We are super pleased to announce that David Gerrold, Hugo and Nebula award winning writer (and author of the beloved Star Trek – The Original Series Tribbles episodes), will be our Toastmaster!
David is funny and personable and will know how to stretch keep the audience eager for the next event. You can visit his blog here, and see him live in July at Westercon 66! Check out the Guests of Honor page for more information.
Our next committee meeting will be on Sunday, April 14, at the Hilton Arden West. The exact time is still being set. The meeting will start at 11:00 AM.
This will be a working meeting, with a short general session and then breaking out into departments. Â It is open to the public; people interested in joining to help with the convention are encouraged to attend as well.
Our art show information and rules are now available on the Art Show Page!
Due to the efforts of some of our best agents, information continues to flow. Make sure to read Progress Report #3 while the news is hot!
One of the reasons we are bidding to host Westercon in 2015 is that it will be the 100th anniversary of the Panama-California Exposition, which was held in San Diego’s Balboa Park.
Balboa Park, in conjunction with History Pin, has put up an interactive map of Balboa Park with historical photos, including several of buildings built for the 1915 exposition. Â Mor information on this can be found at http://www.balboapark.org/historypin.
The San Diego in 2015 Westercon Bid will be at ConDor XX, March 8-10, 2013.
We will have a fan table located in the Dealers’ Area in the Windsor section of the Regency Ballroom.  This table will be manned during all operating hours for the Dealers’ Room and Art Show on Saturday, and most of the operating hours on Friday and Sunday.
Additionally, we will be inviting members of ConDor XX to the 1915 Panama-Mars-California Exhibition Friday  night from 9:00pm to Midnight.  The party will be held in room 2208, directly above the Con Suite.
Have an idea for a program item?
Our new program suggestion form (integrated into our growing program database) is now live and available for your input!
Our agents have been busy gathering data – inspect the latest report!
Westercon 66 will be on hand at both Further Confusion  and Gallifrey One in the near future.
Further Confusion (“FurCon”) is January 17-21, 2013, at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose Marriott, and San Jose Hilton, in (logically enough) San Jose California, while Gallifrey One is February 15-17, 2013, at the LAX Marriott in Los Angeles, California.
We’re also sending folks out to smaller events all over the Western Region.
At FurCon, look for our Fan Table, and join us on Friday night for our infamous  This is an Ordinary Hotel Room* party!
You might even be able to join co-chair Kevin Roche for a spin in his fleet of flying saucers.
At Gallifrey, we are hosting a special pre-convention version of the Ordinary Hotel Room* party on THURSDAY evening in room 110.
Look for our representatives at the convention all weekend; several of the committee members are also helping host the “Torchwood 4 Cabal” A Room Party Called Mercy in the same room on Friday Night.
*These are NOT meetings of covert operators. Got that? No Secret Agents here. Nope.
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At LosCon last weekend, Ron Oakes submitted the required paper work to be an official bid on the Site Selection ballot to be held at Westercon 66. The filing was reviewed and found to be correct and complete.