The 60th World Science Fiction Convention August 29 – September 2, 2002 Progress Report 2 May 2001 ConJosé Progress Report 2 1 ConJosé The 60th World Science Fiction Convention McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California Thursday, August 29 through Monday, September 2, 2002 Guests of Honor Vernor Vinge David Cherry Bjo & John Trimble Ferdinand Feghoot Tad Williams Memberships $140 US until 6/30/2001 For more detailed information, see the membership form on page 23. For information on our installment plan, see page 22. ConJosé PO Box 63163 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-1363 [email protected] • http://www.conjose.org International Agents Australia UK Europe Canada Terry Frost Steve Davies & Giulia de Cesare Vince Docherty John Mansfield 5 Temple St. 52 Westbourne Terrace Brugstraat 17B 333 Lipton St. West Brunswick VIC 3055 Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2RP Groningen 9712AA, Netherlands Winnipeg MB R2G 2H2 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2 ConJosé Progress Report 2 Operating Committee Chairman: Tom Whitmore Vice-Chair: Ruth Sachter Table of Contents Bid Chairman: Kevin Standlee Admin Division: Tony Cratz Second: Craige Howlett David Cherry Logo 1 Email: Tony Cratz Org. Chart & Useful People List: Ruth Sachter Convention Info 2 Treasury: Operating Committee 3 Comptroller: Cindy Scott Publication Credits 3 Second: Craige Howlett Recording Secretary: Brent E. Edwards, Greg Dougherty Notes from the Chairman 4 IT Department: Mike Higashi Dealer’s Room and Art Show Info 4 Webmaster: Cheryl Morgan 1st. Asst. Webmaster: Lunatic E'Sex Hotel & Site Info 4 Reg. Software: Richard Ney Administration 6 Online Info: Kevin Standlee Help Desk: Jerry Tien Feghoot story 6 PDA Interface: Bhroam Mann Fehoot Contest 6 Office: (acting) Mary Kay Kare Mail Box: Cindy Scott PR3 Rates and Deadlines 6 WSFS Functions: Programming 6 Business Meeting.: Chairman: Kevin Standlee Masquerade 8 Deputy Chair/Parliamentarian: Tim Illingworth San José transit 8 Secretary, Timekeeper, Mark [Protection]: Cheryl Morgan Membership List 10 Site Selection 2005 Worldcon: James Briggs Membership Breakdowns 21 Hugo Admin: John Lorentz Registration: Pre Con: Mary Kay Kare Installment Plan 22 Member Services: Mary Kay Kare Lost People 22 Game Arcade: TJ Bayer Technical Services: Carl 'Z!' Zwanzig Where We’ll Be 22 Extravaganzas: John Blaker Membership Rates and Form 23 Masquerade: Pierre & Sandy Pettinger Facilities: Dave Gallaher & Nancy Cobb Facilities Negotiation: Ben Yalow & Bobbi Armbruster Ads Fixed Functions: Michael Siladi Deputy Division Manager: Kathryn Daugherty UK in 2005 ad 5 Art Show: Jerome Scott & Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink Torcon ad 7 Special Art Retrospective: James Stanley Daugherty Fan Tables: Kierin Bushore Millennium Philcon Ad 9 Internet Lounge: Jim Dennis & Heather Stern Publications: Bob and Brenda Daverin Incindental Art Layout Assistance: Sue Ellen Adkins Teddy Harvia Cartoons 8 & 22 Restaurant Guide: Bruce Schneier & Karen Cooper Hugo Awards Program Book: Geri Sullivan Newsletter: Morning: Brenda Daverin This progress report was designed and edited by Brenda and Bob Evening: Bob Daverin Daverin. It was laid out on a PowerBook G3 & an iBook using Pagemaker 6.5.2, Photoshop 5.0, GraphicConverter and Tex-Edit Publicity: Kiara Falk Plus. Printed at T&J Graphics, Redwood City, CA. The fonts used Fan Ads: Hilary Ayer in this publication are Optima, Berliner Grotesk and Book Flyer Distribution: Paul Israel Antiqua. Anyone who says otherwise needs new glasses. Programming: Linda McAllister Other positions TBA Copyright 2001 San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., with applicable rights reverting to creators upon publication. “Worldcon,” “World Science Fiction Convention,” “WSFS,” “World Science Fiction Society,” and “Hugo Award” are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. “ConJosé” is a service mark of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. Cover logo by David Cherry. Incidental art by Teddy Harvia (pp. 8 & 22). ConJosé Progress Report 2 3 From the ConChair Tom Whitmore [email protected] We're different from a lot of other organizations. The people who put on conventions, publish fanzines, hang out on rec.arts.sf.fandom (RASSF) or other fannish mailing lists, make costumes, sing filk or do any of the other things that make us fans are people who tend to make their own fun rather than expecting to be entertained. This shows up in the fact that we sell memberships in our convention, rather than tickets to our events. It's a subtle difference, but an important one. It's because of this that I think of us as a community, working together. That community aspect, and a desire to hold on to our history, is why Kevin Standlee is listed so prominently on our committee list — we wouldn't be holding this convention if not for his long service and hard work as bid committee chair. Two people that did a lot to build parts of our community died recently. Most of you know the work of Gordon R. Dickson as an author in our field. He wrote some of the more important books, won awards, and had lots of fans. You may not know that Gordy was one of the mainstays of Midwest fandom, always ready to talk with new people, incredibly approachable and a great builder of community. You could find him at the bar, at a filk, or after a panel and have a wonderful conversation — he was interested and interesting. Peggy Kennedy was a lot less well known, but every bit as much a community builder. Totally straightforward with what she thought, a master costumer and costume judge, author of the first manual on how to run convention masquerades, winner of the Seniors Tournament on Jeopardy, Peggy was always willing to share advice and experiences with anyone who was willing to meet her on her own level. She cared about fans and fandom, and was working on a fantasy novel when she died. Both of them brought people into our community, and helped them figure out where they might fit. Their legacy includes the idea that we can play together and learn from each other. That's a legacy I hope we honor at ConJose. We will certainly bring together many groups of people and give them the chance to play! Hotels Dave Gallaher & Nancy Cobb [email protected] We currently have signed contracts with three of our primary hotels, and are in negotiations with the remaining two. Our party hotel will be the Fairmont Hotel, where we have negotiated a corkage waiver. Hotel reservation forms will be available early in 2002. Reservations will be through the San Jose Convention and Visitor Bureau’s Convention Housing Bureau. Information on suites will be available in PR 3 or 4. Additional Site and Hotel Info Dealer’s Room And Art Show The San José McEnery Convention Center contains Michael Siladi [email protected] over 425,000 square feet of function space with 143,000 sq & [email protected] ft of column-free exhibit space divisible into three parts, a At this point in time, we do not have any information 22,000 sq ft ballroom, and up to 30 meeting rooms. There on dealer’s room table or art show flat rates. We will are 12 loading bays with drive-on access to the exhibit announce them closer to the convention. We are still busy space, complete A/V, sound and lighting services, cellular, working on details of the exhibition space and we don't standard, and ISDN telephony services and fiber-optic and expect to start selling space for some months yet. copper cabling providing DS-3 high-speed Internet access throughout the building. If you intend to reserve space in the dealers' room The hotels nearest the facility are the San José Hilton and have not already let us know about this, please write (which is attached to the convention center), the San José to me at [email protected]. I, or one of my staff, will be Holiday Inn, the Hyatt Sainte Claire, the San José Hyatt, in touch as soon as we have any information. the Fairmont, the Hotel de Anza, and the San José Best If you intend to reserve space in the art show and Western Inn. Approximate distances from the McEnery have not already let us know about this, please write to to the hotels are as follows: me at [email protected]. I, or one of my staff, will be in touch as soon as we have any information. Hilton: 157 yards or via the ‘airlock’ 6 yards If you are planning to attend ConJosé and have not Holiday Inn: 155 yards yet bought your membership I recommend doing so as Hyatt Sainte Claire: 179 yards early as possible. Membership rates will go up as we get Hyatt: 222 yards nearer to the start of the convention, and will probably be Fairmont: 525 yards around $200 at the door. 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