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Progress Report 2 (PDF) ANNUAL THEME: Tomorrow through the Past CONvergence 2011 will be a four-day celebration of Yesterday’s Visions of Tomorrow. Will there be Steampunk? Of course. But this theme is more than that. The first Tomorrowland opened at Disneyland on July 18, 1955, depicting a city of the futuristic year of 1986, the year Halley’s Comet would next appear. Visions of the fu- ture date quickly. We have communications technology undreamed of a few decades ago, but you still hear endless pining for the flying cars and rocket packs that haven’t materialized. Metaphors aside, 1984 came and went free of Orwell’s dystopia, the moon was not flung off into space in 1999, and there were no Pan Am flights to our space station to discuss the monolith found in the moon in 2001. These visions are no longer of what might be, but are instead of what might have been, yet they’re no less compelling. We love Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, The Jetsons, and Buck Rogers, even though they are more of the Table of Contents era in which they were made than the era they try to depict. Annual Theme . 1 The science of the age may date the works Registration . 2 of Jules Verne, but that can’t detract from What’s New(s) in 2011? the sense of wonder and imagination found Harmonic CONvergence Stage . 3 Contact Info in his stories. Sometimes we even want our new heroes rooted in an earlier age. USS Nokomis Blood Drive . 4 Convergence Events CVG-TV Videos Needed . 4 Waterbury Building The Rocketeer and Sky Captain soar Programming . 4 1121 Jackson St. through the skies of the pulp era, and ConSuite . 4 Suite 106 would be right at home with Comman- Masquerade Registration . 5 Minneapolis, MN 55413 do Cody and Doc Savage! Other Masquerade News . 5 What will tomorrow 24-hour Voicemail: Midnight Syndicate & The Dead Matter . .6 bring? The answer My Sucky Teen Romance . .6 612.234.2845 may be found... Help Wanted . .6 CONvergence eMail: yesterday! Guests of Honor . .8 [email protected] Special Musical Performance . 9 Convention Website: Community Partners . 10 www.convergence-con.org Hotel Update . 12 Organization Website: Pre-Registration Form . 13 www.convergenceevents.org CONvergence 2011 Progress Report 2 was designed by Christopher Jones. Cover art- work and artwork is by Christopher Jones unless otherwise indicated. Special thanks go to Roger Pavelle, Alex Larson, Cynthia Letterman, Dayna Jean Wolter, Ann Roubik, and Thomas Keeley, CONvergence Department Heads, the CONvergence Directors, and to everyone who provided content for their assistance with this publication. We always welcome feedback and suggestions, and ask that any comments be directed to the channels above. CONvergence 2011 Progress Report 2 is Copyright © 2011 by Convergence Events. All rights reserved. The CONvergence logo, Convergence Events, and the likeness of Connie, Professor Max, and other mascot characters are the property of Convergence Events. No portion of this publication may be repro- duced or transmitted in any form without the express written permission of Conver- gence Events. 3. New Owner’s contact information Registration: 4. A $20 fee if the badge type changes (EG: Adult to Teen). Your first stop at the convention 5. A $20 fee if the new owner requests a new/personalized badge name. Transfer of Membership requests will not be accepted by email after June 15 for the CONvergence Registration is your portal to the convention; it’s your first stop at the current convention. They will need to wait to be done at-con. con where you pick up your badge and Programming Guide, and it’s the one place every member of the convention passes through. Transfer of Memberships occurring at the convention are still free IF there is no change in badge (EG: Badge name or type), otherwise new badges require a $20 fee. As an experiment, Registration has decided to hold a PRE-Convention Pickup on Saturday June 25 at our Mission Control space in the Waterbury Building (1121 So to re-cap what’s new: Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis). Hours will be 10:00am–2:00pm and 4:00pm–7:00pm. 1. Pre-CON Transfers will not be processed after June 15 Members who are registered and have a Valid ID, their postcard or a valid email 2. $20 fee if a new badge is needed at-con. confirmation may pick up their badge and publications before arriving at the conven- tion. For those who are not able to make it, Registration will still be open at the con Wednesday June 29 from 3:00pm-6:00pm. NO Money will be taken during the Pre- Lost Badge Policy Convention Pick-Up. In an effort to provide the best service to our membership, panelists, entertainers, For those visiting the Registration Department at-con, we will again have a new volunteers and others, CONvergence would like to reiterate its policy on lost badges. home when you arrive at the Sheraton this year: Members who have lost their badge need to first go toOperations (aka Wednesday and Thursday come to the Garden Court near the Pool from the “The Bridge”) to see if their badge has been turned in, then go to the registration West Main Entrance to pick up your registration materials. department, complete an At-the-Door form and pay $20 for a new badge to be cre- ated. To avoid delays, please be sure to fill out the form carefully and completely. Friday, Saturday and Sunday Registration will move to Atrium 8 which is on the North side of the Hotel on the second floor (right above the Coffee Shop). Lost badges will not be re-issued after the Registration department has closed for the evening. 2012 Pre-Registrations will go on sale Saturday of the con at Noon. Registration Hours Service Animals CONvergence Service Animal Policies have been revised according to Federal clarifica- Pre-Convention Pickup (NO Money Taken) tions. Please go to convergence-con.org/faqs/FAQregistration.php#Q13 for all (At the Waterbury Building) the details. Saturday June 25 ................10:00am–2:00pm 4:00pm–7:00pm (At the Sheraton Hotel) What’s New(s) in 2011? Wednesday June 29 ............. 3:00pm–6:00pm At-Con Registration/Badge Pick-up Harmonic CONvergence Stage Thursday June 30 ................. 9:00am–8:00pm Friday July 1 ........................ 9:00am–8:00pm The stage is jammed full… seriously! We have been booked solid since September of Saturday July 2 .................... 9:00am–8:00pm 2010, so look for some great new faces and returning favorites! Sunday July 3 ........... Noon until one half-hour We are THRILLED to announce that the “Tongue in Geek Comedy Hour” was a HUGE after Closing Ceremonies success last year, and this year we are collaborating with Stand Up! Records Membership Transfer Policy (www.standuprecords.com) in all things funny. The Comedy Hour will be hosted again this year by Andy Brynildson, host of Monday Night Comedy Show. Be sure In an effort to provide the best service to our membership, CONvergence has updated to come by Harmonic CONvergence stage at 10:00pm Thursday, Friday and Sat- its policy on Transfer of Membership . Members may transfer a membership that urday to get your guffaw on…. they have purchased to either another CONvergence attendee or to a new member on line until June 15 for free . The current process is to send an email to Our Music Track panels are also growing, so be sure to look for them as you start [email protected] with the following information: planning your weekend. We are chock-full of some amazingly talented folks, so be sure you check them out. 1. Owner’s name and address 2. The name and address of the new owner We will start featuring some of the acts on the CONvergence Facebook page and 3. Age of owner our website, so be on the look out for those links and features. 4. Badge Name for the new owner We are looking for some technically skilled music/theater volunteers for Harmonic Transfer of Memberships that occur at-con will require: CONvergence. If you have technical/sound engineering/musical set-up experience 1. Transfer of Membership Form – completed and legible and want to get some Volunteer hours in, contact Dayna Jean at queenvalkyrie@ 2. Owner’s signature on the Transfer of Membership form or a printed email with hotmail.com. Please include “HarmCON tech help” in the subject line. the owner’s email address showing and indicating approval of the transfer. 2 3 don’t have the space, we don’t have the people. We are working on ways to provide USS Nokomis Blood Drive more healthy “staple” food - soup, rice, and PB&J sandwiches - more consistently. If The USS Nokomis (a Twin Cities Star Trek Fan Club) is proud to host things go well, you should be able to get some soup or rice to eat, along with your its 11th Annual CONvergence Blood Drive on Saturday, July 2 from snacks and soda. 11:00am-4:00pm. If you’d like to help, we are expecting to need a lot of it. If you’re interested in help- • You can save THREE lives with your donation ing out, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. • It only takes about an hour Masquerade Registration • Almost everyone can donate blood, even if they stayed up late partying on Friday night In order to streamline and speed up the Technical Rehearsals, ALL entrants using any If you haven’t pre-scheduled your appointment, which can be done at type of music for their entry MUST provide (2) copies of the musical track on CD AT www.redcrossblood.org, you can stop by the USS Nokomis’ room on Thursday or THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.
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