Jul. 3rd, 2006

kevin_standlee: (WSFS Captain 1)
After getting back from our tourist excursion downtown, Lisa and I changed into our WSFS uniforms (no pictures because we didn't take the camera with us) and made one circuit of the party floors, although that did take about three hours.

While putting on my uniform, for some reason I suddenly forgot how to tie a tie. It took me ten minutes to figure out how to do it again.

I'm too sleepy to list all of the groups we visited, but among them were the Gnomeward Bound Westercon party, the Chicago in 2008 Worldcon bid party (had a hot dog), the Columbus in 2008 Worldcon bid party, the Anticipation/Montreal in 2009 Worldcon bid party, the L.A.con IV party (where, for some reason, our Space Cadet sashes and uniforms received the most razzing by people whom, as far as I can tell, are unaware of their own convention's theme), and the League of Evil Geniuses party.

I fired up the computer to read e-mail and catch up on the day's LJ entries, especially because I wanted to write up the Business Meeting results. Lisa was still too restless. She starts very slowly in the morning, but runs very long and often stays up all night. So she changed out of uniform into more comfortable clothes and headed back out for a while. Me, I'm going to bed. I'm glad m first commitment tomorrow is the Noon Business Meeting.
kevin_standlee: (Manga Kevin)
Today is my lightest schedule of the four days. The (generally pro forma) site selection business meeting is at Noon, and I have a panel at at 3 PM that I'm moderating on "Great Convention Mistakes!" Also, there is a gathering of those of us working on Nippon2007 from 2 to 4, which of course conflicts with the panel, but I can go to the first hour of the meeting, then to my panel. After that, I'm clear for the rest of the day, and there are no plans for us to go off site and sightsee like yesterday.

We do have to repack the Match Game material from the box in which it sits into my rolling luggage, because otherwise it would be too heavy and unwieldy to move down to the Pavilion tomorrow morning. However, this should not take long or be too difficult.

Thoughts on the Site Selection Business Meeting )
kevin_standlee: (Pensive Kevin)
The first of Lisa's two computers -- the one that was severely damaged but which I thought might be repairable -- is now officially a write-off. Turns out the system board was damaged. Had it been intact, it would have been just barely feasible to rebuild the machine. As it is, when you add in $600 to replace it, the cost becomes uneconomic. I guess we'll just salvage those parts that are reusable and working like the battery, CD-ROM, and memory chips, and move onward.

Next job is to contact Dell about the second computer, which is covered by a service contract, and get them to fix the wonky hard drive connection.
kevin_standlee: (Manga Kevin)
At todays Site Selection Business Meeting, we formally received the result of the site selction for Westercon 61.

And the winner is... )

More information, including the detailed vote counts and breakdown by day, are available here.

After the results were announced and the usual pro forma motion to destroy the ballots passed (this is technically the point of no return on the election), meeting Chairman Ed Green announced the composition of the "Oink, Oink" Committee established to study the 75-mile local exclusion zone and related issues. I am, not surprisingly, one of the members of this committee, which Sharon Sbarsky will chair.
kevin_standlee: (Manga Kevin)
Most of the panelists for "Great Convention Mistakes" had to cancel except for Val Ontell and me, but we seem to have kept the audience amused for 50 minutes as we told various stories about conventions not going well. I don't do these stories just to vent (although sometimes it helps), but to try and make sure that the worst mistakes don't get repeated.

After that, Lisa and I walked over to the shopping center and had lunch; however, I ate too much burrito and had too little exercise, and once again my blood sugar is elevated. Conventions are not good times for staying on the diet and exercise program.

We had intended to come back and possibly wear our WSFS uniforms a bit this afternoon, but Lisa is feeling very out of sorts right now and I don't know how the rest of the day will go. I'm thinking of taking a nap, although I really should be repacking the Match Game supplies for use tomorrow morning.
kevin_standlee: (Manga Kevin)
Fewer parties tonight, presumably because it wasn't a holiday for many people. Lisa was beat and turned in early. I spent time in the Denver in 2008 Worldcon Bid party (thanks for the diet ginger ale!), the combined Westercon 60/61 (San Mateo/Las Vegas) parties, and the relaunched Phoenix in 2009 Westercon bid party before heading in.

A surreal discussion about 'democracy' and Westercon )

I need to be up earlier in the morning so that we can get breakfast and also get to work work on set-up for Match Game. For the Noon showtime, I anticipate setting up at 10 AM so that if there are glitches, we have time to resolve them. I don't really mind people wandering in early during set-up, but they should beware that gawkers sometimes get drafted into production assistants.

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