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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Art Show...................................................................................30 In Memoriam............................................................................18 Café..................................................................27 Letter from the Chair..................................................................2 Capricon History.......................................................................72 Operations................................................................................22 Charity.....................................................................................19 Parties..............................................................................32 Code of Conduct........................................................................4 Phandemonium Events.............................................................35 Consuite..........................................................................28 Programming..........................................................................35 Dealers............................................................................24 Thursday....................................................................35 Department Hours....................................................................76 Friday.........................................................................37 Filk...................................................................................26 Saturday.....................................................................47 Goat Droppings..........................................................................29 Sunday.......................................................................57 Gophers...........................................................................28 Anime........................................................................64 Guests of Honor.........................................................................6 Gaming.....................................................................68 Timothy Zahn......................................................................8 Kids...........................................................................62 Sarah Wilkinson.................................................................10 Programming Participants........................................................61 Monica Valentinelli.............................................................12 Registration.....................................................................28 Dave McCarty....................................................................14 Social Media.............................................................................28 Matt McElroy (Special Guest).............................................16 Special Events...........................................................................34 Hotel...........................................................................20 Teen Lounge.............................................................................28 Hotel Map................................................................................76 What is Phandemonium?............................................................3 Info Desk..................................................................................28 CAPRICON 38 CONVENTION COMMITTEE Chair: Terrence Miltner Gophers Second: Lane Wendt Programming Operations Head: Official Guilty Party: Hazel Jarrow Green Room Head: Erik White Tori Carnall-Hawkins Mascot: Tim Dinan Green Room Second: Ron Brys Programming Operations Second: Mascot Second: Mike Cyganiewicz Guest Liaison: David Abzug Jeanne Steele Advertising: Joe Karpierz Guest Liaison On-Site: Publications Head: Anime Head: Chris Krolczyk Tracy Lunquist Emily Knowles-Grumble Anime Second: Greg Howe Richard Barfus Publications Second: Josh Grumble Art Show Head: Sam Haney Press Health & Sanitation: Vicki Ortega Registration Head: Bea Romero Art Show Second: Lizzy Lippert Hotel Liaison: Peter Heltzer Registration Second: Harvey Pierson Awards: JohnPaul Kroschel Hotel Second: Cary Williams Ribbons: Nomi Volchko Café Head: Xap Esler Function Space Lead: Bonnie Jones Secretary: Jerry Gilio Café Second: Rebecca McManamon Information Desk Head: Signage: Helen Montgomery Consuite Head: Saeri Geller Michael Kelly Social Media: Marinda Darnell Consuite Second: Maria Dorner Information Desk Second: Special Events Head: Dealers Room Head: Alan Voecks Sandra Levy Jessica Guggenheim Dealers Room Second: April Voecks IT Head: Chris Dundon Special Events Build: Dealers Room Pre-Con: Sandra Levy IT Staff: Greg Press Mike Cyganiewicz Department of Wife: Mona Miltner IT Staff: Brett Ferlin Special Events Build Second: Design: Emily Knowles-Grumble Kids Programming: Lisa Garrison Lisa Cyganiewicz Equipment/AV Head: David Ifversen Marketing: Ed Friman Supreme Minister of Fun: Exhibits: Dave McCarty Operations Head: Michael Unger Fan Tables: Richard Jarrow Karen Hawkins-Kamper Teen Lounge Head: Filk Head: Debbie Gates Operations Second: Brian Rogers Connor Williams Filk Second: Bill Roper Party Liaison: Jason Betts Teen Lounge Responsible Adults: Food Services: Brent Warren Parties Fifth: Hobbes Bailey D'Andre Williams Gaming Head: Jenna Kantor Photography: Michelle Friman Kiera Williams Gaming Second: Tim Araujo Programming Head: Tammy Coxen Time Lord: Leane Verhulst Goat Droppings Editor: Dan Berger Programming Second: Treasurer: Wendy Zdrodowski Gophers Head: Dan Wire Deanna Sjolander Webmaster: Matthew Duhan Cover design by Emily Knowles. Cover illustration by Sarah Wilkinson. More of Sarah's work can be found at www.sarahwilkinson.net. This program book is not a licensed product. We do not claim ownership of any character that appears in the cover art. Copyrights and/or trademarks of any character and/or image used belong to their respective owners and are not being sold. 2 1 WELCOME TO CAPRICON 38 WHAT IS PHANDEMONIUM? FEBRUARY 15TH-18TH, 2018 WESTIN CHICAGO NORTH SHORE Phandemonium, Inc. sponsors the annual science fiction convention Capricon as our main goal, while ensuring that attend- ees at Capricon have as much fun as possible. Additionally, we promote Science Fiction as a genre and support the Chicagoland Science Fiction community. Your registration at Capricon automatically includes membership in Phandemonium for the year. 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If you are interested in any of our ongoing programs, have new ideas, or just have questions about Phandemonium please This is my 20th consecutive Capricon and my eighth serving on the Convention Committee or on the Phandemoneum look for a board member this weekend and let’s have a chat. Board. Over the past few years, I have had a few ideas for a convention that I would like to run and this year I have my The corporation consists of five parts: chance. But I am just one of dozens of people who have been working for the past year to put together these four days of 1. The Board of Directors who are responsible for stewardship of the Corporation. fun, friendship, and fandom. If you see a member of the Con Com, they are wearing silver badges, be sure and let them know what you enjoy about the convention or if there is something that we might do differently in the future. 2. 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