Postcon Report

Inside: Letter from the Chairman

It’s time to wrap up another Norwescon, and I am thrilled to say it was an excellent Art Show Report 2 one! Nothing feels better than ending my two years as chair on a high note. As much as I would like to take the credit for Norwescon 37’s success, I know that it Programming Report 2 rests squarely on my fabulous concom and volunteers. I can’t thank them enough, as Norwescon would be nothing without such a dedicated team. They make things Art Show Awards 3 run smoothly and make the con a true pleasure to attend. This brings us full circle because without our attendees, we couldn’t produce the Norwescon we have come Registration Report 3 to know and love, so many thanks to all those that attended NWC 37. It is for you Business Report 4 that we do what we do. Norwescon wouldn’t be the con it is without our exemplary Guests of Honor, Pros, Masquerade Awards 6 and P.K. Dick Nominees. They pack the punch in our panels and provide hours and hours of entertainment and education to the con. I want to send out a heartfelt Registration Report 8 thank you to all of them.

As the chairman, I worked the closest with the concom under my department, and I would like to recognize their hard work. Ali Grieve did an amazing job putting to- gether the Guest of Honor Banquet. The number of fabulous prizes she had was unbelievable. Her food choices were spot on as usual. Phillip Buff was in charge of all things involving charities and donations. Anyone who went to the charity auction on Sunday saw what an amazing job he did. He helped Norwescon provide North- west Harvest with many meals for the hungry. Pat and Doug Booze served as our EMP liaisons, strengthening our relationship with them. Doug Booze also did a great job running the election for Norwescon 38. Shannon Hillinger was my info manager and kept everyone informed and Google organized. Michael Citrak was Norwescon historian and a generous t-shirt provider. Last, but not least, is William Sadorus, who handled the P.K. Dick awards and was my vice chair. He is suave in a suit, handing out awards and indispensable as my vice chair. I couldn’t have done this without him. I couldn’t have done this without any of them. Thank you all for the great jobs you did.

One of the honors of being the chairman is the ability to give out Norwescon Life- time Memberships. I gave two out this year to two people that I couldn’t imagine having to run a Norwescon without, Joshua Keegan and Brad Nelson. Congratula- tions guys, and thanks for all the years of hard work!

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Art Show Report

We hope that you all had a chance to come by the art show and possibly take some art home with you. We had a great time this year, and we hope that you did, too.

Some of our highlights from this year’s show included introducing the Artist Gallery Pages on our website and selling CDs from attending musicians in the print shop. We are also proud to say that we had three former Artist Guests of Honor, Richard Hescox, John Picacio, and Lee Moyer, show with us this year. This was the second year for our new art show computer program, which we more fully integrated into the show and creat- ed a better experience for everyone.

We would like to thank our hard working staff for everything they did to make this a successful year; we could not have done any of this without them. We would like to announce that our Art Show Apprentice Award went to Kelley O'Hanlon for giving us her wholehearted support in her first year with us. We also want to thank the 85 wonderful artists for participating, with 2,345 pieces of art entered into this year’s show. Our Costume Guest of Honor, Anima!X, had a wonderful display highlighting her amazing costumes, which we hope you all had a chance to check out.

And, of course, we would like to thank our Artist Guest of Honor, Robert Gould. He was wonderful to our membership and other artists, and it was such a pleasure to work with him. His incredible art was the true centerpiece of the show.

We hope to see you all again next year.

Programming Report

It was an honor to serve a second term as Programming Director during Norwescon 37, a year that may just have broken a record—with a massive 465.5 hours of panels, presentations, and readings, 225 hours of spe- cial events, and 21 hours of convention-sponsored socials, we had a grand total of 711.5 hours of content. We even had panels that were standing room only on Thursday afternoon and Sunday morning. How great is that?

Among the highlights: Michael Moorcock and his fellow Drones shared the humor of P.G. Wodehouse. Mi- chael, Robert Gould, and John Picacio shared their unique takes on the art of Elric (and John taught us all how to play the Mexican bingo game of Loteria). Catherine Plesko used her Ph.D. in BOOM! to inform us all about planetary impacts and massive cosmic explosions. Seanan McGuire read to us, sang to us, traded rib- bons with us, and talked to us about feminism in fandom. Anima!X and her astounding costumes surrounded us all in a cheerful cloud of glitter. Last but not least, 47North showed us how a local e-commerce company can influence the next generation of the publishing industry.

All in all, it was a fabulous year, and the Programming department is looking forward to Norwescon 38! Page 3

Art Show Awards

The Norwescon Art Show is proud to announce this year’s winners and would like to thank all of our artists for their outstanding contribution to this year’s show.

From Panel of Judges: Best in Show Annie Stegg Calida and the Diamond 1st place Margaret Organ-Kean Cootie Catcher 2nd place Jeff Sturgeon Time for Reflection 3rd place Echo Chernik Goddess of Seafood Best Color Annie Stegg Calida and the Diamond Best Black & White Mark Sutton Maiden Best Mixed Media Michael Duquette Eventuality Best 3D Elaine Woodhouse Steamenagerie Parrot Best Textile Meredith Cook The Gown of Fea the Soul Weaver Best Jewelry Scoop Erickson An Arrant Thief GoH Pick Virginie Ropars Lurking in the Woods

From People’s Choice:

Best of Show Meredith Cook Best Science Fiction Jeff Sturgeon Best Humor Meredith Cook Best Fantasy Rob Carlos Best Horror Meredith Cook Best 3D/ Best Jewelry Elaine Woodhouse

We would also like to thank this year’s panel of judges, Robert Gould, Douglas Herring, Don Lacky, Sally Woehrle, and Pat Booze, for their generous gift of time and knowledge in helping judge this year’s show.

Letter from the Chairman continued

It was an honor to be voted in as the chairman for NWC 37 and work with my executive team, concom, and volunteers. NWC 37 was everything it should be and more thanks to everyone who was involved from the hotel staff, to the con- com, to the volunteers, to the pros, to the guests, and to the attendees. Thank you all for supporting Norwescon.

Peggy Stewart Norwescon 37 Chairman Page 4 Norwescon 37 Postcon

Business Report

Overall, Norwescon had a good year in 2014. Our membership revenue was down slightly from the previous year, but the departments did a good job of keeping expenses down. We had few capital expenses, so we ended up with a surplus. This surplus goes into our reserves, to be used in years where we run a loss.

The report below is organized as follows. First, you will see the big picture overview of net income, net ex- penses, and then expenditures by department. Please note, expenditures by department do not directly add up to the net expenses, because we have some expenses that are not under the departments. Second, you will see a report that attempts to break things out into different categories across departments, but in a group- ing that might more accurately reflect how you think about the money we spend at the convention. Included in this chart is a listing of the budget codes that comprise each grouping, so that you can get a sense of how some of the spending crosses departments.

A couple of numbers in the departmental breakouts may catch your eye. The business department is over- spent, because of a change in accounting processes. In the past, sales tax from the art show and credit card processing fees have been listed as part of total expenses, but not attributed to a department. This year, we counted them as business department expenses and will include them in the budget for NWC 38.

Meanwhile, Personnel had an unexpectedly high food expenses. This is partly because we bought more food than planned and partly because some of the food purchased was actually for the Green Room, which should have been charged to Programming. The business and personnel departments are collaborating to improve the buying process for NWC 38.

Our capital expenses this year mostly involved computer network gear, to build our own network independent of the hotel. We also replaced a couple of broken or obsolete laptops.

Figure 1—Big Picture NWC 37

Department Budget Amount Amount Spent Chair $19,160 $16,202 Vice-Chair $32,325 $27,108 Business $9,380 $15,765 Member Services $16,870 $7,529 Publications $42,685 $30,577 Convention Services $25,700 $25,604 Programming $14,125 $11,035 Personnel $7,110 $10,935 Special Events $1,550 $984 Capital Expenses $3,579 $2,794 Totals: $172,484 $148,533

Total Income: $172,872 Total Expenditures*: $148,927 Net Income: $23,944

*includes the above department totals, plus bank charges, etc. Page 5 Page 5

Business Report Continued Figure 2—An Alternate Way

Income: Amount Budget Code Memberships: $146,620 601 Dealer Room: $12,917 602 Art Show: $5,292 500, 603, 501 Charity (donations to NWC) $2,343 904 Misc. Income $4,791 750, 751, 752, 753, 755 NWSFS Pass Through* $(2,755) 599, 600

Expenditures: Hotel: Food and Space $22,640 1110, 1149,1150,1152, 1153, 1154,

Publications: $30,577 Total from all codes Registration $4,835 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3020 Art Show $924 3007, 3008, 3009, 3018 Equipment Rental $12,185 5002, 5009 Business Expenses $17,629 5012, 2004, 2011, 1010 Legal/Professional Fees $3,151 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018, 5008 GOH Travel and per diem $8,693 6006, 6007 Food and Beverage (not sup- $10,830 7003, 7006, 7008, 7010, 7011, plied by hotel) 7014, 7015, 7016, 6013, 6014 Charity (donations by NWC) $8,600 700, 710, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1032 Capital Expense $2,794 950

* Normally, this would be zero as we pass through to NWSFS the same amount of money we take in. This year, however, Norwescon also paid to NWSFS money that was owed from previous years, eliminating that deficit. Page 6 Norwescon 37 Postcon

Masquerade Awards

The masquerade featured 19 entries at all skill levels. Our judges were Presentation judges were: Julie Hahn, Anima X, and Lee Moyer. Workmanship judges were: Jonnalyhn Wolfcat and Richard Stephens

Presentation Awards

Best in Show Bubbles Saves the Day Melissa Quinn and Alita Quinn Best in Class (Rising Star) Shadows Frost Gina Clark Best in Class (Novice) Hello Doctor Leslee Fuller Best in Class (Journeyman) Wreck it Ralph MJ Parker, Darrel Parker, Tracy Plunkett, and John Burton Best in Class (Master) Captain America: Torrey Stenmark Stephanie Rogers Best Presentation (Rising Star) Toothless Sarah Alexander Best Presentation (Novice) Welcome the Creeper Hadrian Perniciaro Best Presentation (Master) Hotaru, The Girl Who Alicia Faires Loved Fireflies Workmanship Awards

Best Workmanship (Rising Star) Toothless Sarah Alexander Best Workmanship (Novice) Princess Leia Organa Heather Skaggs Best Workmanship (Master) Wreck it Ralph MJ Parker, Darrel Parker, Tracy Plunkett, and John Burton Other Awards

Director's Choice Hello Doctor Leslee Fuller Judges' Choice Elegance in Rainbows Susan Torgerson Best Use of Theme Pandora's Hat Box Lisa Satterlund, Julie Sardo, Katrina Marier, Martha Eby, Victoria Shaffer, Gwendolyn Shaffer, Debbie Callaway, Katherine Daida, Kier Salmon, and Susan Courney Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 7 Page 7

Pictures from the Masquerade by Michael Hanscom for Norwescon

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Registration Report Norwescon 37 — 2800 Norwescon 38 Pre-Registration at 37 One Day Memberships Four Day Memberships Four Day Memberships Thursday 14 Adult 1629 Adult 634 Friday 66 Youth 32 Youth 1 Saturday 213 Child 146 Child 5 Sunday 18 Adult Other Guest memberships Life 31 Other GoH 9 Guest of Pro 82 Life 33 Full 219 Staff 217 One day 22 Special 102