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Secretary. ; (a) Sale of Chicon Program Booklet. we Director’s Report on the TIFF. (b) Distribution of Chicon souvenirs. Report of the Resolutions Committee Formal Opening of Chicon by Temporary Chairman. ap Individual presentation of proposed Resolutions by sponsors. ww Address of Welcome, by Bob Tucker. (a) Individual debate. Report of the Program Committee; Richard I. Meyer, Chairman (b) Assembly votes for or against adoption of individueal proposed Resolutions in Chicon Platform. : ap Installment of Mark Reinsberg as Permanent Chairman. Reading of Chicon Platform for Fandom. “One Year of Fan Prog: .” by Mark Reinsberg. Reps st of the Resolutior s Committee; Erle Korshak,.Chairman. Newor unfinished business.» - . Dinner Recess PAD This Convention Mean? by E. E. Smith, Ph. D. a ure—Premiere showing of “Monsters of the Moon,” a EVENING SESSION: 8:00 P.M. to Midnight. s entific fantasy of the future. Introductory remarks by Forrest J Ackerman. The E. 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