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Progress Report 1 Renovation Progress Report One March 2010 Table of Contents Chair’s Message Chair’s Message ........................................................... 1 Over the years I have often been greeted during or after a Worldcon by being asked how my Worldcon was. I’ve Renovation Staff List ................................................ 2 always loved this because a con that covers the entirety of science fiction can be special in dozens of ways. Some Facilities Division ........................................................ 3 quick memories: • As my friend David Levine won his Hugo in Exhibits Division .......................................................... 3 Anaheim, everyone from Portland broke out Evolution of “Rennie” ................................................. 5 screaming from the sheer joy of it, • I have had my hand kissed by Gardner Dozois and Publications Division ................................................. 5 Robert Silverberg, • I have watched my teenage daughters help Ray Special Guest: Tricky Pixie ...................................... 6 Bradbury with his autographing while telling him what big fans they are. Smoking in Reno .......................................................... 6 There have been tons of other things: exhibits like the The Bid According to Rick ....................................... 7 Batmobile, masquerade costumes that blew me away and listening to some of my favorite writers read their work. Guest of Honor: Tim Powers ................................... 8 When I think about my memories, the things that make my Worldcon are the personal experiences. You can meet the Reno in 2011 Bid Accounts ....................................... 11 great people in all aspects of the field, listen to them and Memberships ................................................................ 12 talk to them. We hope to bring opportunities for your own personal experiences to happen to you at Renovation. Types of Membership ............................................... 12 One of the best personal experiences at a con and a Worldcon is great for this, is meeting friends you never Installment Plan ........................................................... 12 knew you had. Membership List (February 28, 2010) ............... 13 I write this right after attending what was a new con for me. While there, I stopped another redhead, this one dressed as an Edwardian lady on safari, to ask about her pith helmet with the lace brim. I now know where to get one and we had a lovely chat about all you can get at an Renovation army surplus store. I still covet her leather WWI ammo The 69th World Science Fiction Convention bag. Reno, Nevada USA August 17–21, 2011 Some of my other favorite good times come from Guests of Honor working on something for the con and seeing it through Ellen Asher - Charles N. Brown * or submitting an idea and seeing it come to fruition. In Tim Powers - Boris Vallejo Anaheim, where I worked in the facilities department, I enjoyed telling Connie Willis that the security guard, ( * in memoriam ) who hears hundreds of speakers, came up to tell me she Special Guests was the wittiest person he’d ever heard. Now is the time Tricky Pixie to jump in and help with your ideas and your time. The Worldcon will be better for it. [email protected] www.renovationsf.org I am honored to chair a Worldcon because it’s an event · that has offered me some of the best experiences of my life. We all hope that we can help put together an Front Image: Freedom by Boris Vallejo ©Copyright 2006 atmosphere that will make your Renovation Worldcon as vivid and full of new experiences as my own Worldcons Postal Memberships should be mailed to: have been. Renovation, PO Box 13278, Portland, OR 97213-0278 I am excited about our Worldcon, except for the one place I Reno Convention Fandom, Inc. (RCFI) is an Oregon-based non- am terribly sad. Charles Brown was set to be a GoH and we profit corporation. “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, will still honor him as well as we can. But we wish he had “World Science Fiction Conventions”, “Worldcon”, “NASFiC” and not passed away, so that we could be drinking with him, “Hugo Award” are service marks of the World Science Fiction instead of drinking to an absent friend. Society, an unincorporated literary society. g e Progress Report One 1 Renovation Renovation Staff List Chair: Patty Wells Special Art Exhibit: Gay Ellen Dennett OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN Fixed Exhibits: Steampunk Exhibit: Bobbi DuFault Chair’s Assistant: Ray Cyrus Decorator Liaison: Dave Gallaher Chair’s Advisors / Special Projects: EVENTS: Jill Eastlake and Don Glover Vincent Docherty, Colin Harris Masquerade Directors: Sponsorship Consultant: René Walling Kevin Roche and Andrew Trembley Webmaster: Rick Lindsley Hugo Award Ceremony: Sharon Sbarsky Renovation Convention Logo: Brad Foster Events Technical Director: Marcie Hansen Additional Artwork: John Picacio Art Project: Anne Murphy Deputy Technical Director: Chuck Shimada Art & Artist Community Liaison: PROGRAM: Jim Mann and Ian Stockdale Deputy Division Heads: Laurie Mann and Edie Stern John Picacio, Jannie Shea Guest of Honor Liaison: Lucy Huntzinger (lead), RCFI Board Mary Kay Kare, Tammy Lindsley Officers: Patty Wells (President), Program Software Lead: Ruth Leibig Ruth Sachter (Secretary), John Lorentz (Treasurer) Staff: Henry Balen Board Members: Arthur Chenin, Aaron Curtis, Program Area Leads: Vince Docherty, Don Glover, Colin Harris, Academic: Kim Kofmel Mark Herrup, Tammy Lindsley, Jim Mann, Fan: James Bacon TR Renner, Ben Yalow Graphic Novels: Sean Wells DIVISIONS Science: Helen Umberger FINANCE: John Lorentz Strolling with the Stars: Stu Segal Deputy Division Head: Aaron Curtis Young Adult: James Bacon (pre-con) Keepers & Counters of the Sacred Money: Program Ops: Janice Gelb Judy Bemis, Dave Cantor, Debbie King, Brain Trust: Area Staff plus Mary Ann Anthony, Tony Parker Lenny Bailes, Tom Becker, Arthur Chenin, Staff: Lea Farr, Kevin Hall, Alexis Layton Paul Cornell, Aaron Curtis, Terry Fong, FACILITIES: Ben Yalow Leslie Howle, William Lexner, Priscilla Olson, Deputy Division Head: Steve Cooper Susan Palwick, Steven Silver, Randy Smith, Convention Center Liaison: Bobbi Armbruster Mike Van Helder, Mike Ward Staff: Craige Howlett Fan Lounge: Chris Garcia Hotel Function Space Liaison: Suzanne Tompkins Gaming: Beverly Block Housing: Joyce Hooper Library Outreach: Patricia Parsons Facilities Staff: Kim Marks Brown, Mark Herrup, Program Staff: Margene Bahm, TR Renner, Sue Potter Stone Farah Mendlesohn, Linda Pilcher Mailing List & Wiki Administration: PUBLICATIONS: Karen Meschke Mike Pins, Erik V. Olson Deputy Division Head: Tim Miller WSFS: Tim Illingworth and Ruth Sachter Souvenir Book: Deb Geisler and Geri Sullivan SERVICES: Melissa Mormon Progress Report Editors: Michael Nelson (PR1), Tony Deputy Division Head: Laura Domitz Lewis and Alice Lewis (PR2), Warren Buff (PR5) Volunteer Coordination: Sharon Pierce, Daily At Con Zine: Meredith Branstad Melanie Hertz Staff: Matt Branstad, Steve Libbey Handicapped Access: Sally Woerhle PROMOTIONS & HOSPITALITY: Kimm Antell International Agents: Deputy Division Head: Jonathan Miles Australia: Jean Weber Art & Design: Kimm Antell and Stoney Comptom Canada: Murray Moore Promotional Videos: Nat Saenz Europe: Vincent Docherty Press Releases: Joyce Reynolds-Ward Japan: Kodumasa Sato [JASFIC] Facebook: Art Bouton III United Kingdom: Steve Cooper Staff: Renee Babcock, Bob Brown, Daniel Buehler, EXHIBITS: Todd Dashoff Kelly Buehler, Rhonda Eudaly, Page Fuller, Deputy Division Head: Michael J. Walsh Sarah Lake, Sara Meuller, Ann Wilkes Dealers’ Room Head: Joni Brill Dashoff Art Show Director: Elayne Pelz SPECIAL Thanks Art Show Staff: Sandy Cohen, MaryJane Jewell, Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, Charles Matheny, In addition to our standing staff, we are of course indebted Jerome Scott to the many volunteers who have helped us out in so many ways. g e Progress Report One 2 Renovation Facilities Division parking and WiFi, but there is no airport shuttle. We will have more information about our hotels, including Ben Yalow , Division Head booking information and suite rates in a progress report coming out at the end of 2010. Hotel bookings open in early Renovation will draw on three main facilities for the convention, 2011, after giving plenty of time for all members to have making the best use of the amenities they each offer. The received their PR either electronically or in the mail. Reno-Sparks Convention Centre (RSCC) will be the center of our daytime activities; the Atlantis Hotel will be the venue for the parties and the con suite; and the Peppermill Hotel will be the home of the extravaganzas. There will also be a small room block at the Courtyard Hotel for those with zero tolerance to cigarette smoke. Member Services Division The RSCC will host the core of the convention and in addition Melissa Mormon, Division Head to being the host of most daytime programming it will be the home for exhibits including the Art Show, Dealers’ Room and We are here to serve fans, especially those of you with special exhibits, all sharing the 120,000 square foot Hall 2. particular needs such as assistance with child care or The RSCC will also be the venue for the opening and closing accessibility. ceremonies and the location for Registration and other We are currently assessing professional child care providers services. and will provide additional information on our web site and in The Atlantis Hotel is across the street from the Convention
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