@1           >>> WHO ORGANIZE? <<<

The Convention 1997 main organizers are Caroline
Filmklubb and Talent.

Caroline Filmklubb is a a non-scene related
organization. This is a local "movie club" which we
in Talent teamed up with in order to gain
a great partyarena and better organizing. Although
they are not very scene related, they have actually
been very co-operative in order to get hold of good
prizes to win in the competitions! Check Caroline
Filmklubb's homepage at "http://home.sn.no/~cfilmklu"

Talent is a demogroup. Firstly formed on the Amiga
scene, later (in 1995) we converted over to the PC
scene. For more information about our softography,
please check our homepage at:
"http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~pallo/talent"


Invitation demo credits:

Programming ....... Spike /Talent
                    kurtg@colargol.idb.hist.no

Music ............. Chromag /Talent
                    timm.albers@stud.uni-hannover.de

Graphics design ... Boo /Talent
                    uldahl@online.no




@2          >>> WHERE & WHEN? <<<

Admission fee: 200,- NOK (USD $25)
Girls and Non-Europeans get free

The party will start on the 10th of October and ends
four days later, on the 13th. The partyarena is
called "Caroline Kino -og Konferansesenter" which is
centrally situated in Kristiansund, Norway. "Moere og
Romsdal" county (somewhere in Mid-Norway). This
building is a cinema centre with several auditoriums
which we intend to fill up with eager computer freaks.




@3             >>> FASILITIES <<<

-We got space for more than 300 computer freaks, but
 we hope most of them will constitute the elite class.
 "What a small party!", you may say... But to be
 honest; the smallest parties are the cosiest ones
 filled with plumpness!  Let us convene to an elite
 session.

 The Convention - the party of intimity

-"EUnet" has sponsed our internal network and
 internet access for everyone during the four
 partydays!   Be sure to bring your network card. If
 you don't have any, you may buy one at the
 partyplace - nice price.

 EUnet - The Official Carrier of Internet for The
 Convention 1997

-Sleeping. Sleep wherever you want!

-Caroline Filmklubb gives us "Film Event" - provided
 with brand hot movies, even special editions of
 elder classics. These will be shown day and night in
 one of the cinema auditoriums equiped with great
 surround sound system.

-A partykiosk will offer the usual amount of
 refreshments and snacks.
 Everything at a reasonable price ofcourse. The kiosk
 will be open day and night and is located inside the
 main hall for your convenience.

-Security. This is obviously a vital part for such an
 arrangement. This year we will constantly have
 atleast three guards that will check that everything
 is going smooth. But if something happens, e.g loss
 of any kind equipment, the organizers renounce any
 responsibility!

 If you have valuables that you can not guard
 yourself, we suggest you to hand it over to the
 Secretariat. You will be handed a receipt for your
 valuables, which will be locked away.




@4          >>> THE FOUR PARTY RULES <<<

 1. Smoking is NOT allowed inside the partyarena.
 2. Whatever you are responsible for breaking, you're
    also responsible for paying or replacing.
 3. Alcohol and drugs are prohibited. Intoxicated
    persons will be handed over to the police.
 4. Piracy is a crime, and obviously we will NOT
    tolerate such activity at The Convention.




@5             >>> COMPETITIONS <<<


 Rules.

"Best Amiga/PC demo"
 We show all demos on an Amiga 4000/040, 16mb ram
 together with a Pentium 90, 16mb ram. Your demo must
 contain these words: 'Released at The Convention
 1997'

"Best wild demo"
 This is actually a very open category for the
 competitors. We have to admit that the organizers do
 have limitations when it comes to hardware, so if
 the entry needs really powerful equipment, we will
 ask the competitor to set up his/hers. Your entry
 must contain these words: 'Released at The Convention
 1997'

"Best C64 demo"
 Should be runable with a standard Commmodore 64.
 Your demo must contain these words:
 'Released at The Convention 1997'
 
"Best musician"
 The duration time must be < 4 minutes
 The file size must be < 1500kb
 These formats only:
    mod (Protracker /Amiga)
    med (Octamed /Amiga)
    xm  (Fastracker /PC)
    it  (Impulse tracker /PC)
    s3m (Sreamtracker /PC)
    mid (Midi)

"Beste graphician"
 We recommend that the image is handdrawn/pixelled and
 not rendered but this is up to you.
 These formats only: jpg, gif, tga, bmp, lbm, pcx
 

 Winning prizes.

 The winner of "Best Amiga/PC demo" category has won a
 Pentium 166 MMX, with 16 mb ram and 1.2 gb harddisk
 - plus a 15" monitor!

 The winner of "Best wild demo" category has won an
 IOmega Zipdrive 100

 The winner of "Best graphician" category has won a
 Matrix Mystic, 4mb, 3d screen card.

 The winner of "Best musician" category has won a
 SoundBlaster 32 soundcard.

 Notice!  These are prizes as we got at the time being -
 we are in fact working on getting hold of more
 prizes!

 Voting. You will all get a Voting sheet which you
 have to keep during all of the partydays until all
 competitions have been held. When the Voting sheet is
 properly filled out, you hand it over to the
 Secretariat. They will cut your TC'97 bracelet as an
 evidence of your delivered voting sheet.

 In addition to the common competitions, we will also
 announce a couple of surprise competitions en route.
 Well awarded ofcourse!


 Results.

 The results will be publicated and all entries will
 be downloadable from our homepage as soon as
 possible.




@6          >>> HOW TO REGISTRATE? <<<

 We recommend you to pay the admission fee
 (NOK 200,- or USD $25) using a bank giro. The
 bankaccount number is 3930.23.85525

        The Convention 1997
        Postboks 68
        6501 Kristiansund
        Norway

 Article text: "TC'97 registration"

 Be sure to have payed before the 2nd of October,
 otherwise we will not receive the notification in
 time.

 You will have jolly good time at TC, so order your
 seat now!




@7          >>> TRAVELLER'S TIMETABLES <<<


Even though, the doors will not be opened before
17:00pm, travellers arriving with boat/plane/bus
will get inside before.


                      PLANES
                      ------

Departure:

Braathens SAFE
Friday the 10. October (from ... to Kristiansund)

From Oslo .......... 07:55
                     14:10
                     19:35

     Bergen ........ 15:20

     Stavanger ..... 16:00

     Kristiansand .. 17:40

     Haugesund ..... 18:45

     Trondheim ..... 18:35

     Tromsoe ....... 17:15


Monday the 13. October (from Kristiansund to ... )

Departure:

To   Oslo .......... 15:30
                     20:55

     Bergen ........ 18:00

     Stavanger ..... 18:00

     Kristiansand .. 18:00

     Haugesund ..... 18:00

     Trondheim ..... 17:40

     Tromsoe ....... 17:40



                      TRAINS
                      ------

Arrival:

NSB
From Oslo (departure Friday the 10th 08:05am) to
Oppdal (arrival 13:17pm)

Then you have to swith to bus from Oppdal
(departure 13:35pm) to Kristiansund (arrival 17:35pm,
right outside The Convention!)

You may also take the nighttrain from Oslo on
Thursday the 9th at 23:00pm, arrives at Oppdal
05:40am). Then bus from Oppdal (departure 05:45am) to
Kristiansund (arrival 09:10am)


For Norwegians only:


                EKSPRESSBAATRUTE
                ----------------

NB! Studenter faar halv pris paa hurtigbaaten! Ta med
studentbeviset!


Fredag den 10. oktober (fra ... til Kristiansund)

Avgang Trondheim .... 11:30
       Brekstad ..... 12:25
       Edoeya ....... 14:25


Mandag den 13. oktober (fra Kristiansund klokken
16:30)

Ankomst Edoeya ...... 16:30
        Brekstad .... 19:00
        Trondheim ... 20:00




@8          >>> CONTACT ADDRESSES <<<

If you by any reason have questions concerning the
party, please contact:

                    Talent
                   Ulf Dahl
                 Skogveien 60
                 6500 Kr.sund
                    Norway
            E-mail: uldahl@online.no

                     or...

              Caroline Filmklubb
                 Postboks 68
              6501 Kristiansund
          E-mail: cfilmklu@online.no




@9            >>> SPONSORS <<<

 We use this opportunity to thank our sponsors
 (at time being).

-Einar Engvig AS
-Datavarehuset i Molde
-EUnet - The Official Carrier of Internet for
         The Convention 1997
-Tingvoll Sparebank


