Yep, it’s con time again! This weekend Westercon 66 will be at the long-running and infamously fun Gallifrey (http://www.gallifreyone.com/)!
Look for our fan table – you can register if you haven’t all ready! And, of course!, we will be having a party. Stay tuned for details.
We won’t have a fan table, but we will be hosting a party Thursday night. Since the theme for Further Confusion is The Infurmary, we invite you to join us for The Mysterious Room Party of Doctor Moreau.
Further Confusion is being held at the San Jose Convention Center January 12-16, with the attached Hilton and Marriott hotels as host hotels.
The party will be at the Marriott in Room 403; we expect to open the doors at 9pm and shall tweet the room number and opening announcement as soon as we’re ready to go. If you are attending FC, be sure to check out our operation!
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Memberships went on sale this weekend at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention. Current rates are $50 Attending, $30 Supporting. Visit the Membership page for more details, or go directly to the secure online registration forms to get your membership to Westercon 66!
The Early-Bird rate of $50 will go up to $65 on December 1, 2011!
Oops — we discovered the reg server was running on Mountain Time. Early-Bird has been extended through December 1.
The price to upgrade from Voting to full Attending is $25 and does not change on Dec. 1. If you voted, drop a note to registration@westercon66.org to get your voter’s authorization code.
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Westercon 66 is still investigating possible venues, but we’ve established a basic budget so we could open membership sales at special early-bird rates at Renovation, the 69th Annual World Science Fiction Convention. Our recent adoption as a Standing Committee of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. gave us the corporate standing we needed to do so. Visit the Membership page for more information about registering online.
We’ve visited several locations in the Sacramento area, within reach of California Olive Country (the inspiration for the “Granzella’s in 2013″ Party we hosted at Westercon 64, which led to our participation in and eventual selection by the Westercon 64 business meeting), and are waiting for their responses so we may select one and sign a hotel contract.
We encourage you to participate in the discussions on the Westercon 66 Facebook Page, which is replacing the original Zellacon Facebook Group.
We believe Westercon Should Be Awesome, and we want to know what you’d like to see (or do) to make it so!
Kevin Roche and Andy Trembley
Co-Chairs, Westercon 66
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San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., the 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that ran Westercons 64 (2011) and 53 (2000), has adopted the Westercon 66 committee into its corporate family.
Westercon 66 will operate as a standing committee of SFSFC, like the other conventions operated by SFSFC.
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We’ve been overwhelmed with offers of help with Westercon 66 on the FaceBook group and page; so much so that the comments have been scrolling by faster than we could effectively capture them.
If you’re interested in being part of the committee, staff, or just helping out at the convention, drop a note to volunteers@westercon66.org and let us know. Be sure to mention any past experience you have, as well as any particular areas you’re interested in working on.
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The Facebook group and page are certainly abuzz with ideas and suggestions.
If that isn’t your cup of tea (or if you’d like to suggest something we might like to keep close to our chest for a while, like, for instance, a potential Guest of Honor), please do drop us a line at suggestions@westercon66.org
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RT @bovil: The Mysterious Room Party of Dr, Moreau is prepping for surgery. We operate at 9:00 PM in operating theater Marriott-403
@ColleenLindsay Exchange is right, and I have 2-way sync on calendar and contacts on my iPad for gmail.com, sjsu,edu and westercon66.org.
@lunaticsx @westercon66 Sorry about that -- reg server was set to Mountain Time. Earlybird reg extended one extra day by way of apology...
