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Denvention 3 Denvention 3 Progress Report One September 2007 Anticipation The 67th World Science Fiction Convention Neil Gaiman – Guest of Honour Elisabeth Vonarburg – Invitée d'honneur Taral Wayne – Fan Guest of Honour David Hartwell – Editor Guest of Honour Tom Doherty – Publisher Guest of Honour Julie Czerneda – Master of Ceremonies August 6-10, 2009 Montréal, Québec, Canada Palais des congrès de Montréal Contact us: CP 105 Succursale NDG, Montréal, QC, H4A 3P4 [email protected] www.anticipationsf.ca “Worldcon” and "Hugo Award" are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society A Mile Closer to the Stars Wednesday, August 6 – Sunday, August 10, 2008 Colorado Convention Center Denver, Colorado USA Lois McMaster Bujold – Guest of Honor Rick Sternbach – Artist Guest of Honor Tom Whitmore – Fan Guest of Honor Robert A. Heinlein – Ghost of Honor Wil McCarthy – Toastmaster AUGUST 2008 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Denvention 3 PO Box 1349, Denver, CO 80201-1349 Denvention.org • [email protected] Service Mark Notice: “World Science Fiction Society,” “WSFS,” “World Science Fiction Convention,” “Worldcon,” “NASFiC,” and “Hugo Award” are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. Denvention 3 Progress Report One Committee and Staff List Executive Division Facilities Division Chairman Kent Bloom Division Head Patty Wells Vice- Chair Jack Heneghan Deputy Ben Yalow Chairman’s Assistant Gerry Letteney Facilities Staff Aaron Curtis, David Chairman’s Staff Bobbi Armbruster Gallaher, Deb Geisler, Hugo Administration Mary Kay Kare Mark Herrup, Joyce Information Technology Erik V. Olson Hooper, TR Smith WSFS Business Meeting Donald Eastlake 3rd Convention Center Craige Howlette WSFS Site Selection Kim Williams Housing Kim Marks Brown, John Con Operations Division [email protected] Lorentz Division Head Robbie Bourget Local Liaison Barb McDonald Deputy John Mansfield Finance Division Office Becky Thomson Division Head Bob MacIntosh Office Staff Randy Smith Treasurer Brian Morman Rovers Head John Harold Office Judy Bemis Rovers Cass Marshall, David Member Services Division [email protected] Holm, Bruce Dane Division Head Jim Briggs Volunteers Sheila McClune, Melanie Deputy Ed Green Herz Child Care Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale Logistics Staff Jacob Fortin Handicapped Services Sally Woehrle Events Division [email protected] Information Melissa Morman Division Head Bill Parker Pre-Registration Ted Monogue Hugo Ceremony Laurie Mann, Gay Ellen Pre-Reg Staff Terry Adams, Kent Bloom, Dennett Mary Morman Exhibits Division [email protected] Registration Linda Ross-Mansfield Division Head Ruth Sachter Ribbons Sharon Sbarsky Deputy Ian Stockdale Boards and Displays Erwin “Filthy Mentor Jim Hudson Pierre” Strauss Exhibits Staff Sharon Sbarsky Programming Division [email protected] Brainstorming Geri Sullivan Division Head Mary Morman CCC/Decorator Liaison Nancy Cobb Database Barry Newton Layout/Safety Kurt Siegal Filk Blind Lemming Chiffon, Art Show Bruce Miller, Cheryl Kathleen Sloan Sundseth Guest of Honor Liaisons Art Show Staff Lois McMaster Bujold Elaine Normandy Ted Alsup, Bonnie Atwood, Ted Atwood, Rex Baker, Tom Whitmore Pamela Potter Beth Bartlett, Blair Bartlett, Mitzi Bartlett, Dana Rick Sternbach Robin Monogue Bell, Sage Bray, Michael Burgess, Chloe Byer, Joni Wil McCarthy Eric Schwartz Dashoff, Jonni Davis, Kammi Davis, Jaimee Davis- Kaffeklatches Scott Humphries Fox, Gay Ellen Dennett, Sandy Diersing, Laura Regency Dance Terry Adams, Michelle Domitz, Steven Fox, Lisa Hertel, Mary Jane Jewell, Brothers, Susan Erin Jordan, Karen Jordan, Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, deGuardiola Julia S. Koller, Kerry Kuhn, Paula Lieberman, Dave Photographer Keith McClune Luperti, Sally Mayer, Mike Oberg, Pam Oberg, Robert Program Ops Jim Mann Pechman, Matthew Ragsdale, Jerome Scott, Andrea Technology of Reading Glenn Glazer Senchy, Alan Shaklee, Grace Spengler, Harold Stein, Publications Division [email protected] Doug Sundseth, Bill Van Cleave, Sue Van Cleave, Erik Division Head Helen Montgomery Von Halle, Donna Waltz Hugo Ceremony Program Laurie Mann Dealers’ Room Sally Kobee, Larry Smith Progress Reports Michael Nelson NASA Exhibits Liaison Patrick Molloy Publicity Bill Taylor Hospitality Division [email protected] Mentor Deb Geisler Division Head Sandra Childress Press Relations Laurie Mann Deputy Inger Myers Souvenir Program Book Tim Miller Hospitality Staff Mr. Shirt In Memoriam Page Steven H Silver Con Suite Terry Adams Web Site Laurie Mann September 007 Denvention 3 3 Message From the Chair Kent Bloom Dear Friends, the Adams Mark Hotel to the Colorado State Capitol area. I think you will be very pleased with the variety of places to Denvention 3 is very pleased to have been selected to be eat and shop in downtown Denver. the 66th World Science Fiction Convention next August. We know that we could not have done this without the support I know many of you have heard the Democratic Presiden- of the Friends and Pre-Supporters of the Denver in 2008 bid, tial Nominating Convention will be in Denver next August. those who encouraged and supported us as we bid, and the It will be in the Pepsi Center (several blocks away from the many fans who voted at Los Angeles. Thank you. Colorado Convention Center where Denvention 3 will be held) starting two weeks after Denvention 3. Although it We are working with fen from around the world to bring will not have a direct effect on us, Denver is going to be very you the best Worldcon possible. In order to do that, we need busy all through August. This means that hotel rates are your input as well. Please let us know what it is that makes higher than we expected. We have blocks of rooms in seven Worldcons fun and special for you. downtown Denver hotels. All of the hotels are convenient We think you will enjoy Denver, and Denvention 3, as we to the Convention Center. Some are on the free Mall Shuttle will. We’re very excited to have our wonderful Guests of Bus route along Denver’s 16th Street Pedestrian Mall. We Honor agree to share their time with us. We think you’ll are working on how to handle reservations. Look for de- enjoy meeting them as well. They bring great things to us. tails in our next Progress Report in January 2008. We plan to celebrate their contributions to Science Fiction A Worldcon is a large and complex thing. It has always and Fantasy and Fandom with many enjoyable events and amazed me that we can do so much with only volunteers. activities, some traditional and some new and different. This means that we need help to do almost everything, and The Denver downtown that some of you may remember anything we don’t have volunteers for probably won’t get from Denvention II is gone. The downtown area is now a done. If you have already volunteered, and you haven’t major shopping and commercial center. Within a few blocks heard from us yet, please be patient. We do need you and of the Colorado Convention Center is now the 16th Street we will be in touch. If you haven’t volunteered yet, please Pedestrian Mall, with a free and frequent shuttle that runs consider it. It is a lot of fun, and a great opportunity to meet from the train station and baseball stadium (and the Tat- people who may share your interests. You can volunteer tered Cover Bookstore) up past the Convention Center and on our website at Denvention.org, at one of the conventions where we will have a table, or via postal mail. MileHiCon 39 Party Announcement I’m looking forward to seeing most of you next August, and Denvention 3 will be hosting an open party on Friday, Octo- working with many of you in the planning, organization, ber 26, 2007 at this year’s MileHiCon in Denver, Colorado. and operation of Denvention 3 between now and then. Please stop by our party or fan table if you will be attending MileHiCon 39 on October 26 – 28, 2007 [www.milehicon.org]. Contents Committee and Staff List Message From the Chair 3 Facilities Division Report 4 WSFS Business Meeting 4 Events Division Report 4 Hugo Awards Ceremony 4 Exhibits Division Report 5 Denvention 3 Art Show 5 Member Services Division Report 5 Programming Division Report 5 The Technology of Reading 5 Progress Report Two Advertising Rates 6 Hugo Award Base Design Competition 7 Ten Things to Know About the Mile High City 8 Our Honored Guests and Toastmaster 10 009 Worldcon Site Selection Results 1 Nippon 007 WSFS Business Meeting 1 Membership Registration Information 14 Member List 15 4 Denvention 3 Progress Report One Facilities Division Patty Wells Events Division Bill Parker In a recent visit to Denver, our Convention Center Hyatt In addition to the usual Worldcon events, such as the Mas- sales manager told us that Denver has moved up from be- querade, Hugo Awards Ceremony, and the Opening and ing the 117th most popular meeting destination to being 5th Closing Ceremonies, we’re planning on introducing the in just the past few years. Denvention 3 has gotten caught in Worldcon to a Denver tradition, Critter Crunch, the origi- this sudden popularity. nal robot battle competition. This contest was created by the Denver Area Mad Scientists. This group still governs So we’re in a great city that has become more desirable by Critter Crunch. This is the original robot battle competition facilities upgrades, new hotels, and the addition of a 16- and predates Robot Wars and Battle Bots by more than ten block long pedestrian mall (with free shuttle buses and free years. The competition has been held in the past in conjunc- WiFi) close to the convention center and hotels.
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