Online communication like email, but instant and continuous.

Quarter Connection has a few chat pages - a social one, a workshop one and a private one. You will need to log into the chat rooms.

Social chat....ask Laura Miller

Workshop Chat...ask Laura Miller

Private Chat...is reserved for special workshops and instructors.

The chat room will be available for each table before the convention to gather and have an online chat.

Table hosetsses must make an appointment for their table chat time...email Luci for that appt.

The centerpieces are made by volunteers with a container supplied by Luci Hanson.

This year Luci will ship a special Acrylic box for the volunteers to create their centerpiece from their own supplies and imagination and general guidelines that come with the box.

The centerpiece will need to fit in the box and within the theme of the convention. "Kids and Kritters"

The volunteers will provide all the items to finish the scene and the shipping to QC central.

If you would like to give a free seminar showing how you made your scene, you might want to take pictures during the creation process.

Those who make the centerpieces are invited to give a mini project workshop on your creation after the convention.

Boxes mailed

 

 

Completed centerpieces due at QC Central

 

 

For more information contact Luci.

 Shipping for totes, totebags, centerpieces, and door prizes all come to more than we pay in convention fees.

Group members also receive Quarter Connection buttons to wear at real-life conventions and shows.

We also have prizes for events on the group and sometimes during the convention. All these, and other wonderful items that the group provides cost money.

Auctions, raffles, garage sales, classifieds other fund raisers allow us to keep the convention registration costs down and cover costs of other programs....some are free to our members.

 The databases are located on the Quarter Connection Yahoo group page. You will have to go to Yahoo groups and log in with your name and password to get to this page. There is a link to the Yahoo group at the bottom of every digest.

There are usually more than one list in the database so be careful to choose the correct file.

If you make an error, contact the people in charge of the database so that they can fix your entry. So, please be careful when entering the data. Before registration opens for the convention, there will be a test database so that you can try out entering data into a database.

 Door prizes for Quarter Connection are a combination of a swap and donation.

If you want to just receive one door prize, you send one door prize.

The same goes for two door prizes.

However, if you want to share the fun with other attendees, you may donate a third door prize (or more) to be given away to other attendees as a prize.

Door prizes can vary in value...ask yourself...would I like to receive it from a friend?

When selecting an exchange every effort will be made to return doorp rizes in equal value

The term comes from real life gatherings where by entering through the door (attending the gathering), you are eligible to win a prize.

 Exchanges are swaps. That is what we call the swap at the table during a convention.

For that exchange, you need one larger finished miniature item with a value around $10 and nine (or one for each of the other table mates) with a value around $5. As with any swap, think more about whether you would be happy with the gift rather than of a specific value.

The exchange gifts are to be mailed to your table hostess along with a check for $4.65 to cover the cost of sending you the exchange gifts that were provided by your other table mates..

Exchanges are sometimes set up for kits or other items that are just exchanged one person to another.

 During the slow months of the year there are free projects offered on our website.

The projects usually consist of items that most minaturists have in supply. The instructions are posted on the website for about a month.

Centerpiece artisans often offer their instructions for making a replica of their creation as a free project.

 Members donate items that other members can purchase.

Email the volunteer in charge of the garage to purchase the item.It is suggested you watch the garage sale constantly and email right away as items go quite quickly.

Donators get 50% of the winning bid and cover shipping of the item to the winner. The other 50% is used to help defray convention and group costs.

 Much like the real-life N.A.M.E. conventions, but it takes place on the internet.

The advantages of an online convention are:

• no travel or accommodation costs,
• easy access,
• no calories,
• you can chat with ALL of the attendees if you want.
• All your tote bag favors are quarter scale
• worldwide attendees.
• You can even attend in your pajamas

You do, however, get many of the same wonderful experiences you would by attending a convention in real-life.

Just like a real convention, you can choose how much or how little you want to take part. The most fun is definitely attained by taking part with as much as possible, however.

You can make new friends, learn new techniques, and get lots of wonderful goodies by joining in with the various aspects of the convention.

 The Quarter Connection Post Office box where you mail registration fees, totes, door prizes and centerpieces.

The Quarter Connection
PO Box 1318
Merlin, OR 97532-1318

 Before the convention, members donate completed quarter scale items

The items are listed on the Convention Helper page of this website along with the donors name and a description.

Members then have the opportunity to purchase tickets for the raffle.

The tickets are placed in a container where they are mixed up and a winner is pulled out by the volunteer running the raffle.

The money from the Raffle is used to help defray convention and group costs.

 Registration takes place by entering information on the appropriate database on the Quarter Connection Yahoo group page.

You will have to go to Yahoo and log in with your name and password to get to this page.

There are attendee limits to many of the items you can register for such as;

• Tote bags...250
• Tote favors...250
• Souvenirs...250

The items that have limits also have fees. See the registration page for the fee schedule.

You can also register for the convention without totes, totebags, souvenirs or surprises and for free workshops by entering information in the appropriate data base.

•  Kits with a sale price of $7.50 or less (not including shipping).
• They should be able to be completed in under an hour.
• Most roundtables require only paint, stain, glue, a bit of sanding, some simple cutting and beginner level experience.
• They are a great way to jump into 1/4 inch scale.

Originates from real life N.A.M.E. conventions. The teachers sit at round tables where you can sit down and get assistance while you put together the kits.

 This is where you will find links to QC member dealers that have 1/4 inch scale items and kits for sale.

They will have some kind of discount, sale or shipping discount during the convention. It is a great time to purchase items you have been wanting, but haven't yet purchased.

 These are Free classes similar to themed luncheons.

There will be instructions or an explanation of a technique on the web page for you to enjoy.

All scales smaller than 1 inch scale (1:12 scale). There can be other ones too, but here is a list of the most standard ones:

1:24 - half inch scale 1/2 inch equals a foot (12 inches) in real life Also referred to as dollhouse scale
1:48 - quarter inch scale 1/4 inch equals a foot (12 inches) in real life
1:96 - eighth inch scale 1/8th inch equals a foot (12 inches) in real life
1:144 1/12th of an inch equals a foot (12 inches) Also referred to as dollhouse dollhouse scale, micro scale, tiny scale, micro mini

 Souvenirs are gifts created especially for our convention by selected member artisans to commemorate the convention.

They are available only to those who are registered to receive the tote bags and surprise gifts. If there are some left over they will be sold to the other membes.

Convention fees are used to purchase and ship these gifts to the attendees. Since the fees are also to cover tote bags, and shipping of other items, many of the other functions help defray these costs.

 That's just it, they are a surprise.

Only those registered for the convention to receive the tote bags and souvenirs will get these gifts in their tote bags.

 Similar to Totes, but usually done with a smaller group. Swaps often have a theme around which to create your items. In essense its trading items of equal value.

Again, these are finished miniature items. The value often depends on the group holding the swap.

 The tables are all virtual - in other words, they take place online.

The Hospitality Chairperson assigns each registrant to a table number and a seat number.

This year there will be a very unique way of assigning those numbers. No requests please.

The friendships you make from sitting at a table with other members, however are very real. You can get to know people from other places around the world and create lasting friendships. Sitting at a table is the only way to win a centerpiece or door prize, too.

Themed luncheon is a "talk" about a technique or thoughts about some aspect of miniatures. In real life, you would sit at a table with other attendees, eat the meal provided, hear the speaker in person, and pay money for this process.

Online, you will be sent to a web page with the themed luncheon information and can attend at your leisure with no weight gain or expense.

 Also known as totebag favors, or favors.

Finished miniature items of around a $5 (US) value. It is nice if these fit the theme of the convention, but it is not a requirement.

Items are sent in to QC Central where volunteers sort them into sandwich-sized bags and send them back out to those who sent tote bag favors. Definitely a fun part of the online convention.
Originates from real life N.A.M.E. conventions. The attendees receive gifts of miniature items in a bag or other container to tote them home.

 A real-life cloth bag that is specially designed and made for our convention. It is always quite usable after the convention. The bag is always a surprise right up until you open your box sent from QC Central.

Luci has a few left over from the past conventions that are for sale to our new members who want one. See the registration page of this website for more information.

When you receive your box of tote bag favors, tote bag, souvenirs and gifts there will be a big label on the box that will instruct you not to open the box until a specified date and time. It is strongly advised that you adhere to that date.

Originates from real life N.A.M.E. conventions. The attendees receive gifts of miniature items in a tote bag or other container to tote them in.