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April 6, 2009

EMP|SFM at Norwescon

Could your Wookie make you rich? Is that autograph worth the poster it’s signed on? Stop wondering if the end to your economic worries is buried in your closet.  Science fiction collectibles experts Gus Lopez and Greg Hanson will be on hand at the EMP|SFM table on Saturday to tell you what your items might really be worth.  Limit of 2 items per person. To find out the hours for the Galactic Roadshow with Gus and Greg stop by the EMP|SFM table on Friday, April 10th.  We'll let you know when the Roadshow will open on Saturday, April 11th, and clue you in about what else is happening at your local science fiction museum!

 March 31, 2009

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

Karen Hellekson
16 Rolling Rdg
Jay, ME 04239-7038

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.

For more information, contact the award administration:

                                                            David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.

                                                            Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: www.philipkdick.com

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:

                                                            Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

You're Invited to a Party!

The Norwescon Stuffing Party will be held Sunday, April 5 at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel at 1 p.m.  The room will be on the daily meeting boards at the hotel entrances.  Stuffing should be over by 4:00 PM at the latest.
    

Please join us for fun and games as we take pieces of paper, paperback books, buttons and coupons and marry them together to form the packets that everybody receives at Registration. The more people we have, the faster it will go. Be the first in your neighborhood to see what sort of goodies everyone will receive. Cop a button or two advertising the next big movie. We might even have the latest programming grids on the wall for your perusal.
       

Working at the stuffing party counts towards hours worked at the con.  Norwescon volunteers receive perks like early seating at the Masquerade and are entered into drawings for many items donated by Norwescon dealers. The drawings take place early Sunday afternoon of the con.

Please note: People attending the Stuffing Party will have to pay for their own parking.  Parking should be $8.

If you or your organization has fliers or other material that you wish to include in the packets, you may either arrange to get them to the Norwescon Transportation Department by Thursday, April 2, or bring them to the hotel yourself by noon on April 5th.

If you wish to mail materials in, please send them to:

Eric Pawtowski
Norwescon Transportation
#151
19709 Scriber Lake Rd, Suite J
Lynnwood, WA 98036

Please remember that materials mailed in must *ARRIVE* by April 2.  If the shipment is very large (more than 200lbs) then the Transportation department must be informed ahead of time of what it is, who is sending it, the estimated arrival date, the shipping company, and the shipping company tracking number, once it is shipped.

If you wish to hand-deliver materials before the stuffing party, please contact the NWC Transportation Dept.

 transportation at norwescon dot net

and make arrangements.  The Transportation Dept. would appreciate advanced notification of any materials that are brought to the stuffing party or mailed in advance, but that is not a requirement.

NOTE: Norwescon reserves the right to reject any material deemed unsuitable or inappropriate.  (This has very rarely been an issue in the past.)  Any materials placed in the registration packets must be appropriate and suitable for a mixed audience of SF fen, including those under 18.  Norwescon does not sort the packets by age of recipient or any other demographic criteria.  Non-SF&F related commercial or political materials may not be accepted.  If you are at all concerned about your material, please submit a sample to the Con Chair for review in advance.  Any materials not reviewed in advance will be reviewed by the Con Chair at the stuffing party and may be rejected at that time.
    

Organizations that wish to include fliers or coupons are asked to help with the stuffing if feasible, but that is not a requirement.

If you are bringing materials to the stuffing party yourself, please be on time.  In the past, those that have brought material in late usually ended up in a corner of the room adding their materials to the packets that have already been stuffed. Not nearly as much fun as being in the conga line of stuffers. We plan to stuff ~3000 packets, so plan accordingly.  Excess materials will be placed on the flier rack at the start of the con.

Roberta "Bert" Carlson, a member of the Norwescon concom and last year’s head of hospitality, was killed on Tuesday, July 2nd in a 1-car roll-over accident while on her way to Westercon in Las Vegas Nevada. There were four other people in the car with her, Bill Boyde, Jon Foster, Heather Newman and Nick Navota. Nick was seriously hurt, but the others were only shaken and bruised. Nick was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital where they performed surgery on his hands. He lost three fingers and is in treatment to make sure the reattached thumb and finger are going to "take."

Roberta's funeral will be held this coming Friday at 11:00 am at St. John Vianney Church. It will be followed by burial at Holyrood Cemetery. There will be a luncheon at the church after the proceedings at St. John Vianney Church, 12600 84th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Childrens Hospital or Eastside Domestic Violence.

We are deeply saddened by Bert's death, and are hoping for a good recovery by Nick. The executive team is sending a remembrance to to Roberta's family on behalf of the convention. We will post more details as they become available. There is also a thread on the Norwescon LiveJournal page if you are interested.

May 11, 2008

Our chair and vice chair, Becky Citrak and Jeanine Swanson, would like to announce the rest of executive concom members for Norwescon 32:

• Secretary - Christy Berelman
• Business Director - Mike Orosz
• Treasurer - Eric Weber
• Member Services - Charlie Knoedler
• Publications - Don Glover
• Convention Services - Rob Stewart
• Programming - 'SunnyJim' Morgan
• Personnel - Jim Sullivan
• Special Events - Peggy Stewart

April 27, 2008

Elections were held for the officers of Norwescon 32 on Saturday April 26th with Doug Booze, Tracy Knoedler, Pat Booze and Kevin Black on this year’s election committee. The results were: