The final Norwescon 38 ConCom meeting has been held, and we have some final updates on just how well this year went!
Our final attendance was 3,231! This includes our ConCom, Guests of Honor, volunteers, pros, panelists, artists, dealers, and, of course, all of you wonderful people who came out to join us and enjoy the weekend.
There were 744 (and one-half) hours of programming over four days, brought to you by our volunteers and 224 panelists. That means that for every hour of the con, we had an average of seven different things going on…and that’s assuming we ran events around the clock! A more realistic estimate of about 50 hours of active programming time (noon-midnight Thursday, 9am-midnight Friday and Saturday, and 9am-4pm Sunday) works out to an average of 15 different things going on at any one point. Hard to be bored with a schedule like that!
Our non-ConCom volunteers—that is, those people who stopped by our Volunteer office during the convention to see where they could help out—put in over 500 hours! And the two who put in the most time during the weekend were both first-time attendees! Many, many thanks to all of you who volunteered, both on our ConCom and at the convention itself. We couldn’t do this without you!
Speaking of which: we’d love to see you (yes, you) join us as a volunteer, either at Norwescon 39 or throughout the year as part of our ConCom. If you are interested or are just curious, join us this July at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic. Our formal planning meetings will kick off this August (the date will be announced here in July). Come on down and join the fun of putting Norwescon 39 together!
Finally, here’s a rundown of links to blog posts, photo sets, and a few videos that we’ve collected in the weeks following the con. We love seeing what your weekend was like and what you enjoyed (and even if something didn’t go perfectly, we can use that to work to improve things for next year), so if you have a post, photos, or videos that we didn’t find for this list, feel free to send them our way!
