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1 Art Show......................................................................................26 Operations................................................................................19 Café...................................................................................24Table of ContentsParties....................................................................................28 Capricon History...........................................................................72 Phandemonium Events................................................................32 Charity.....................................................................................17 Programming..........................................................................32 Code of Conduct.............................................................................4 Thursday....................................................................32 Consuite.................................................................................18 Friday.........................................................................35 Dealers............................................................................22 Saturday.....................................................................45 Department Hours.......................................................................76 Sunday.......................................................................57 Fan Tables.....................................................................................19 Anime........................................................................64 Filk...................................................................................24 Films.............................................................................68 Goat Droppings............................................................................19 Gaming.....................................................................70 Gophers...........................................................................18 Kids...........................................................................62 Guests of Honor..............................................................................8 Teen ......................................................................................63 Tobias Buckell........................................................................10 Programming Participants...........................................................60 Trungles..........................................................................12 Registration.....................................................................18 Lillian Sams............................................................................14 Social Media.................................................................................18 Hotel...................................................................................20 Special Events..............................................................................30 Hotel Map....................................................................................75 Teen Lounge..................................................................................1 Info Desk......................................................................................18 What is Phandemonium?..............................................................3 In Memoriam...............................................................................16 Writers' Room..............................................................................31 Letter from the Chair......................................................................2 Chair: Aimee Dundon Goat Droppings Lead: Tina Gilman Programming Ops Lead: Advertising Lead: Joe KarpierzCapriconGoogle 40 Docs Convention Lead: Amber Jones Committee Tori Carnall-Hawkins Anime Lead: Chris Krolczyk Gophers Lead: Kyana Williams Programming Ops Second: Anime Second: Scott Gomez Gophers Second: Allen Rebot Jeanne Steele Art Show Lead: Sam Haney Press Guest Liaison Lead: Marinda Darnell Publications Lead: Art Show Second: Lizzy Lippert Guest Liaison Second: Lexi Taylor Emily Knowles-Grumble Awards Lead: JP Kroschel Health & Sanitation Lead: Vicki Ortega Publications Second: Josh Grumble Café Lead: Xap Esler Hotel Liaison Lead: Cary Williams Registration Lead: Margaret Groh Café Second: Rebecca McManamon Hotel Liaison Second: Caetlin Williams Registration Second: Joanna Cauffman Con Suite Lead: Jenn Beeson Information Desk Lead: Michael Kelly Registration Third: John Cauffman Con Suite Second: Harvey Pierson Information Desk Second: Sandra Levy Ribbons Lead: Nomi Volchko Dealers Room (At-Con) Lead: IT Lead: Chris Dundon Signage Lead: Helen Montgomery Alan Voecks IT Second: Hazel Press SMOF Lead: Peter Heltzer Dealers Room (At-Con) Second: Kid's Programming Lead: Social Media Lead: Michelle Friman April Voecks Lisa Garrison Ragsdale Special Events Programming Lead: Dealers Room (Pre-Con) Lead: Kid's Programming Second: Kate Yun Jessica Guggenheim Sandra Levy Logistics Lead: Vicki Ortega Teen Lounge Lead: Shannon Williams Design Lead: Logistics Second: Sherri Sanders Teen Lounge Responsible Adult: Emily Knowles-Grumble Marketing Lead: Ed Friman Tracy Lunquist Equipment Lead: David Ifversen Marketing Second: Hobbes Bailey Teen Lounge Second: Avery Magierski Equipment Second: Angela Karash Official Guilty Party Lead: Billy Hawkins Teen Lounge staff: Danielle Lee Exhibits Lead: Dave McCarty Operations Lead: Bea Romero Time Lord Lead: Leane Verhulst Fan Table Lead: Rich Jarrow Operations Second: David West Treasurer Lead: Wendy Zdrodowski Filk (At-Con) Lead : Debbie Gates Parties Lead: Rachel Cohan Treasurer Second: Adam Gilman Filk (Pre-Con) Second: Bill Roper Parties Second (Fifth): Wash Esler Voice of Experience Lead: Films Lead: Doug Killings Programming Lead: Tammy Coxen Karen Hawkins-Kamper (Wren) Gaming Lead: Jenna Kantor Programming Second: Webmaster Lead: Matthew Duhan Gaming Second: Sarah Rice Deanna Sjolander Webmaster Second: Jennifer Kozak Cover design by Emily Knowles-Grumble 2 1 Welcometh th to Capricon 40 What is Phandemonium? What is Phandemonium? February 13 -16 , 2020 Westin Chicago North Shore Phandemonium, Inc. sponsors the annual science fiction convention Capricon, ensuring that attendees have as much fun as possible. We also promote science fiction as a genre and support the Chicagoland fannish community. We host events on a bimonthly basis including a Book Club in Evanston and a Euchre Club. Up-to-date information on these and other events can be found on our blog Guests of Honor (www.capricon.org/blog) or on our social media sites. AUTHORTobias GUEST Buckell OF HONOR ARTIST TrunglesGUEST OF HONOR FAN GUESTLil Sams OF HONOR If you are interested in any of our ongoing programs, have new ideas, or just have questions about Phandemonium please look for a board member this weekend and let’s have a chat. Who’s in Phandemonium? If you have a badge for Capricon: it’s you! Your registration at Capricon automatically includes membership in Phandemonium for Letter From The Chair the year. Greetings and Salutations! Phandemonium also includes: — The Board of Directors, who are responsible for stewardship of the Corporation, including - but not limited to - choosing the Welcome to the Tropics of Capricon! I hope that everyone reading this has as much fun at the convention as I had working on it. chairperson for each convention and the Corporate Staff (see below); I grew up in the kind of household that had a required reading list of science fiction and fantasy novels. It was not uncommon for — The Corporate Staff, who perform vital functions in support of the Board of Directors and the Corporation as a whole; our childhood friends to go home with stacks of paperbacks. In particular, my parents always seemed to have 2-3 copies of the — The Annual Ad-Hoc Convention Committee (aka ‘the ConCom’), who does all the valuable work it takes to hold the convention Lord of the Rings in the house at all times, specifically to give away. I did not reach conventions until I was in my thirties in 2005 each year; after joining the Chicago Science Fiction Meetup, and my first Capricon was Capricon 2006. I knew almost immediately that I had — The Keepers of Valuable Knowledge, who perform specific necessary duties and/or provide continuing knowledge of how to found my people. By 2008 I was staff for Capricon 28, Pirates! I crossed over into working conventions. accomplish the important tasks related to the Corporation. When I started going to conventions, my personal reading habits started to change. I first read Octavia Butler, and Paulo Want to Get Involved? Bacigalupi. Where my reading had been dominated by the same authors my parents read, mostly golden age science fiction On Saturday, February 15, the Board will host a “Meet the Candidates” panel, where Phandemonium members get the chance to writers. Conventions introduced me to works by people with different perspectives, which refreshed my interest in the genre. It's ask questions about the organization and to meet and hear from the candidates running for the Board of Directors. my hope that members will find something new here that shifts how they see the world. On Sunday, February 16, we’ll be having an open board meeting to discuss corporate business and elect two new Board members to replace those whose terms are ending. All Phandemonium members are invited and encouraged to attend and vote. I have always loved dystopian science fiction, and