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Norwescon 40 Onions and Roses Report Year Source Executive Department Type Comment There was a glitch in Convention Master program. It is being worked on. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Comment Means we can't close the Art Show, other business items for awhile. Using a new credit card processor (needed at the last minute) worked great, and we spent NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Comment about 50% less on credit card fees this year. Had 7 units for on-site credit card processing. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Rose Communications with new bank branch personnel was much smoother than last year. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Rose Business department was a lot of fun! NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Comment It would be helpful to have purchase cards for future conventions. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Business General Rose Kudos to Security team that worked with Business. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Rose Thanks for being Chair for the last three years - this got applause. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Rose Thanks to people who are still doing things for the convention, even after the con. NWC40 Email Chair General Rose You guys were fantastic. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Rose We are more family-inclusive now - this is a kudo. NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose Great panels, interesting people, and all-around fun! NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose Thanks to all for making us so welcome. It was great to see everyone. NWC40 O&R Panel Chair General Rose Member smiled through the convention, knowing the ConCom were wonderful people. NWC is marvelous in the old-fashioned sense of the term. Marvels await around every turn. NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose The convention this year was excellent overall. The panels were great and all of the other NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Rose events were great, too! The Con was so much fun we’re probably going back next year in spite of the long waits at the NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose [Canadian] border (both ways) and the expense. Thanks for an amazing convention! This was, by far, the best Norwescon I've been to. Kudos NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose for everyone who put it on, and a special shout out to [staff member] for all her work on the writing tracks! I had a blast at the convention this year. I hung with mermaids and helped make a movie. My NWC40 Email Chair General Rose only complaints are; not having a Sugar Daddy to buy me more shiny things in the Dealer's Room, and not figuring out that GuideBook had a bunch of cool features until Sunday afternoon. There was a serious lack of time to get to the Dealers Room and Art Show. There were just too many good panels! WORSE there were too many hours where there were two or three panels NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose worth attending. A longer panel schedule isn’t really doable with the last panel starting at 11 PM already! Lunch and dinner were a challenge! Great work, keep it up! A shout out to the folks on ConCom & other attendees for working to incorporate consent NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose culture into the con. This year was measurably better in that regard. Norwescon 40 Onions and Roses Report I'd like to give a special shout-out to all of the male-presenting folks I encountered at the convention who, without exception, were so committed to consent that it was actually disorienting. From the guy who snapped his eyes up when he realized my cleavage flash was accidental when I was tying my boot, to the ones who insisted that the contact information NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose exchange involved giving me the option to reciprocate at another time to make sure they weren't getting a polite response instead of an earnest one, y'all were a stark contrast to my usual bus-creep day-to-day experience. There are pockets of consent culture in the world, but to be in a space with so many people I didn't know and still find that vibe was special indeed. Keep it up! Can I just say that I love NWC for its inclusivity? Not just this sign and these fliers [pictured], but the panels themselves, including: Writing LGBT+ Characters [in the Post-Patriarcy] [Fri 5pm, Cas11], LGBT+ Meet and Greet [Fri 11am Oly2], social responsibility and “othering” in the NWC40 Facebook Chair General Rose horror genre [Horror's Role in Perpetuating Fear of the Other] [Fri 1pm Cas9], other panels on racism and diversity in general, a sensory safe space for neurodivergent people. It’s highly disability friendly and everything is wheelchair accessible. No book exchange table this year. [Chair said it was her fault, she meant to do it but didn't get NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Comment to it.] There were less "racy clothing" people in the halls in the evenings than in past years. This has NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Comment been happening slowly over several years, it was noted. There were religious protestors in front of the Hotel on Saturday. One person with bullhorn, NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Comment under 10 people total. No disruption to the Con. One blogger suggested that if they were protesting us, we were doing something right. Keep NWC focused on literary, costuming, art, etc. Creator-focused rather than just another NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Suggestion fandom. Con Com Mailing list - Person hadn't been made aware how to get on it. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Onion [It is a Google Group, send an email to the chair@ or secretary@ email address.] The signs about Con Crud were well-placed and meaningful. However, I still got it and was NWC40 Facebook Chair General Both TKOed Tuesday through Thursday, and the wife got it from me and still has it. I’m losing big chunks of the day to general fatigue from dealing with this crud. One member said they were never coming back, citing Burlesque folks (or those dressed like NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair General Onion them) accosting their children. We did not go in costume and did not really know anybody there, and this added to our combined sense of being "outsiders". As gay men we felt comfortable enough (it's a very NWC40 Facebook Chair General Onion accepting crowd), but we also felt like a bit of an anomaly amongst the rest of the conventioneers. … Ultimately, I've found GeekGirlCon and Emerald City CC to be a bit easier to navigate as a geek convention "outsider". NorWesCon really feels like a convention by and for convention regulars. NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair ADA Suggestion Person volunteering to take over ADA Liaison. Contact info provided to Chair(s). Norwescon 40 Onions and Roses Report The Doubletree was cramped and barely accommodated the many walkers and other mobility NWC40 Facebook Chair ADA Onion devices in attendance. A special needs person pointed out the amount of time it can take to move from one room to NWC40 O&R Panel Chair ADA Comment another. She knew she was a distraction though. People in wheelchairs had trouble moving from the service side of the Con Suite to the seating NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair ADA Onion side. NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair ADA Onion Braille function room labels were covered by paper schedules. Too many dogs! Limit access to service dogs only. I didn't like someone next to me having NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair ADA Onion their dog on their lap. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair ADA Onion Member in a wheelchair was disappointed with lack of access to Arcade. Several ADA people complained about hotel not being helpful about getting into rooms and NWC40 O&R Panel Chair ADA Onion other ADA room issues. The Hotel sure discriminates against the disabled. The 30-minute limit for a wheelchair- NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair ADA Onion accessible stall probably breaks the law about impeding a handicap stall. Some disabled folks can take 30 minutes just to get out of their vehicle. The Hotel should be ashamed, and NWC should discourage discrimination. I paid for my room in advance, in cash, but when I arrived was told my ADA room was no longer available. So they stuck me in the Tower "near the elevator" which was 1/3 of the way NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair ADA Onion down the hall. This is completely unacceptable. No matter where I want to go I have to use the unreliable elevators. (First day of the convention and already one elevator was out of commission.) NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Anniversary Rose Loved the history display. NWC40 Comnt Cards Chair Anniversary Rose Roses for the Anniversary Swag Bags! The side pocket and flat bottom are blessings. Lifetime Banquet rose to Nathan for the one meal I didn't eat by myself in my room. It was NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Banquets Rose tasty. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Charities Comment Charities raised $650 through donation option on online membership page. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Charities Comment Superhero ribbon sales raised about $250. NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Charities Comment Using Amazon Smile (choosing NWC as a charity while shopping at Amazon) really helps. How much corporate matching dollars might we get from Boeing? [Unknown. It was noted the NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair Charities Comment corporate matching bucks generated by the Pawtowskis alone pretty much fund our con soft drink budget.] It would be nice if signing up as ConCom automatically enrolled you in the NWC ConCom NWC40 Post-Con Mtg Chair ConCom Suggestion mailing list.