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kevin_standleeIt was significantly less hectic for me and Lisa today. Match Game SF was over and the gear stored in the minivan. (It will all have to be repacked tomorrow when we move out in order to make everything fit, but we'll face that in the morning.) Because Saturday's Westercon Business Meeting reached a sort-of conclusion, there was no need to hold an additional meeting this morning.
I spent most of the day sitting behind the Westercon 74 table talking to people about Tonopah, but also discussing with anyone interested possibilities for what to do about Westercon 75 in 2023. I was tickled when someone mentioned Seaside, Oregon. Long-time readers will know that Lisa and I used to go to Seaside annually to attend an annual ham radio convention. They have their own small convention center (slightly larger than Tonopah's, but IMO not as well appointed), and it is at least as viable as Tonopah, and apparently has better transportation links for people coming in to Portland.
I did speak to one person who seemed surprised that the site selection hadn't devolved on LASFS, as they assumed that what's supposed to happen. I explained that no: the bylaws say that first you have to have the Business Meeting try to do something, and only if the BM cannot make a decision does it fall to LASFS. That's why that in a technical sense, the BM awarded Westercon 75 to me and Lisa; however, as there is nothing saying that a bid awarded this way can't reassign it to another group, the "Standlee-Hayes Commission" has interpreted its charge as not to run a Westercon ourselves personally, but to find a group that will do so in the Westercon region.
At one point, Lisa went back to the hotel room to take some stuff back to the room, laid down for a moment, and fell asleep for a while. I'm not surprised. She's been working very hard, too.
The closing ceremony, originally published as starting at 4 PM, actually happened at 5 PM. Lisa took the video gear to the room in question well in advance, and Loscon 47/Westercon 73 chair Scott Beckstead was able to get her an audio cable that ran from the room's sound board to her camera, which was kind of him.
I was part of the closing ceremonies, of course, but in this case, due to the dual nature of this convention, the two conventions had different conclusions.
Scott started the Closing Ceremony by inviting Sally Wohrle on stage. Sally was the original chair of Westercon 73 when it was being organized by SWOC at the Sea-Tac Doubletree. As you probably know by now, they decided that their convention was non-viable, and "turned in the keys" to Loscon, which generously honored Westercon memberships. At the time, SWOC feared that they would have to pay everything they had and then some in cancellation fees to the Doubletree, but apparently they did not lose their shirts, and they were therefore able to give Loscon $1600 to help compensate them for the Westercon memberships they honored. Westercon 74 also received a $1000 donation. Sally then had to dash to make her flight home.
Scott then officially ended Westercon 73 by banging the Gavel of Westercon and handing it over to me as chair of Westercon 74. I spun the gavel in my hand, then holstered it and said, "Looks like there's a new sheriff in town!" I then gave a brief spiel about Westercon 74, talking about our guests of honor and the town of Tonopah, where we hope to increase that town's population by at least 10% next July 1-4. I thanked LASFS to taking Westercon 73 into Loscon 47 during this trying time, and invited people to join us in Tonopah, "Where social distancing is a way of life." I yielded the stage back to Scott, as Loscon was not quite over, even though Westercon was.
The final part of the Loscon closing ceremony allowed their guests of honor their closing remarks, followed by thank-yous from the chair and vice chair, and introduction of next year's chair. Finally, Scott formally closed Loscon 47 and reminded everyone that there were still trucks to be loaded with convention stuff.
We had of course closed the Westercon 74 table before the closing ceremony, but we returned to the site of our table for a while. People came by to talk about Westercon. One person decided that hse wanted to buy a Westercon 74 membership. Also, there was another person who wanted to fill out a site selection ballot for 2023 Worldcon site selection and have me take it to deliver on her behalf in DC. I'm also in charge of Winnipeg's stuff, so I retrieved some of it from the van and we dealt with both the 2023 Worldcon site selection vote and the Westercon 74 membership. I put the site selection ballot with the others that I'm transporting to DC, and I took the membership for Westercon 74 and gave it (and the grant check) tolindadee for processing and depositing into our bank account. I'm glad we stayed so late!
We only sold three or four memberships in person this weekend for Westercon 74, but many people took our online sale information, and I think some of them will go ahead and buy memberships online in the near future. We'll be able to tell more if they use the code on the flyers we handed out.
We moved some more stuff to the Astro, took the rest of it to our room, had dinner, and worked on the photos and video seen here. Lisa is pleased with the Closing Ceremony video, and so am I. The work she's been doing bodes well for the Business Meeting recordings we're doing in DC, and I'm gaining more experience editing the videos in Premiere from the Panasonic P2 format. I hold hope that the internet at the Omni Shoreham is at least as good as what we have in our room here at the Marriott, as uploading these videos was a breeze. The WSFS BM videos will of course be much longer than the Westercon ones.
We are too tired and worn to participate in the Dead Dog festivities going on in the Con Suite here at Loscon. Furthermore, I have to work a few hours on Day Jobbe tomorrow morning, which means back to 4 AM wake-up calls. Time to get to bed as soon as possible, I think.
I spent most of the day sitting behind the Westercon 74 table talking to people about Tonopah, but also discussing with anyone interested possibilities for what to do about Westercon 75 in 2023. I was tickled when someone mentioned Seaside, Oregon. Long-time readers will know that Lisa and I used to go to Seaside annually to attend an annual ham radio convention. They have their own small convention center (slightly larger than Tonopah's, but IMO not as well appointed), and it is at least as viable as Tonopah, and apparently has better transportation links for people coming in to Portland.
I did speak to one person who seemed surprised that the site selection hadn't devolved on LASFS, as they assumed that what's supposed to happen. I explained that no: the bylaws say that first you have to have the Business Meeting try to do something, and only if the BM cannot make a decision does it fall to LASFS. That's why that in a technical sense, the BM awarded Westercon 75 to me and Lisa; however, as there is nothing saying that a bid awarded this way can't reassign it to another group, the "Standlee-Hayes Commission" has interpreted its charge as not to run a Westercon ourselves personally, but to find a group that will do so in the Westercon region.
At one point, Lisa went back to the hotel room to take some stuff back to the room, laid down for a moment, and fell asleep for a while. I'm not surprised. She's been working very hard, too.
The closing ceremony, originally published as starting at 4 PM, actually happened at 5 PM. Lisa took the video gear to the room in question well in advance, and Loscon 47/Westercon 73 chair Scott Beckstead was able to get her an audio cable that ran from the room's sound board to her camera, which was kind of him.
I was part of the closing ceremonies, of course, but in this case, due to the dual nature of this convention, the two conventions had different conclusions.
Scott started the Closing Ceremony by inviting Sally Wohrle on stage. Sally was the original chair of Westercon 73 when it was being organized by SWOC at the Sea-Tac Doubletree. As you probably know by now, they decided that their convention was non-viable, and "turned in the keys" to Loscon, which generously honored Westercon memberships. At the time, SWOC feared that they would have to pay everything they had and then some in cancellation fees to the Doubletree, but apparently they did not lose their shirts, and they were therefore able to give Loscon $1600 to help compensate them for the Westercon memberships they honored. Westercon 74 also received a $1000 donation. Sally then had to dash to make her flight home.
Scott then officially ended Westercon 73 by banging the Gavel of Westercon and handing it over to me as chair of Westercon 74. I spun the gavel in my hand, then holstered it and said, "Looks like there's a new sheriff in town!" I then gave a brief spiel about Westercon 74, talking about our guests of honor and the town of Tonopah, where we hope to increase that town's population by at least 10% next July 1-4. I thanked LASFS to taking Westercon 73 into Loscon 47 during this trying time, and invited people to join us in Tonopah, "Where social distancing is a way of life." I yielded the stage back to Scott, as Loscon was not quite over, even though Westercon was.
The final part of the Loscon closing ceremony allowed their guests of honor their closing remarks, followed by thank-yous from the chair and vice chair, and introduction of next year's chair. Finally, Scott formally closed Loscon 47 and reminded everyone that there were still trucks to be loaded with convention stuff.
We had of course closed the Westercon 74 table before the closing ceremony, but we returned to the site of our table for a while. People came by to talk about Westercon. One person decided that hse wanted to buy a Westercon 74 membership. Also, there was another person who wanted to fill out a site selection ballot for 2023 Worldcon site selection and have me take it to deliver on her behalf in DC. I'm also in charge of Winnipeg's stuff, so I retrieved some of it from the van and we dealt with both the 2023 Worldcon site selection vote and the Westercon 74 membership. I put the site selection ballot with the others that I'm transporting to DC, and I took the membership for Westercon 74 and gave it (and the grant check) to
lindadee for processing and depositing into our bank account. I'm glad we stayed so late!We only sold three or four memberships in person this weekend for Westercon 74, but many people took our online sale information, and I think some of them will go ahead and buy memberships online in the near future. We'll be able to tell more if they use the code on the flyers we handed out.
We moved some more stuff to the Astro, took the rest of it to our room, had dinner, and worked on the photos and video seen here. Lisa is pleased with the Closing Ceremony video, and so am I. The work she's been doing bodes well for the Business Meeting recordings we're doing in DC, and I'm gaining more experience editing the videos in Premiere from the Panasonic P2 format. I hold hope that the internet at the Omni Shoreham is at least as good as what we have in our room here at the Marriott, as uploading these videos was a breeze. The WSFS BM videos will of course be much longer than the Westercon ones.
We are too tired and worn to participate in the Dead Dog festivities going on in the Con Suite here at Loscon. Furthermore, I have to work a few hours on Day Jobbe tomorrow morning, which means back to 4 AM wake-up calls. Time to get to bed as soon as possible, I think.
