
  • Adam Joseph Irving
  • Bob Jackson
  • Scott K. Jamison
  • Greg L. Johnson
  • Anya Johnson
  • Mark Johnson
  • Ken Justiniano
  • Michael Kacner
  • Sharon Kahn
  • Michael T. Kauper
  • Philip E. Kaveny
  • Alfred B. Kaye
  • Andy C Kedl
  • Josh Kellum
  • Shaun P. Kelly
  • Stephen V. Kempton
  • Carol Ann Kennedy
  • Jerry Keohen
  • William Ketter
  • Greg Ketter
  • David D. Kingsley
  • Robin Kinney
  • David C Knudsen
  • Rosemary Kosmatka
  • Laurel A. Krahn
  • George E Krause
  • Dina S Krause
  • Laura A. Krentz
  • John S. Kronholm
  • Jan G. Kronholm
  • Rachel Evelyn Kronick
  • Aimee Kuzenski
  • Christine A LaBounty
  • Diane Lacey
  • Stacey L. Lam
  • Bridget Langford
  • William Langford
  • Marjorie Langford
  • Greg T. Larsen
  • Larry E Larson
  • Richard A. Larson
  • Peter B. Laughlin
  • Marilee J. Layman
  • Becca Leathers
  • Graham Leathers
  • David Shevlin Lebedoff
  • Hank Lederer
  • Michael G Lee
  • David Lenander
  • Margie Lessinger
  • Ben C Lessinger
  • Andrea M Lessinger
  • Russell Letson
  • Jennifer Liang
  • Ben Liberman
  • Ruth Lichtwardt
  • Dennis Kieth Lien
  • Hershey Lima
  • Marissa Lingen
  • Scott J. Lohman
  • Linda Lounsbury
  • Betsy Lundsten
  • Jason G Malgren
  • Keith E. Malgren
  • Kyle E Malgren
  • Jim F Martinson
  • Charles H Marx
  • Ross McIntire
  • Kevin L McIntyre
  • John F McKana
  • Sarah McMahill
  • Matt McMillan
  • Jeanne M Mealy
  • Sherry L.M. Merriam
  • Michael Merriam
  • Edward H. Meyer
  • Hilary Lee Meyer
  • C. J. Mills
  • Chase Mills
  • Jean Marie Mlynczak
  • Roger Charles Mlynczak
  • Dan Mohr
  • Richard Mueller
  • Susanna Myers
  • Claire Naughton
  • Donald O Nelson
  • Julia L Nelson
  • Terrence L Neumiller
  • Lydia Drew Nickerson
  • Walter Noblitt (supporting member)
  • Mike Norlande
  • Gail O'Connor
  • K. Cassandra O'Malley
  • Margaret A O'Neill
  • Sherry L Oaks
  • Justin Olson
  • Gillian Osborn
  • Shadia Ouma
  • Myrna S.C. Parmentier
  • Gregg T. Parmentier
  • John Pastore
  • Heather Payne
  • Tamara Kay Peters
  • Nishanth B Peters
  • Polly Jo Peterson
  • Joel D Phillips
  • Jory M Phillips
  • Jan M Phillips
  • Beth C Phillips
  • Rand Phillips
  • Alec Phillips
  • Tom Potter
  • Joseph S Pregracke
  • Lettie Prell
  • Richard Price
  • Sharon Price
  • Scott D. Raun
  • Irene M. Raun
  • Lynne Renz
  • Neil Rest
  • George Richard
  • Sarah M Richard
  • Mark E Richards
  • Scott Richards
  • Joelle E. Riley
  • William Martin Rintz
  • Jason Riste
  • Erica Rogers
  • Kathleen S Rogness
  • Edward E. Rom
  • Ethel Grodzins Romm
  • David E Romm
  • Erik Ruggles
  • Lisa G Sanders
  • Brandon Sanderson
  • Laramie K. Sasseville
  • Pat Scaramuzza
  • Bruce Schneier
  • Michael E Schoenberg
  • Ronald Searby
  • Diane M. Severson
  • Joselyn Shackelford
  • Doug Shewfelt
  • Nathan J Skerbinc
  • Rhiannon Slavik
  • Amanda C. Slavik
  • Bradley S. Slavik
  • Sybil Marie Smith
  • Megan Smith
  • Susan M. Smith
  • Dianna Key Smith
  • Brent M Smolinske
  • Bethany Socher
  • Dale T Socher, Jr
  • Bonnie G Somdahl
  • Chas G. Somdahl
  • Kaylee Rose Sommer
  • Alison Rose Sommer
  • Ethan Sommer
  • Danielle Ann Sommer
  • Cally Soukup
  • Andra J. St. Arnauld
  • John L Stanley
  • Erica J Stark
  • Jerry Stearns
  • David Steffen
  • Robert W. Steiner, Sr
  • Patric E Stene
  • Caroline Stevermer
  • Diane R. Stewart
  • Emily Stewart
  • Geoffrey C Stone
  • Jon Stopa
  • David M Stowell
  • Kelly ET Strait
  • Matthew Levy Strait
  • Rebecca J Strait
  • Kathy Sullivan
  • Karen F Sylte
  • Richard Tatge
  • Thorin N Tatge
  • Corey A Tebo
  • Mark Tersteeg
  • The Cat's Mreauow
  • Phil Thompson
  • Todd Threet
  • Steve Todd
  • Jennifer Todd
  • Jason M Tucker
  • Marian R. Turner
  • Marian R. Turner
  • Aaron M. Vander Giessen
  • Joan Marie Verba
  • Dean J. Wagner
  • Donna Waldhauser
  • David F Waldorf
  • Elyssa K. Wanek
  • Amber Wanek
  • Nick Wegenke
  • James D Wegscheid
  • Matthew P Weiser
  • Victoria Westenhofer
  • Sean Westenhofer
  • Brian F. Westley
  • Douglas A. Wickstrom
  • David A Wilford
  • Mike S Williams
  • Jesse S Wisniewski
  • David W. Wixon
  • Robert P. Yeo
  • Jane Yolen
  • Jim Young
  • Nicholas Youngs
  • Phillip Ziolkowski

QTMBA About Minicon Registration

What were the pre-registration rates?

Adult Attending Membership: $40 until 31 July 2009, $45 until 10 March 2010

Student Attending Membership (13-20): $25 until 10 March 2010

Kid Attending Membership (6-12): $20 until 10 March 2010

Children 0-5 are free and needn't be registered. However, to get a pre-printed badge, you could register here for $0.01 before 10 March 2010.

Supporting Membership (upgradable to full membership at the door at additional cost): $15

Here was our reg form.

What's a supporting membership, exactly?

Supporting memberships are inexpensive memberships that do not confer the right to attend the convention. They play two roles:

1) They are a way of contributing a bit of cash to the convention because you like us and would like to see us succeed (thanks!). We will thank you by listing you on our members page (unless you ask us not to, of course).

2) They are a way of hedging your bets if you're not sure whether you (or a friend) can make it. Supporting memberships can be converted to full attending memberships for an additional cost such that the total that you pay is greater than any full pre-reg rate, but less than the at-the-door rate.

3) They keep you active on our mailing list. If you can't make it to Minicon for several years running but want to make sure you keep getting our progress reports, this is one way to accomplish that.

Are memberships transferable?

Yes! You can change the name on a membership by e-mailing registration@minicon45·mnstf·org or when you arrive at the convention. So feel free to buy several even if you don't know which of your friends you're going to sell/give them to.

In order to get the right name on your badge, please send changes by the last pre-registration deadline (March 10). Don't e-mail registration in the week leading up to the convention; we will probably be too busy to respond. If you suddenly can't make it and need to transfer your membership at the last minute, please call the hotel during the convention (meaning, in this case, Thursday-Sunday) and ask to speak to Minicon registration or a Minicon chairperson.

What restrictions are there on badge names?

Please limit badge names to characters that can reasonably be expected to print correctly from a modern American computer with nothing special installed on it. This means that all ASCII characters are ok, things like Greek letters and mundane mathematical symbols are probably ok, arbitrary selections of Unicode are probably not, and Klingon is right out. (You can always leave it blank on your form and write on your badge with a marker!)

Obviously we reserve the right to not print anything we think is going to offend a large number of people, but we don't really expect this to come up.

Do I have to give you all that personal information (e-mail address, phone number, etc.)?

No, not really. We like to be able to contact you in case there is a question about your registration and so that we can send you convention progress reports and so forth. So it would be nice if you gave us either a postal or e-mail address. (Just a phone number will work for questions about your registration, but not progress reports.) However, all that we absolutely require for you to register is some sort of way of telling who you are when you show up to claim your badge. So if you give us no contact information, you at least need to give a name/badge name combination that is definitely unique. Blank registrations under "Mike Larson" are a bit risky, but blank registrations under "Mike Larson", badge name "Bleeknob the Undestroyable" are fairly safe.

What exactly do the age ranges mean?

They refer to how old you will be at the con. If your 6th/13th/21st birthday is during the con, you can take the lower rate. (For checking if you can drink, we will refer to your state-issued ID and not your membership type.)