Kevin,

I’ve been working on the site-vote, and am working on the ballots now. I think we could get current ballot template out for the purpose of promotion, and collecting vote-fees.

Anyway, the web-site template suggests using different checks, and having the voting fee check made out to Costume-Con 26. Do you, (or any other bid-sites) have a problem with the checks being made out that way?

By the way, do let us know what you want/need/request, in regards to promotion at CC-23, i.e. a table in hallway/vendor’s room, Con-suite(yes, he do have your reservation), ads, programming slot, etc.

And also, CC-24, and CC-25, if you are reading this.

Charles
cgalway@xmission
CC-23 site-vote for CC-26

—– Original Message —–
From: Kevin Roche
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: [runacc] Question about supporting memberships and voting

This is a question which I think has general application, but I’m going
to phrase it in terms of our (CC26 bid) situation.

We’ve been making CC23 membership forms available at all of our bid
parties. We’ve explained that you must have at least a supporting
membership in CC23 to be eligible to vote for our CC26 bid.

Now that ballots are imminent (Right… they are imminent, aren’t they?)
would it be allowed to provide a copy of the mail-in ballot with the
membership application, so that supporters who cannot attend CC23 could
send in paperwork for a supporting membership and their site selection
ballot at one go?

We would remind them to write 2 checks for the two different fees.

I think this is something other bid committees might want to do down the
road as well…

(Our next bid party is Jan 14, so if this is allowed, the ballots are
actually ready and we could get softcopy of the ballot we could start
this at that party)

Thanks

Kevin

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Also, it looks like I should place the following bidder info onto the ballot:

Location, City, State, Country.
Contact adress, postal code
Facilities
Dates
Chair(s)

Thanks,
Charles
cgalway@xmission.com

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This seems like a good time to remind the members of various Costume-Con
committees of the following section on the Costume-Con Archives site:

http://www.costume-con.org/constitution.shtml

On the page you will find links to the templates for the site selection
ballot (which I strongly suggest following for creating the ballot), the
Costume-Con Constitution (which must be reproduced in the Program Book),
and other useful documents for committees still forming and already in
existence.

If you have specific questions about how a document is constructed, what
it contains, or if you think changes are appropriate, please post them here.

A lot of thought and effort has gone into creating the ballot template
specifically because of issues raised during its use since we started
the process.

If you aren’t able to open Word97 files, let me know and I’ll translate
it to an appropriate format (in so far as I am able to do so).

Thanks!!!

Betsy

Charles Galway wrote:

> Also, it looks like I should place the following bidder info onto the ballot:
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> Contact adress, postal code
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The cutoff for the current Costume-Con 23 membership rate is January 16th!!

So hurry and sign-up now at the low $90.00 rate, because on Monday the rate
will go right up.

We do accept credit cards online as well as good ol’ checks and money orders.

So check us out at www.cc23.org right now and SAVE!!

Yours,

The Gentle Con-Com at CC23

Also, if it is not too late, make sure there is complete info about the
voter, as in name, address, e-mail address, etc.
Henry

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And perhaps a space for Check/cash/amount received/date received. I still
remember having to push hard to get a receipt for site selection that was
scribbled on a piece of lined paper torn out of a notebook. “Your check
will be your receipt” is passé in these days when banks charge extra to let
you see any of your cancelled checks. The more info you have, the easier it
will be to sort out any displaced persons (hopefully, there will be none).

Tina

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From: <henryosier@cs.com>
To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [runacc] Question about supporting memberships and voting

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Hello.

This is your friendly neighborhood Archivist talking.

Would you all please go visit the link I posted earlier:

http://www.costume-con.org/constitution.shtml

Mea Culpa. You will now find the following:

The reformatted Site Selection Ballot (the one I redid at Atlanta but
failed to upload when I thought I had), in both PDF and Word versions.
If you’ve been to the page recently, you may need to clear your cache,
close the browser, and open it again to clear out the old version of the
Word document.

Please DO NOT use the version of the sample ballot that does not have a
receipt at the bottom of the voting page, and please note that the
ballot is intended to print on a single sheet of paper, back to front.

If you have any questions at all about the Site Selection Process, NOW
IS THE TIME TO ASK!

Yes, you need to have someone manage the process at the site. You are
collecting funds. I can tell you from personal experience that picking
someone who is not good with recording data will mean that someone may
have to make up the difference if a bid fee is not collected or recorded
properly.

Yes, the process needs to be handled by a human being, not by a simple
collection box. If you do use a collection box anyway, you still need to
have that box overseen by someone. At least once during the Site
Selection process, we collected in excess of $600 in voting fees.

Please review the sample and make all the comments you need here in this
forum. Any corrections should be made NO LATER THAN this coming
Wednesday, so that we don’t hold up the process any further for CC23.

Thanks!

Betsy

Tina Connell wrote:

> And perhaps a space for Check/cash/amount received/date received. I still
> remember having to push hard to get a receipt for site selection that was
> scribbled on a piece of lined paper torn out of a notebook. “Your check
> will be your receipt” is passé in these days when banks charge extra to let
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> will be to sort out any displaced persons (hopefully, there will be none).
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> Tina
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Question on the ballot template:

The template suggests that a Site Selection check be made out to the
Bid (in our case, CC26).

Wouldn’t it be easier to have the checks made out to the current con
(in our case, CC23)? That way the checks aren’t outstanding for 3-4
months and possibly more if the winning site doesn’t yet have a
checking account.

Or has experience shown otherwise?

Dave D.

Dave –

We ran into that problem when I didn’t read over the ballot carefully before
I sent it out. I would suggest that the check be made out to CC26. We had
the checks made out to CC22 and ended up having to deposit the checks and
send one to St. Louis, which meant that there was a delay in their getting
their funds.

Trudy

>From: “davedoering” <dave@techvoice.com>
>Reply-To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
>To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [runacc] Re: Sample Ballot
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:44:40 -0000
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>
>Question on the ballot template:
>
>The template suggests that a Site Selection check be made out to the
>Bid (in our case, CC26).
>
>Wouldn’t it be easier to have the checks made out to the current con
>(in our case, CC23)? That way the checks aren’t outstanding for 3-4
>months and possibly more if the winning site doesn’t yet have a
>checking account.
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>Or has experience shown otherwise?
>
>Dave D.
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Dave–

Having checks made out to Costume-Con 26

(1) Keeps Costume-Con 23 from having to declare the voting $$ as income,
when it is really CC26’s income.

(2) Keeps the voting funds separate from the con operating funds, so there
can be no question of whose $$ is whose (not an issue with most cons, but
the safeguard is there).

Westercon, Worldcon, etc. have been using this system for years to keep the
money straight, so there must be a good reason.

–Karen

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> >(in our case, CC23)? That way the checks aren’t outstanding for 3-4
> >months and possibly more if the winning site doesn’t yet have a
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Dear David,

I tried to contact your committee through the CC23 e-mail address with no apparent success. I am considering buying a membership this weekend before the rates go up, but would like some information on the single pattern contest. A friend who is on the ICG list mentioned McCall’s 4940 and 4942, but neither of these patterns exists. Help please?

— Katherine Bonham (formerly Jepson)

—– Original Message —–
From: David Doering
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:21 PM
Subject: [runacc] CC23 Rate Hike This Week

The cutoff for the current Costume-Con 23 membership rate is January 16th!!

So hurry and sign-up now at the low $90.00 rate, because on Monday the rate
will go right up.

We do accept credit cards online as well as good ol’ checks and money orders.

So check us out at www.cc23.org right now and SAVE!!

Yours,

The Gentle Con-Com at CC23

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>. A friend who is on the ICG list mentioned McCall’s 4940 and 4942, but
>neither of these patterns exists. Help please?
>
>– Katherine Bonham (formerly Jepson)
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Most likely because they are Simplicity numbers, not McCalls.

Ricky

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> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:21 PM
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> So check us out at www.cc23.org right now and SAVE!!
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This helps immensely — Thank you!

— Katherine

—– Original Message —–
From: Ricky & Karen Dick
To: runacc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: [runacc] single pattern

>. A friend who is on the ICG list mentioned McCall’s 4940 and 4942, but
>neither of these patterns exists. Help please?
>
>– Katherine Bonham (formerly Jepson)
> —– Original Message —–

Most likely because they are Simplicity numbers, not McCalls.

Ricky

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Maybe my example is not typical. As I said, it took 15 years before I was willing to direct another masquerade. However, here and now, I commit myself to follow the approach we used for CC10’s FS&F masquerade in deciding on judges for the cc24 and 25 historical masquerades.

I like the approach Bruce the Lesser suggested and may try approaching chapters for suggestions along that line.

Obviously, I can’t speak for any other MD, but I hope that the cc24 and 25 FS&F directors will look seriously at the range of potential judges instead of simply falling back on “the old guard.”

Byron (trying to make a difference)

—– Original Message —–
From: Bruce & Nora Mai<mailto:casamai@sbcglobal.net>
To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ICG-D@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 7:14 AM
Subject: [ICG-D] Choosing judges

Then how does one become a judge? If a person is qualified & available but
outside of the standard judging pool, how can we get an MD to consider such
a person?
MDs are human and tend to choose from those they already know. Hopefully
they decide early enough that a person could consciously choose not to
participate in the masq if asked to judge. Your example (at least 2/3 new)
is not typical.
A new point of view is always good.

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “Byron Connell” <bpconnell@verizon.net>
> Should individuals volunteer to serve as judges? Certainly not in public
and probably not at all. (I know one MD who absolutely refused to consider
someone who put him- or herself forward to be a judge.)

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That’s great suggestion. Dana, can we fit such a panel in at cc23?

If not maybe we can get it on the schedule at 24, 25, and/or 26.

Byron

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From: Lisa A. Ashton<mailto:lisa58@juno.com>
To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ICG-D@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ICG-D] Choosing judges

This has always been a mystery to me. I remember the very first time I
was asked to be a judge, and I was so knocked out!–I thought, “Wow, I”ve
really made it now!”. Since then I”ve judged maybe a dozen times, was
actually asked to be a CC judge about 5 years ago, but I was absolutely
set on competing that time….

I’ve been to a few CC panels on Judging, but I think it would be great if
costume programming could include a discussion on it this year at CC.
Not the usual panel “What are the Judges looking for”, but discussion of
how to be a judge. This could be informative to a lot of people>

Anyway I hope this panel will show up this year>

yours in costuming< lisa a>
who is having a keyboard problem right now and doesn”t know what she did
wrong

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Those sound like good criteria.

Byron

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From: randwhit@aol.com<mailto:randwhit@aol.com>
To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ICG-D@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ICG-D] Choosing judges

In a message dated 1/14/05 6:08:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
lisa58@juno.com<mailto:lisa58@juno.com> writes:

> This has always been a mystery to me. I remember the very first time I
> was asked to be a judge, and I was so knocked out!–I thought, “Wow, I”ve
> really made it now!”. Since then I”ve judged maybe a dozen times, was
> actually asked to be a CC judge about 5 years ago, but I was absolutely
> set on competing that time….

I can’t speak for anyone else since I’ve never directed or judged outside of
a few Arizona small local cons.

If I (as MD) ask you to be a masquerade judge, all of the following criteria
have been satisfied.

–You have a reputation for being knowledgable about costuming or some
special aspect of costuming relevent to the event.

–You have a reputation for being able to work well with other members of a
judging panel.

–You have a reputation for being able to make up your mind in a reasonable
amount of time without keeping the audience waiting.

–You are planning to be at the particular convention and are willing to
serve.

Reputation may consist of well-dispersed hearsay, my own impressions, or the
opinions of persons I trust.

I’m always glad to hear from potential judge volunteers. Please understand
that this volunteering adds your name to the “talent pool” but does not
automatically mean you will be invited to judge this particular masquerade. Sometimes
I have contacted people many months in advance, or have been asked by the
Convention Chair to include the con’s guests of honor. I’ll remember you next time.

There have been bite-my-tongue situations. I remember one time when a friend
volunteered her mother as a judge. The friend had no particular reputation for
costuming and I’d never met Mom, so I really knew nothing. Mom wasn’t
planning to be at the con, so hiring her for a judge would have cost the concom a
free badge.

Randall
Just rambling

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I’d like to raise a different aspect of this discussion on selection of judges. Once a masquerade director has chosen the judges, he or she has two ways to go:

1. Keep the names secret.

2. Publish the names in advance for all to see.

IME, most MDs tend to keep the names of the judges secret until curtain time. The reason generally given for doing so is to prevent entrants from attempting to influence the judges in advance. On the other hand, I have seen many, many occasions when a costumer says, “Don’t tell me. I’m one of the judges.” This indicates that the judge is not concerned about keeping his or her role secret or about being influenced unduly. The problem of inadvertent exposure of a judge to an entry may be minimized if the composition of the panel is know in in advance.

On the other hand, it can be said that public announcement of the composition of the panel may lead to entrants skewing their entries to please particular judges’ interests, to refraining from entering, or to challenging the appropriateness of the composition of the panel.

What do you think?

Byron

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From: henryosier@cs.com<mailto:henryosier@cs.com>
To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ICG-D@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: [ICG-D] Re: Judges

When I finally convinced Dave that I was serious abut running the SF&F at
CC23, I quickly lined up my judges. My two biggest criterias were finding people
that people didn’t think of as judges and people from different locations than
usual. I know that there is, supposedly, a big east coast versus west coast
thing, but I’m in the Midwest and I am new to the scene. If there is some
rivalry, it means nothing to me! Besides, we here in the Midwest, are starting to
make quite a name for ourselves! CC16: St. Louis, CC21, Chicago, CC24 Des
Moines, CC25 St. Louis again. We’re here! We drink beer! Get used to us!
Henry

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Byron Connell wrote:

> On the other hand, it can be said that public announcement of the

composition of the panel may lead to entrants skewing their entries to
please particular judges’ interests, to refraining from entering, or to
challenging the appropriateness of the composition of the panel.

‘k

I prefer announcing judges in advance, but I totally get what you’re
saying here.

Of course, (back to my CC21 example) I knew in picking you and Dana it
would balance between Dana’s aversion to historical-based designs and
your interest in historical-based design.

I also knew nobody would have the foggiest idea what Letha’s tastes ran to.

andy

In a message dated 1/16/05 9:40:50 PM Central Standard Time,
bpconnell@verizon.net writes:

> 1. Keep the names secret.

That has been what I have been doing for CC23. Dora, my wonderful #2, and I
know who they are, they know who they are, but that’s it. When I compete, I
don’t really care who the judges are because it can distract from concentrating
on my performance. I feel the opposite when running a masq. Who the judges are
should not change someone’s planned presentation/performance.

Henry Osier

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Some interesting thoughts here, and it apparently hasn’t lost its legs on
the D list yet. I’ll try not to repeat myself too much.

Nora, Karen H and I have talked about this subject many times.

Remarks on the thoughts here so far:

> I like the approach Bruce the Lesser suggested and may try approaching

chapters for suggestions along that line.

>
> Obviously, I can’t speak for any other MD, but I hope that the cc24 and 25

FS&F directors will look seriously at the range of potential judges instead
of simply falling back on “the old guard.”

>
> Byron (trying to make a difference)

As I said on the D, I’m not sure BTL’s/Bruno’s ideas are workable, but I’d
certainly be interested in seeing further discussion on a system for coming
up with a panel/database. I think a good question was raised, though, on
what determines the criteria of qualifications. Naturally, I can’t find the
damn e-mail now, but –what would determine one’s qualifications/reputation
as Byron outlined? While they’re good guidelines, who would decide?

(I think) Betsy said that one could figure out who’s been a judge at CC by
checking the site. Well, Nora and I (apparently having nothing better to
do), decided to run the numbers. Some results we expected, while others
proved to be unfounded.

The people who have been judges (either Workmanship, Presentation or both)
the most times over the history of CC were:

Peggy Kennedy 6
Diane Kovalcin 6
Victoria Ridenour 5
Rob Himmelsbach 4
Other people who have judged in some capacity 3 times:
Butterfield, Adrian
Connell, Byron
Gear, Martin
Martz, Carolyn Kayta
McDermott, Bruce
McDermott, Dana
Mercier/Gill, Patti

On the issue of publising judges names, I think it’s a better idea to do so.
I’ll grnat you, Randall’s correct, though — sometimes you have last minute
cancellations. But most people aren’t going to go to the trouble of
creating a costume just to suck up to a particular judge (unless maybe
they’re a celebrity). By keeping things secret, there is a (small) danger
of someone accidentally letting on to a judge about their costume, at which
point the judge would have to excuse themselves from listening anymore.

Bruce

Hi!

I’ve just gone in and updated the Costume-ConNections site
(http://www.Costume-Con.org/) to include the bidding info for CC26. I
believe it was already announced, but I’ll do it again, just pro-forma.
Only one official bid was received after the deadline expired (with
authorization from the Service Mark Holders), and that bid is Kevin and
Andy’s.

The ballot for Site Selection will be arriving in a mailbox near you,
assuming you have at least a Supporting Membership in CC23.

On the Costume-ConNections site you will now find links to the bid’s Bid
Letter, Committee List and Constitution.

More information will be available on the site as I have it…

Cheers,

Betsy

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Hi, folks!

If a request like the one below appears on ICG-D more than twice, it’s a
ding to your credibility. Unless you’re sending out monthly PRs (and I’m
not suggesting you should), the web site is your best method for getting
info to your members in a timely way.

If this info is already on the CC23 web site, someone should send an
update to the ICG-D list. If not, it should get there Real Soon Now.

I’m also having trouble downloading the CC23 Folio PDF (and I’m not the
only one), so I’ll make this offer here, for anyone who’s interested. I
have a full copy of Adobe Acrobat. I’m not afraid to use it. If you have
a document in need of conversion, send it to me and I will convert it
for you.

Just please give me a couple of days’ lead time. Life is very crazy
around here right now, since I’m closing my web site design company.
I’ve got piles of stuff to go through, and I may not respond
immediately. If I’ve failed to get to something within what *you*
consider to be a reasonable amount of time, PLEASE contact me and I’ll
get right on it. I won’t be offended – just apologetic!

Thanks!!!

Betsy

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: [ICG-D] Re: CostumeCons
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:16:19 -0000
From: Julie Zetterberg Sardo <Nebula5@aol.com>
Reply-To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com
To: ICG-D@yahoogroups.com

— In ICG-D@yahoogroups.com, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger
<costumrs@r…> wrote:

> At 07:59 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote:
> >2) Does anyone know if Utah has come up with a single pattern

decision yet?

>
>
> I spoke to Dave Doering last night. They have made a decision on a

Single

> Pattern and it will be on the website soon. They are
>
> The Lord of the Rings patterns: 4940, 4942
>
> As I understand it, these are one male and one female pattern.

I still don’t see anything on the website about this. Are there
rules to this event? I’ve never participated in the single pattern
contest at a CC, so don’t know how it is run, and what the
requirements are for entering. I would like to decide whether to
make an outfit from the folio or one of the patterns, and it’s hard
to decide which without some guidelines.

Pending further official clarification, can someone clue me in on how
it works?

–Julie ZS

—
—
Betsy R. Delaney

The Lame Duck Presidency starts now. 11/4/04

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Please add a headline to the FFF page saying that you’re now accepting
entries. Can’t hurt.

—
andy trembley, Bitchy Design Queen
http://www.irlm.org/ – mailto:webmaster@irlm.org
“Anybody who takes this seriously deserves to”
— Donna Barr

Hey Dave!
About this disc you sent in your promo packet – it doesn’t want to work –
anywhere.
In our DVD player (which is multi-format and plays just about everything) we
got a disk error.
In the DVD drive in our computer it didn’t read at all – not even as
present.
When I put it in the CD drive (just to see what it was) – it froze up the
whole computer.
Is it just this disc or are others having problems?

Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?

Nora

>Nora Mai reports her Promo DVD doesn’t work.

Sorry about that. Of course, I tried to test each prior to shipping, but
couldn’t. So let me send you another that I have tested.

Of course, if anyone else has a similar problem, let me know!

Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”

Thank you. Partly the idea came about because our venue really required
more than a picture or floor plan to convey what contestants might want to
know about performing there. Second, curiously enough, the idea was sparked
by the local Convention and Visitors Bureau which had their own promo video
made for the Olympics. I thought, if they could do it, why not us?

Dave Doering

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Actually CC15 mailed out a video tour of their hotel (a nice period hotel
that had been refurbished) and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
slide-show tour of St Louis.
BTW – did anyone ever look at that? I spent a lot of time racing around town
doing guerilla photography to accumulate those slides; it’d be nice to know
that someone actually looked at them.

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
> Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”
>
> Thank you. Partly the idea came about because our venue really required
> more than a picture or floor plan to convey what contestants might want to
> know about performing there. Second, curiously enough, the idea was
sparked
> by the local Convention and Visitors Bureau which had their own promo
video
> made for the Olympics. I thought, if they could do it, why not us?

In a message dated 3/4/2005 8:35:15 AM Central Standard Time,
casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:

> and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
> slide-show tour of St Louis.

You did? I didn’t get one. There’s a small crowd in Milwaukee that I am
trying to persuade to go to your next CC and it could help.
Henry

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

First I’ve heard of the promo discs for CC23 or CC25. Who were they sent to?

Michael

——-Original Message——-

> From: osierhenry@cs.com
> Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
> Sent: 04 Mar 2005 21:46:01
>
> In a message dated 3/4/2005 8:35:15 AM Central Standard Time,
> casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
> > slide-show tour of St Louis.
> You did? I didn’t get one. There’s a small crowd in Milwaukee that I am
> trying to persuade to go to your next CC and it could help.
> Henry

CC10 did a video also – a tour of the hotel, with me in my Mae West on the
curved oak staircase, another committee member in Klingon kit next to the
Gemini capsule (that used to sit on the college campus, is now at a museum
in Kansas), and Pierre as caveman petting one of the mastodon skeletons in
the Natural History museum.

Sandy

>Actually CC15 mailed out a video tour of their hotel (a nice period hotel
>that had been refurbished) and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
>slide-show tour of St Louis.
>
>
>Nora
>—– Original Message —–
>From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
> > Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”
> >

“Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly —
Why They Are Simply Doomed.

Achemdro’hm
“The Illusion of Historical Fact”
— C.Y. 4971

Andromeda

Henry & Mike:
As soon as this weekend’s over I’ll burn a couple more and send them your
way.
ANyone else?

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “bruno” <bruno@soulmasque.com>

> First I’ve heard of the promo discs for CC23 or CC25. Who were they sent
to?
>
>
> Michael
>
> ——-Original Message——-
> > From: osierhenry@cs.com
> > Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
> > Sent: 04 Mar 2005 21:46:01
> >
> > In a message dated 3/4/2005 8:35:15 AM Central Standard Time,
> > casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > > and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
> > > slide-show tour of St Louis.
> > You did? I didn’t get one. There’s a small crowd in Milwaukee that I am
> > trying to persuade to go to your next CC and it could help.
> > Henry

Just as a matter of curiosity, does Carl have copies of these (CC-10 &
CC-15, as well as the current ones) for the Archives? It strikes me that
this is a very interesting piece of CC memorabilia which should be
preserved. The old videos could be copied to CD or DVD.

These videos are things I wouldn’t mind seeing at some point, just as a
matter of personal curiosity (I didn’t even know about the CC-10 & 15 ones,
but they sound interesting). Why not bring copies to Utah, and have a
screening at some point? I’m sure that others would be interested as well,
particularly anyone thinking about hosting a CC themselves.

Tina

—– Original Message —–
From: “Bruce & Nora Mai” <casamai@sbcglobal.net>
To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc

>
> Actually CC15 mailed out a video tour of their hotel (a nice period hotel
> that had been refurbished) and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
> slide-show tour of St Louis.
> BTW – did anyone ever look at that? I spent a lot of time racing around
> town
> doing guerilla photography to accumulate those slides; it’d be nice to
> know
> that someone actually looked at them.
>
> Nora
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
>> Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”
>>
>> Thank you. Partly the idea came about because our venue really required
>> more than a picture or floor plan to convey what contestants might want
>> to
>> know about performing there. Second, curiously enough, the idea was
> sparked
>> by the local Convention and Visitors Bureau which had their own promo
> video
>> made for the Olympics. I thought, if they could do it, why not us?
>
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

As a matter of course, I have kept our archive copy of the CCXV pre-bid
promo tape. Heck, I think I still have all the parts that made the tape,
too, but not handy.

I should probably be acquiring copies of the remaining promos for the
Costume-Con Archives (which are separately maintained, I may remind
people) from the ICG Archives.

We’ll be flying, so if people want to send an official copy for the CC
Archives, they should probably go to my mailing address. I can’t even
begin to promise that I can compile these onto DVD, since I am in the
process of shutting down WebInvent permanently (at the end of this
month), but I can attempt to transfer what I already have. I’ve been
meaning to test my equipment anyway….

Betsy

Tina Connell wrote:

> Just as a matter of curiosity, does Carl have copies of these (CC-10 &
> CC-15, as well as the current ones) for the Archives? It strikes me that
> this is a very interesting piece of CC memorabilia which should be
> preserved. The old videos could be copied to CD or DVD.
>
> These videos are things I wouldn’t mind seeing at some point, just as a
> matter of personal curiosity (I didn’t even know about the CC-10 & 15 ones,
> but they sound interesting). Why not bring copies to Utah, and have a
> screening at some point? I’m sure that others would be interested as well,
> particularly anyone thinking about hosting a CC themselves.
>
> Tina
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Bruce & Nora Mai” <casamai@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
>
>
>
>>Actually CC15 mailed out a video tour of their hotel (a nice period hotel
>>that had been refurbished) and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
>>slide-show tour of St Louis.
>>BTW – did anyone ever look at that? I spent a lot of time racing around
>>town
>>doing guerilla photography to accumulate those slides; it’d be nice to
>>know
>>that someone actually looked at them.
>>
>>Nora
>>—– Original Message —–
>>From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
>>
>>>Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”
>>>
>>>Thank you. Partly the idea came about because our venue really required
>>>more than a picture or floor plan to convey what contestants might want
>>>to
>>>know about performing there. Second, curiously enough, the idea was
>>
>>sparked
>>
>>>by the local Convention and Visitors Bureau which had their own promo
>>
>>video
>>
>>>made for the Olympics. I thought, if they could do it, why not us?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

—
—
Betsy R. Delaney

The Lame Duck Presidency starts now. 11/4/04

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In a message dated 3/5/2005 7:38:55 AM Central Standard Time,
casamai@sbcglobal.net writes:

> As soon as this weekend’s over I’ll burn a couple more and send them your
> way.

Thank you very much, Nora!
Henry

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

We have a copy of the CC25 disc set aside (along with our other promotional
materials thus far) for both Carl & Karen Dick.

But anyone is welcome to a copy of our VCD slide show – it’s a tour of
significant landmarks in St. Louis, runs about 30 minutes.

Has anyone who received one looked at it yet? I’d love feedback.

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “Tina Connell” <connell-t1@verizon.net>
> Just as a matter of curiosity, does Carl have copies of these (CC-10 &
> CC-15, as well as the current ones) for the Archives? It strikes me that
> this is a very interesting piece of CC memorabilia which should be
> preserved. The old videos could be copied to CD or DVD.
>
> These videos are things I wouldn’t mind seeing at some point, just as a
> matter of personal curiosity (I didn’t even know about the CC-10 & 15
ones,
> but they sound interesting). Why not bring copies to Utah, and have a
> screening at some point? I’m sure that others would be interested as
well,
> particularly anyone thinking about hosting a CC themselves.
>
> Tina

At 07:52 AM 3/5/2005, you wrote:

>Just as a matter of curiosity, does Carl have copies of these (CC-10 &
>CC-15, as well as the current ones) for the Archives? It strikes me that
>this is a very interesting piece of CC memorabilia which should be
>preserved. The old videos could be copied to CD or DVD.
>
>These videos are things I wouldn’t mind seeing at some point, just as a
>matter of personal curiosity (I didn’t even know about the CC-10 & 15 ones,
>but they sound interesting). Why not bring copies to Utah, and have a
>screening at some point? I’m sure that others would be interested as well,
>particularly anyone thinking about hosting a CC themselves.

We’ll have to see if we can find a copy. We think we still have one around
somewhere.

Pierre

>Tina
>
>—– Original Message —–
>From: “Bruce & Nora Mai” <casamai@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:18 AM
>Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
>
>
> >
> > Actually CC15 mailed out a video tour of their hotel (a nice period hotel
> > that had been refurbished) and CC25 gave out a promo packet with a VCD
> > slide-show tour of St Louis.
> > BTW – did anyone ever look at that? I spent a lot of time racing around
> > town
> > doing guerilla photography to accumulate those slides; it’d be nice to
> > know
> > that someone actually looked at them.
> >
> > Nora
> > —– Original Message —–
> > From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
> >> Nora also asked: “Nifty idea, BTW, where’d you come up with that?”
> >>
> >> Thank you. Partly the idea came about because our venue really required
> >> more than a picture or floor plan to convey what contestants might want
> >> to
> >> know about performing there. Second, curiously enough, the idea was
> > sparked
> >> by the local Convention and Visitors Bureau which had their own promo
> > video
> >> made for the Olympics. I thought, if they could do it, why not us?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

“Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly —
Why They Are Simply Doomed.

Achemdro’hm
“The Illusion of Historical Fact”
— C.Y. 4971

Andromeda

You’re right, Betsy – I mis-spoke. I should have remembered that there are
two separate archives. The sentiment re: the value of archiving this
material still remains, however.

Tina

—– Original Message —–
From: “Betsy Delaney” <bdelaney@hawkeswood.com>
To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc

>
> As a matter of course, I have kept our archive copy of the CCXV pre-bid
> promo tape. Heck, I think I still have all the parts that made the tape,
> too, but not handy.
>
> I should probably be acquiring copies of the remaining promos for the
> Costume-Con Archives (which are separately maintained, I may remind
> people) from the ICG Archives.
>
> We’ll be flying, so if people want to send an official copy for the CC
> Archives, they should probably go to my mailing address. I can’t even
> begin to promise that I can compile these onto DVD, since I am in the
> process of shutting down WebInvent permanently (at the end of this
> month), but I can attempt to transfer what I already have. I’ve been
> meaning to test my equipment anyway….
>
> Betsy
>
> Tina Connell wrote:
>> Just as a matter of curiosity, does Carl have copies of these (CC-10 &
>> CC-15, as well as the current ones) for the Archives? It strikes me that
>> this is a very interesting piece of CC memorabilia which should be
>> preserved. The old videos could be copied to CD or DVD.
>>
>> These videos are things I wouldn’t mind seeing at some point, just as a
>> matter of personal curiosity (I didn’t even know about the CC-10 & 15
>> ones,
>> but they sound interesting). Why not bring copies to Utah, and have a
>> screening at some point? I’m sure that others would be interested as
>> well,
>> particularly anyone thinking about hosting a CC themselves.
>>
>> Tina

Yeah, we’ve got a set for Betsy, too.
BTW, Betsy – do you want it all? PRs, flyers, all the paper stuff and
everything?
We’ve got a committee member in charge of gathering all the stuff for the
archivists – if you’d rather only have select items, let us know.

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “Tina Connell” <connell-t1@verizon.net>
> You’re right, Betsy – I mis-spoke. I should have remembered that there
are
> two separate archives. The sentiment re: the value of archiving this
> material still remains, however.
>
> Tina
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Betsy Delaney” <bdelaney@hawkeswood.com>
> To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
>
>
> >
> > As a matter of course, I have kept our archive copy of the CCXV pre-bid
> > promo tape. Heck, I think I still have all the parts that made the tape,
> > too, but not handy.
> >
> > I should probably be acquiring copies of the remaining promos for the
> > Costume-Con Archives (which are separately maintained, I may remind
> > people) from the ICG Archives.
> >
> > We’ll be flying, so if people want to send an official copy for the CC
> > Archives, they should probably go to my mailing address. I can’t even
> > begin to promise that I can compile these onto DVD, since I am in the
> > process of shutting down WebInvent permanently (at the end of this
> > month), but I can attempt to transfer what I already have. I’ve been
> > meaning to test my equipment anyway….
> >
> > Betsy

I’ll take everything people are willing to throw my way.

Really!

-b

Bruce & Nora Mai wrote:

> Yeah, we’ve got a set for Betsy, too.
> BTW, Betsy – do you want it all? PRs, flyers, all the paper stuff and
> everything?
> We’ve got a committee member in charge of gathering all the stuff for the
> archivists – if you’d rather only have select items, let us know.
>
> Nora
> —– Original Message —–
> From: “Tina Connell” <connell-t1@verizon.net>
>
>>You’re right, Betsy – I mis-spoke. I should have remembered that there
>
> are
>
>>two separate archives. The sentiment re: the value of archiving this
>>material still remains, however.
>>
>>Tina
>>
>>—– Original Message —–
>>From: “Betsy Delaney” <bdelaney@hawkeswood.com>
>>To: <runacc@yahoogroups.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:57 PM
>>Subject: Re: [runacc] CC23 Promotional Disc
>>
>>
>>
>>>As a matter of course, I have kept our archive copy of the CCXV pre-bid
>>>promo tape. Heck, I think I still have all the parts that made the tape,
>>>too, but not handy.
>>>
>>>I should probably be acquiring copies of the remaining promos for the
>>>Costume-Con Archives (which are separately maintained, I may remind
>>>people) from the ICG Archives.
>>>
>>>We’ll be flying, so if people want to send an official copy for the CC
>>>Archives, they should probably go to my mailing address. I can’t even
>>>begin to promise that I can compile these onto DVD, since I am in the
>>>process of shutting down WebInvent permanently (at the end of this
>>>month), but I can attempt to transfer what I already have. I’ve been
>>>meaning to test my equipment anyway….
>>>
>>>Betsy
>
>
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

—
—
Betsy R. Delaney

The Lame Duck Presidency starts now. 11/4/04

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In a message dated 3/7/2005 9:43:39 PM Central Standard Time,
bdelaney@hawkeswood.com writes:

> I’ll take everything people are willing to throw my way.

Betsy,
I have surplus stuff from CC21, besides a bunch of stuff on CD-ROM
that I will be sending to you before CC23. Need anything that I might have?
Henry

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I know Henry & Mike inquired – does anyone else want a copy?
I’m going to try and burn them this week.

Nora

Received and works fine. We’ll show it at the nexy get together.

Nora

—– Original Message —–
From: “David Doering” <dave@techvoice.com>
> Sorry about that. Of course, I tried to test each prior to shipping, but
> couldn’t. So let me send you another that I have tested.

Various guild chapters and con-coms asked if we couldn’t extend our
membership rate deadline so that they could host their March meetings or
convention. So that’s what we’ve done!

We have extended our $95 Full Attending Membership rate until April 3,
2005, to allow for these groups to spread the word about Costume-Con 23 and
join us.

We look forward to hosting everyone!

Dave Doering
Costume-Con 23
www.cc23.org

Hey, Dave!

You may want to post this info on the ICG-D list as well, so people see
it there.
Cheers!

Betsy

David Doering wrote:

> Various guild chapters and con-coms asked if we couldn’t extend our
> membership rate deadline so that they could host their March meetings or
> convention. So that’s what we’ve done!
>
> We have extended our $95 Full Attending Membership rate until April 3,
> 2005, to allow for these groups to spread the word about Costume-Con 23 and
> join us.
>
> We look forward to hosting everyone!
>
> Dave Doering
> Costume-Con 23
> www.cc23.org
>
>
>
>
> View the Document: http://www.Costume-Con.org/procedure/runacc/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

—
—
Betsy R. Delaney

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I spent some time this weekend contacting the Imperial Rainbow Court of
Northern Utah, aka the Ogden chapter of the Imperial Court System.

While the Monarchs will be out of town, they were really excited to hear
about CC and some of them will be showing up at CC23 on least one day.
They are also helping me find some cast members for an exhibition piece
I’ll be doing at the con.

However — they hadn’t heard about CC23 yet! (I know Dave and Charles
had buckets on their plates, so this isn’t really meant as a slam at
them). Andy and I have been promoting CC in general on all our Court
trips, but the word sometimes spreads more slowly that way, since CC
isn’t an Imperial function.

So, a word to the wise for Costume-Con committees — Check out your
local chapter of the Imperial Court now! Send someone to one or two of
their events. Walk as an in-town organization at their Coronation, if
possible…

There is a huge amount of costume and performance talent in the ICS that
LOVES the idea of something like Costume-Con. It should only take a
little effort on your part to get some of them involved.

Kevin
CC26 in Silicon Valley? bid committee
aka Absolute Emperor 34 of the IRLM

We are going to the press next week with the Program Book. Any and all
groups interested in ad space should contact us immediately.

This year’s version is 8 1/2″ x 11″, about 40 pages, with a color
cover. Rates are as follows:

Full Page: $125
Half Page: $75
Quarter Page: $40

We accept MS Word and TIFF formatted files.

Please forward this e-mail to any and all interested parties.

Thank you!

The Costume-Con 23 ConCom

This is the last call for any and all groups interested in sponsoring a
night in the Costume-Con 23 Con Suite!

Saturday Night is reserved for the CC26–San Jose Bid.

Our rate is just $75, plus whatever food you want to offer.

Please forward this to any and all lists or committees.

Thanks,

The Costume-Con 23 ConCom

Fan Table Reservations–Last Call

This is the last call for reserving Fan Tables at Costume-Con 23. We
have a few remaining tables by registration, so please let us know
immediately if you want to reserve one.

Please feel free to forward this to clubs, groups, concoms, etc.

Yours,

The Costume-Con 23 ConCom

Various weather reports are suggesting rain for Saturday or Sunday of
the con.

Although these reports are decreasing, we have still planned for this
possibility. We have taxi service on stand-by and have confirmed the
storage room at the theater so costumes, props, and accessories may be
stored there safely beginning on Friday morning. They can be held until
Monday if needed.

Also, we have a number of volunteers with vans to transport people
should the need arise.

Utah is a desert state, so showers don’t last long (less than ten-
twenty minutes). Sadly, those delightful all-day showers of back East–
complete with lightning and thunder–are unknown.

Dave Doering
Costume-Con 23

Hi, all!

This is a friendly reminder from your pal, Betsy, wearing the
Costume-Con Archivist hat for a moment.

This coming weekend I will need a whole bunch of data for the
Costume-ConNections web site, and for the Costume-Con Archives (which
are, and remain, entirely separate from the ICG Archives).

For example, I will need the complete list of participants for each
masquerade or show, what they wore and who designed each costume, as
well as a complete list of the awards they received (titles and types)
and any prizes given. I will also need the list of people who donated
the prizes given (so credit may go where it’s due), and photos/videos of
each event.

I will also need the exact count for the CC26 Site Selection process, to
record on the site.

I understand Greg Bradt is the official photographer for CC23. Last
time, he gave me a disk containing all the official photos he took at
the con. I also received a comp video from Carl Mami as official
videographer.

If CC23 would be so kind, please provide me with an archival copy of
each type of media for the Costume-Con Archives, so that information may
be added to the web site.

I also photograph the exhibits and the doll contest, but if these were
professionally shot, it would be nicer. I may still take reference
photos, just in case, but you get the idea.

Starting sometime soon (shortly after we return from the con), I will be
clearing the backlog of data to update the site, in preparation for
turning the complete Archives (videos, photos and other items in the
collection) over to the Dicks, and I would love to have everything in
order when that time comes.

Please help keep me from pestering you for the information – add the
info to your checklist for each event, so that it doesn’t come as a
complete surprise that I need the info at the height of the craziness.

I’ll have my computer with me, and it is even conceivable that before I
leave the con, the info could be online, even if the photos will have to
wait.

And finally, as in the last few years, I will be running a fundraiser at
the con, to help raise funds to cover the archive’s expenses. I’ve done
a selective raffle (tickets sold for types of media), in the last year
or so, and that’s probably what I’m going to do this time as well. We
have also held an auction (at CC22), for donated items.

I will likely manage the sales during halftime for each event, because I
don’t really want to be tied to a table during the con. I understand
that Karen and Ricky also have items to provide for raffle/auction.

Please let me know if there are any specific rules I need to be aware of
before I plan the fundraising activities. I’d hate to be on the bad end
of the law in the process.

If you have any questions about any of the above, please let me know
ASAP! I’m leaving Wednesday, fairly early, and arriving at the con
fairly late Thursday evening. You can reach me by cell anytime at
301.922.1865. (Not after 9pm EDT, please!) I’ll have it with me, and on,
during the whole weekend.

Please forward this message as necessary. THANKS!!!

See you soon!!!

Betsy
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At 08:45 PM 4/24/2005, you wrote:

>I also photograph the exhibits and the doll contest, but if these were
>professionally shot, it would be nicer. I may still take reference
>photos, just in case, but you get the idea.

Sandy and I are planning to completely photograph all dolls as they come in
and you will get copies of these as well as copies of all the registration
information.

Pierre

>Starting sometime soon (shortly after we return from the con), I will be
>clearing the backlog of data to update the site, in preparation for
>turning the complete Archives (videos, photos and other items in the
>collection) over to the Dicks, and I would love to have everything in
>order when that time comes.
>
>Please help keep me from pestering you for the information – add the
>info to your checklist for each event, so that it doesn’t come as a
>complete surprise that I need the info at the height of the craziness.
>
>I’ll have my computer with me, and it is even conceivable that before I
>leave the con, the info could be online, even if the photos will have to
>wait.
>
>And finally, as in the last few years, I will be running a fundraiser at
>the con, to help raise funds to cover the archive’s expenses. I’ve done
>a selective raffle (tickets sold for types of media), in the last year
>or so, and that’s probably what I’m going to do this time as well. We
>have also held an auction (at CC22), for donated items.
>
>I will likely manage the sales during halftime for each event, because I
>don’t really want to be tied to a table during the con. I understand
>that Karen and Ricky also have items to provide for raffle/auction.
>
>Please let me know if there are any specific rules I need to be aware of
>before I plan the fundraising activities. I’d hate to be on the bad end
>of the law in the process.
>
>If you have any questions about any of the above, please let me know
>ASAP! I’m leaving Wednesday, fairly early, and arriving at the con
>fairly late Thursday evening. You can reach me by cell anytime at
>301.922.1865. (Not after 9pm EDT, please!) I’ll have it with me, and on,
>during the whole weekend.
>
>Please forward this message as necessary. THANKS!!!
>
>See you soon!!!
>
>Betsy
>–
>–
>Betsy R. Delaney

“Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly —
Why They Are Simply Doomed.

Achemdro’hm
“The Illusion of Historical Fact”
— C.Y. 4971

Andromeda