Mountain Media Con

Mountain Media Con, or Rocky Mountain Media Con, was a gen and slash multimedia convention held in Colorado (USA) for several years. It billed itself as a fanzine convention (hence the emphasis on "media"). The convention committee consisted of multiple fans, but the main contact was the publisher of Of Dreams and Schemes.
 
The first con was titled "Rocky Mountain Hi!."
Like some other cons, MMC included a "library" of donated zines This collection was bought by Dr. Beth sometime in the mid-2000s and sold on eBay. that members could borrow and read during the convention. In later years, the convention offered a video "library" of TV shows and song vids.
Programming consisted of fan led panels discussing TV shows and fandom, a video show, and art show and numerous other social activities (see below).
By 1997, the membership reached 120.
==1994 Convention==
On August 5-7, 1994 the "Rocky Mountain Hi! Con" was held at the Holiday Inn Denver Airport hotel. The organizer was Kari M, the editor of Fruit Press.
From an ad in On the Double #30: 
==1995 Convention==
This con was held August 11-13, 1995 at the Sheraton Denver West in Denver, Colorado. 
The concom was: Kathy Allard, Debi Barbich, Susan Crites, Caro Hedge, Carol Hyland, Jo Ann McCoy, Debbie Roberts, Catherine Schlein, Kathy Snow, Marge Wilbeck, Karen Williamson, Linda Willard, and Kitty Woldow.
===1995: Con Reports and Comments===
==1996 Convention==
The second Mountain Media Convention was held July 26-28th, 1996 in Lakewood, CO.
From an email flyer sent to various mailing lists: 
==1997 Convention==
The third Mountain Media Con was held in 1997. 
It was held at Sheraton Denver West in Lakewood, CO. 
The con committee: JoAnn McCoy, Kathy Snow, Carol Hyland, Marilyn Frank, Debi Barbich, and Cathy Schlein.
Cost was #35. A dealer's table (which included one membership) was $50. Supporting membership was $10.
From a flyer: 
===1997: Con Reports and Comments===
==1998 Convention==
Art Show. "Our fourth Art Show was by far the best. We increased our participation by 50% over 1997. This year we had over 300 pieces by 18 artists, ten of whom were new to our show. Suzan Lovett, Warren Oddsson, Betsy Mott, Jane Mailander, Oneta and other returning artists were joined this year by Jean Kluge, James Wappel, Mike Cole, Leah Rosenthal, KOZ, TACS and others."
 
A flyer: 
===1998: Con Reports and Comments===
==1999 Convention==
Video Show. The following vidders submitted vids to the show: Cody Nelson, Morgan Dawn, Stacy Doyle, Media Cannibals, Randym, Chicago Loop, Space Monkey JJunkies, Pony Girl Productions, and Cultural Revolutionaries.
 
 Image:mountainmedia6flyer.jpg| flyer for the sixth con, 1999 
Image:mountainmediaflyer1999-1.jpg|page one of another flyer for 1999
Image:mountainmediaflyer1999-2.jpg|page two of another flyer for 1999
 
===1999: Proposed Panels===
Panels 
The list of panels can be found here.
 
* History of Pros Fandom
* Smarm
* The Elvish Connection (Elves Across Fandom)
* Historical accuracy 	
* Real World Fannish Books #3 	
* Fan Ethics
* Medical Reality 	
* Forensic Medical Reality
* Editing & Critiquing (How-to on each) 	
* Writing Gen
* 	Writing Slash
* Going professional
* 	Significant Others and Slash Fandom: How on earth do you explain it? 	
* Canon and fanon (is fanon valid?)
* Romantic Myth and Fanfic 	
* Writing original character (OC) slash (i.e., mainstream gay writing vs OC slash) 	
* Sentinel Gen, Sentinel Slash 	
* Phantom Menace Slash
* Buffy--All encompassing 	
* Forever Angel 	
* Stargate Gen, Stargate Slash 	
* New Emerging Fandoms 	
* X-Files Gen, X-Files Slash 	
* Meet MMC 	
* Legal Reality (Law and Fanfic)
* The DIY (Do It Yourself) Panels
* Vidding 	
* Filking 	
* Email Lists--being on them; listmomming them
* Anime 	
* When fandom meets reality: protocol for dealing with stars 	
* Homicide
* Emergency Gen 	
* History of Fandom 	
* Printfic & Netfic
==2000 Convention==
July 21-23, 2000. Lakewood, CO 
In addition to the fan-led panels (a list which can be found here, there were several group activities:
*Cancelled Series Wake (Friday night). "A casual gathering of fans to chat and get to know each while we eat and commiserate the passing of our favorite TV shows."
*MMC "Flea Market" (Saturday evening). "We are providing two hours on Saturday evening for a "flea market," with the intention of encouraging those who bring items to sell but who do not wish to purchase a table nor to sit a table for any length of time to hawk their wares at no expense to themselves"
*"Saturday Evening Events" . Following the flea market, Hunk Mania will be held from 8pm to 9pm in the Theatre followed at 9pm by the Art Auction.
*"Bus Tour" (Sunday afternoon) tour of the City of Denver. 
*"Art Show"
The 2000 online flyer:
==References==
Category:1994 Conventions
Category:1990s Conventions
Category:2000s Conventions
Category:Multimedia ConventionsCategory:Conventions in United States