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SNAFU Con 2010 www.snafucon.com At the Grand Sierra Resort FFRIENDSRRIENDSIENDS ANDAND SSPONSORSPPONSORSONSORS SCIENCE would like to thank these awesome organizations for doing what they do: 19 Letter from the Chairs Dear Con-goers: WARNING: Hello and welcome to SNAFU Con, the fi rst anime con in Northern Nevada. You have no idea how happy it makes us to say that. The Cowboys fact that you are reading this right now is a great example of how well we have done. We would love to thank all of you individually may be with hugs, glomps, or pocky for making snafu con happen. For some of us, it has been a long taken road with more than a year of work, others have been waiting decades, and some of you during the found out about it last week, or yesterday. Some of you are seasoned con-goers while some of you are attending your fi rst conven- convention. tion. Some of you might not have a clue what we are doing or why we are doing it. The short answer is that we are here to have a great time and enjoy each other’s company. We are here to socialize, meet up about our interests and have a great time doing it. Now that your here, let your hair down, put your feet up, and relax. “Be excellent unto each other,” (we had to pay Keanu reeves fi ve bucks to put that in here) and have fun. It is the biggest little con in the biggest little city, and we are doing great! Since you are still reading this, we would like Renovation to thank all our guests, volunteers, staffers, and equally awesome people who made this The 69th World Science Fiction Convention event happen and work. You have all been Reno, Nevada, USA August 17-21, 2011 great and we hope you will continue being the people that make this con awesome year after Ellen Asher • Charles N. Brown* year. Thank you once again for helping make many dreams a reality. Beware Ze Fluffy, and Tim Powers • Boris Vallejo hug the Squidoo. Bill Willingham • Tricky Pixie (* in memoriam) Stay frosty and keep it classy, Find out more at . renovationsf.org Nathan Sindar - Chair Michael McCraven - Vice-chair Reno Convention Fandom, Inc. (RCFI) is an Oregon-based non-profit corporation. Logo by Brad Foster. “World Science Fiction Convention” is a service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. and Beta - Vice-chair Also Also Panels... 17 The Warky Request Show: Our resident Chocobo and Maudlin Mormon Musician, Warky, will be taking your requests, be they vague, obscure, or just plain silly. Come with an idea--we’ve lost all of ours. Whose Line is it Anime?: For the next two hours, the lunatics will be running the asylum. Please remain seated, and feel free to laugh at their obvious lack of a script and proper planning. The lack of control is solely for your amusement. Please avoid throwing rotten vegetables at our performers--they already had a heavy lunch. Wig Panel: Our cosplayers help you learn how to style, tweak and design your wigs to nail that perfect “anime hair” look. Women in Gaming: Ever wonder how the ladies feel at the table? Or maybe you’re a gal just trying to come into her own in the gaming world? Jess Hartley tries to make this less of a mess. Write and Wrong--How To Do It: In this panel, our resident writers help you clean up your one-liners and other prestigious potential pieces of prose with proper, peculiar, perhaps even pedagogical Texas in 2013 pedantic prim presentation. A thesaurus is not necessary for panel attendees. Worldcon bid for Yaoi Panel: Yaoi is the genre of anime San Antonio! focusing on boys who likes boys with hair Table of Contents like girls. If you’re offended by that sort of thing, don’t go. If you’re not, then go. 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