Chicon 2000 Infobot News - 27-Jul-2000
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In this edition:
	Hugo Voting Update
	Program Notes: Participants List
	Opening Ceremonies 
	Guest of Honor Speeches 
	Meet The Pros Party 
	Closing Ceremonies 
	Prometheus Awards
	Trivia Contest
	Filk Songbook Contents 
	Help Wanted: Gaming, Video Producer
	Miscellaneous Notices: Midnight Madness 
	Other Information on Website
	Remaining Deadlines
	Service Marks

Hugo Voting Update  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Michael Nelson, Hugo Administrator, hugos@chicon.org
   
   At this point, I have received over 450 Hugo ballots. Since the
   electronic ballot went online on July 12th, I have gotten 104 ballots
   by e-mail. One of our webmasters, Erik V. Olson, was the first person
   to cast an e-ballot (what a surprise).
   
   Three paper ballots have been rejected because they had not been
   signed. Two other paper ballots were rejected because the voters had
   left all the identification lines blank and one person sent in an
   empty envelope.
   
   Some notes:
   
   You do not need to include pages one and two of the ballot if you're
   not buying a membership. Some people are copying all four pages and
   mailing them. I'm just separating and throwing the first two pages
   away if a membership hasn't been purchased.
   
   You may enclose more than one ballot per envelope. Members of the same
   household do not have to mail their ballots separately. I had a couple
   send in their nominations forms in separate USPS Express Mail
   envelopes! No, don't do that - send the money to me.
   
   If you insist on waiting until the last minute (he snarled through
   clinched teeth), I suggest you ask to have your envelope
   hand-cancelled at your post office. Frankly, automatic postage
   cancellation equipment sucks. I've gotten dozens of envelopes without
   any cancellation marks.
   
   Here's a suggestion. Cut out the Hugo Awards postal address from the
   first page of the ballot and carefully tape it to your envelope as an
   address label.
   
   Some Comments from the Ballots:
   
     "I didn't vote in all the categories."

     "Too clueless to mark more than one!"

     "Please consider adding an 'abstain' option for those of us who
      simply have no familiarity with a category (e.g., fan artist)."
  
   This is okay. Nobody is familiar with every nominee and category. Only
   vote for the nominees you think should receive a 2000 Hugo Award for
   work done in 1999. You don't need to rank every nominee in a category.
   
   If you leave a category blank, we're able to figure out that you're
   abstaining. We could add a "Abstain" line to each category, but it
   would make the layout even more crowded. No need to cross out those
   categories with angry red ink - unless it makes you feel better.
   
     "Next year you should have the short fiction on the web."

   I think our webmasters did a great job of providing links to the
   nominees with material on the web. If you're a Chicon 2000 member, you
   can go to Alexandra Digital Literature <http://www.alexlit.com/> and
   download most of the short fiction to read on your Palm Pilot or other
   electronic devices for free. If people know of any better nominee
   links, they should contact our webmasters.
   
     "This person died recently, can I still vote for him?"
  
   You may vote for a person who has passed on recently. Voting for a
   Hugo Award should be based on the works a person created during the
   previous year. For the 2000 Hugo Awards, you're voting on work done
   during 1999. You have to ask yourself whether you feel this work
   deserves a Hugo Award.
   
     "I thought the selections in the novelette category were generally
      weak."

     "How in hell can you have _________________ on the list? It is
      not SF!"

     "Farscape should have been listed."

     "Why wasn't Toy Story 2 on the ballot?"
  
   Hey, I thought Mystery Men should have been on the ballot. Toy Story 2
   came pretty close to getting on the ballot. I will be releasing a list
   of the top twenty nominees in each category some time after the Hugo
   Awards Ceremony. I had great fun keeping our chairman, Tom Veal,
   informed on how close a couple of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes
   were to getting on the ballot. (Tom has many sterling qualities, but
   he isn't a big Buffy fan. Which is okay, it got him to take the time
   to submit his own nominations - something that most Worldcon chairs
   haven't got time to do.)
   
   Look at the numbers. Only 427 people bothered to make nominations -
   less than ten percent of the members of Aussiecon Three and Chicon
   2000 who were eligible to make nominations. In the Novelette category,
   168 people nominated 130 different novelettes. This may shock you, but
   some of those nominees have friends and those friends make nominations
   based on that friendship.
   
   I think it's more important to take the time to make nominations than
   to vote. If something or someone you like isn't on the ballot, it's
   because not enough people nominated them. As Chicon 2000 members, you
   will have the right to make nominations for the 2001 Hugo Awards, even
   if you don't have a Millennium Philcon membership. So if you don't
   receive a 2001 Hugo nominating form by the end of January 2001,
   contact the Millennium Philcon Hugo Administrator and tell him to send
   a nomination form.
   
   We do make a effort to contact all the nominees and request permission
   to include them on the ballot. In the past, some people have said, "No,
   this work doesn't belong in that category." 
   
     "Semiprozine is an idiotic category!"

     "The Hugo Awards are so divorced from reality (especially in the
      Fan categories) that in the future I may not bother to nominate
      or vote."

   Ah, this is where "No Award" may be used. In the past, "No Award" has
   gotten the most votes in a particular category - a clear message that
   the voters were not happy with that category or the available
   nominees. There have been categories that have been eliminated because
   not enough people were making nominations or voting for that category.
   
   Chicon 2000 attending members are voting members of the World Science
   Fiction Society. You have the right to attend the daily WSFS business
   meetings that will be held during Chicon 2000 and make motions to
   change the Hugo Awards and to vote on other motions presented for
   consideration. Some people think the business meetings are the most
   amusing part of a Worldcon - but they also enjoy discussing Robert's
   Rules of Order, so we won't get into that.


Program Notes * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Steven H. Silver, prog@chicon.org

Schedule Announcement

   The Chicon 2000 Program Schedule will be announced in the second week
   of August, 2000. The schedule will included a listing of program
   items, times, rooms, etc., and a listing of program participants.
   Watch this space for more details.
   
  Overall Program Schedule 
  
   Program slots are 75 minutes slots with 15 minute breaks between.
   Daytime program start times are 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm,
   2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, and 5:30 pm.
   
   Thursday will have limited programming at 10:00 am and 11:30 am,
   expanding to the full slate at 1:00 pm, which is also when
   autographings will begin. Friday-Monday there will be limited
   programming at 8:30 am, with the full slate starting at 10:00 am.
   
   Thursday-Sunday daytime programming will end at 6:45 pm, when the 5:30
   panels let out. Monday's programming ends at 2:00 pm, when the 1:00
   panels are over. (See also Closing Ceremonies.) 

Participants List

   This list is subject to change. Biographies and program details will be
   posted at a later date.

   Forrest J. Ackerman, Larry Ahearn, Roger MacBride Allen, Aaron Allston,
   David Lee Anderson, David-Glenn Anderson, Douglas Anderson, Kevin J.
   Anderson, Arlan Andrews, Sr., David Angus, Eleanor Arnason, Catherine
   Asaro, Randy Asplund, Fiona Avery

   Jim Baen, Freddie Baer, Jon Bakos, Gerri Balter, Cayley Barlowe, Steven
   Barnes, Paul Barnett, Elizabeth Barrette, Steve Bartlett, Martha A.
   Bartter, Stephen Baxter, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bob Beech, P.J. Beese,
   Hilari Bell, M. Shayne Bell, Gregory Benford, Alice Bentley, Carol Berg,
   Karen Bergquist, Mark Bernstein, Tina Beychok, Joshua Bilmes, Holly Bird,
   Bob Blackwood, Diane Blackwood, John R. Blaker, N. Taylor Blanchard, 
   Tippi N. Blevins, Suzanne Alles Blom, Glen Boettcher, Jan Bogstad, Mike 
   Bolin, Gail Bondi, Michelle Bottorff, Alexander Bouchard, Ben Bova, Julie 
   Bowman, David Bratman, Mitchell Brett-Surman, Kent Brewster, David Brin, 
   Chris Brochu, Charles Brown, Charlene Brusso, Ed Bryant, Ginjer Buchanan, 
   Algis Budrys, Lois McMaster Bujold, Kir Bulychev, Steve Burgauer, Brian 
   Burley, Stephen L. Burns

   Myra Cakan, Orson Scott Card, Steve Carper, Adam-Troy Castro, Jack L.
   Chalker, Diana Challis, Suzy McKee Charnas, B.A. Chepaitis, Chad Childers,
   Rob Chilson, Loren Christenson, Terrence Chua, Dave Clement, Hal Clement,
   Bill Clemente, Brenda Clough, John Clute, David B. Coe, Don Cohn, Walter
   R. Cole, Ron Collins, Darlene P. Coltrain, David Combs, Cary A. Conder,
   Guy Consolmagno, Jr., Glen Cook, John H. Costello, Greg Costikyan, Joyce
   Cottrell, Juanita Coulson, Caroline Cox, F. Brett Cox, John G. Cramer,
   David Creek, Richard Crownover, Cathy Cupitt, Karen Cupp

   Karen Daniels, Barbara Dannenfelser, Randy Dannenfelser, Randy A.
   Dannenfelser, Dennis Danvers, Michael Dashow, Ellen Datlow, Solomon
   Davidoff, Howard Davidson, Stephen Davies, Jacque Davison, Cheryl Ann
   Dawson, Joy Day, Genny Dazzo, John De Chancie, Chris de Longpre, John de
   Longpre, Wendy Despain, Jan Di Masi, Nick DiChario, Lucienne Diver, Cory
   Doctorow, Tom Doherty, Jim Doolittle, Leo Doroschenko, James S. Dorr, L.
   Warren Douglas, Gardner Dozois, Tananarive Due, Lisa Dumond, Linda Dunn,
   Doranna Durgin

   Jill Eastlake, Scott Edelman, Bob Eggleton, Gary Ehrlich, Raymund Eich,
   Lise Eisenberg, Alex Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein, Kate Elliott, 
   Edward Endres, Craig E. Engler, Bill Ernoehazy

   Ernest Farino, John Fast, Bill Fawcett, Moshe Feder, David Feintuch, Mark
   Fewell, jan howard finder, Leslie Fish, Jim Fisher, Joseph Fleischmann
   III, Melanie Fletcher, Lynn Flewelling, John F. Flynn, Michael F. Flynn,
   Carol Flynt, Clif Flynt, Michael Fossel, Brad W. Foster, Linda Reames Fox,
   Howard Frank, Jane Frank, Laura Frankos, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian
   Kelly Freas, Lisa Freitag, Jim Frenkel, Bev Friend, Esther Friesner

   Marcel Gagne, Tom Galloway, Fred Gambino, Robert Garcia, Victoria Garcia,
   James Alan Gardner, Terry A. Garey, Richard Garfinkle, Elizabeth Garrott,
   Rob Gates, Barry Gehm, Janice Gelb, Mark Gellis, Roberta Gellis, Jan S.
   Gephardt, David Gerrold, James Gifford, Richard Gilliam, Alexis 
   Gilliland, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Laura Anne Gilman, James C. Glass, Daniel 
   Glasser, Gary L. Glasser, Melissa Glasser, Barry Gold, Lee Gold, Lynn 
   Gold, Stephen Goldin, Jeanne Gomoll, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Joan Gordon, 
   Ashley Grayson, Simon R. Green

   Martin Harry Greenberg, Hugh S. Gregory, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Jim
   Groat, Jim Gunn, Karen Haber, Joe W. Haldeman, John Hall, Francis Hamit,
   Elizabeth Hand, Thomas Harlan, Lisa Deutsch Harrigan, Anne Harris, Harry
   Harrison, Howard Harrison, David G. Hartwell, Teddy Harvia, David Hayman,
   Judith Hayman, Lokke Heiss, John G. Hemry, Raechel Henderson, Howard V.
   Hendrix, John Hertz, Stephen Hickman, Bill Higgins, Arlene Hills, Kenneth
   Hite, Martin Hoare, P.C. Hodgell, Maggie Hogarth, Rachel Holmen, Butch
   Honeck, Susan Honeck, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, David M. Honigsberg,
   Winston Howlett, Elizabeth Anne Hull

   Steve Ihrwin

   Alexander Jablokov, Steve Jackson, Jan Lars Jensen, John Jerrold, Bill
   Johnson, Steven Vincent Johnson, Weber Jones, Robert Jordan, Rex W. Joyner

   Jordin Kare, Mary Kay Kare, Sherry Katz Karp, Phil Kaveny, Jennifer Adams
   Kelley, James Patrick Kelly, Bart Kemper, Angela Kessler, Lee Killough,
   Amy Sefton Killus, James Killus, Dan Kimmel, Leigh Kimmel, Kyym Kimpel,
   Ellen Klages, Mindy L. Klasky, Peter Knapp, Deb Kosiba, Ed Kramer, Dina
   Krause, Nancy Kress, David M. Kushner

   Toni Lay, Kurt Lancaster, Geoffrey A. Landis, Bridget Landry, Timothy
   Lane, Eleanor Lang, Warren Lapine, Jojhn Laprise, Judy Lazar, Steve
   Lazarowitz, Joseph Lazzaro, April Lee, Sharon Lee, Evelyn C. Leeper, Mark
   Leeper, Sheila Lenkman, Richard Letterman, David D. Levine, Jaime Levine,
   Paul Levinson, Ann Lewis, Tony Lewis, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Guy H.
   Lillian III, Brad Linaweaver, Jeffrey G. Liss, Denise Little, Therese
   Littleton, Michael Longcor, Jean Lorrah, Marie Loughin, Spencer Love, Dave
   Luckett, Tracy Lunquist, Perrianne Lurie, Brad Lyau, Barry Lyn-Waitsman,
   Marcy Lyn-Waitsman

   Steve MacDonald, Don Maitz, Joseph T. Major, Derwin Mak, Carl Mami, Elaine
   Mami, Julie S. Mandala, Jim Mann, Laurie Mann, Kathy Mar, Louise Marley,
   Mary Marshall, George R.R. Martin, Lee Martindale, David Marusek, Sue
   Mason, Kathleen Massie-Ferch, Michael Mayhew, Shawna McCarthy, Wil
   McCarthy, Jack McDevitt, Terry McGarry, Gary McGath, Maureen McHugh, Erin
   McKee, Loretta McKibben, Dennis McKiernan, John Carter McKnight, Sean
   McMullen, Sean Mead, Rebecca Meluch, Joshua Mertz, Steve Metzger, Gordie
   Meyer, Kathleen Meyer, Suzan Mianowski, Melisa Michaels, Richard Michaels,
   Franz H. Miklis, Nancy Mildebrandt, Craig Miller, Georgia "Sasha" Miller,
   Steve Miller, Tara Miller-Oakes, Betsy Mitchell, Carol Mitchell, Rebecca
   Moesta, Elizabeth Moon, Matthew Moon, Chris Moore, Lyda Morehouse, Kate
   Morgenstern, Sandra C. Morrese, Mike Moscoe, Dierdre M. Murphy, Pat Murphy

   Yvonne Navarro, Vera Nazarian, Ingrid Neilson, Nichelle Nichols, Patrick
   Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Larry Niven, Gerald "G. David"
   Nordley, Jean-Pierre Normand, Jody Lynn Nye

   Ronald B. Oakes, Terry O'Brien, John O'Halloran, Kristopher O'Higgins,
   Elaine Oldham, Mark L. Olson, Jerry Oltion, Kathy Oltion, John O'Neill,
   John Ordover, Margaret Organ-Kean, Henry Osier

   Pamela Palmer, Carol Paolucci, Severna Park, Helen M. Parker, Anne
   Passovoy, Bob Passovoy, Fred Patten, Teresa Patterson, Paul Pence, Misty
   Pendragon, Lloyd Penney, Yvonne Penney, Charles E. Petit, Pierre E.
   Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Martina Pilcerova, Anne Phyllis Pinzow, Emmett
   Gard Pittman, Steve Piziks, Jim Plaxco, Frederik Pohl, Nick Pollotta, John
   Pomeranz, Andrew I. Porter, Tom Porter, Terry Pratchett, William E.
   Priester, Tullio Proni, Karen Purcell, Grordon D. Pusch

   Trevor Quachri

   Eric Rabkin, Eric S. Raymond, Alan Rea, Christian Ready, Robert Reed,
   Katya Reimann, Mike Resnick, Neil Rest, Jesse Rhines, Barbara Riedel, Jim
   Rittenhouse, Robin Roberts, Kevin Roche, Roberta Rogow, Jennie A. Roller,
   Bill Roper, Carol Roper, Gretchen Roper, Selina Rosen, Edward R. Rosick,
   Mark Roth-Whitworth, Jane Routley, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Charles C. Ryan

   Fred Saberhagen, Steve Saffel, David Ian Salter, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Ron
   Sarti, Steve Savitzky, Steven Sawicki, Robert J. Sawyer, Pat Sayre Mccoy,
   Sharon Sbarsky, Madeline Scheckter, Lucy Cohen Schmeidler, Stanley
   Schmidt, Bruce Schneier, Paul Schoessow, Eric Schulman, Darrell
   Schweitzer, Melissa Scott, Mike Scott, Howard Scrimgeour, Joyce Scrivner,
   Lucy Cohen Seaman, Shelly Shapiro, Charles Sheffield, Rick Shelley, Mark
   Shepherd, Josepha Sherman, Tom Shippey, joey Shoji, Susan Shwartz, Carol
   Siegling, Van Siegling, Steven H Silver, Robert Silverberg, Matthew
   Simmons, Steve Simmons, Bradley H. Sinor, Glenn R. Sixbury, Susan
   Sizemore, Marian Skupski, Mandy Slater, Kathleen Sloan, Joan Slonczewski,
   Dave Smeds, Christy Hardin Smith, Dick Smith, Kristine C. Smith, Leah
   Zeldes Smith, Tom Smith, Eric Solstein, Matthew Springer, Allen Steele,
   Kevin T. Stein, James Stevens-Arce, Steve Stiles, Dell Stinnett, S.M.
   Stirling, Keith W. Stokes, Jon Stopa, Erwin Strauss, Edwin L. Strickland
   III, John K. Strickland, Jr., Ian Randal Strock, Leigh Strother-Vien,
   Lindalee Stuckey, Jonathan Sullivan, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Michael
   Swanwick, Lucy Synk, Isaac Szpindel

   Ronald Taylor, Alan Thiesen, W.A. Thomasson, Amy Thomson, Persis
   Thorndike, Mark W. Tiedemann, Lois Tilton, Shane Tourtellotte, Steve
   Towsley, Andy Trembley, Charles S. Tritt, Jean-Louis Trudel, David
   Truesdale, Tony Truitt, Harry Turtledove, Mary Turzillo

   Rochelle Uhlenkott, Carol Ullmann, Laura J. Underwood

   Christine Valada, Eric M. Van, Gordon van Gelder, Mark L. Van Name, James
   Van Pelt, Carrie Vaughn, Joan D. Vinge, Vernor Vinge

   Katie Waitman, Jeff Walker, Ron Walotsky, Michael J. Walsh, Charles
   Walther, Jacqu Ward, Michael Ward, John Wardale, Art Warneke, Peggy
   Warner, Kennita Watson, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Len Wein, Batya Weinbaum,
   Dave Weingart, Toni Weisskopf, Catherine Wells, K.D. Wentworth, Richard
   West, Leslie What, Andrew Wheeler, Mel. White, Phyllis White, Rick Wilber,
   Connie Wilkins, Edward R. Willett, Sheila Williams, Walter Jon Williams,
   Jack Williamson, Connie Willis, James J.J. Wilson, Robert Charles Wilson,
   Linda Winks, Nick Winks, Laurel Winter, Paul Witcover, Taras Wolansky,
   Gary K. Wolfe, Gene Wolfe, Betsy Wollheim, Eleanor Wood, delphyne woods,
   Barbara Wright, Deb Wunder, Janny Wurts

   Ben Yalow, Pat York, Janine Ellen Young

   Mary Francis Zambreno, Sarah Zettel, Julie Zetterberg, David Ziels


Opening Ceremonies  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   Opening Ceremonies for Chicon 2000 will occur at 4:00PM, on Thursday,
   31-Aug-2000, in the Grand Ballroom (Hyatt East). In addition to the
   standard introductions that traditionally happen at such events, the
   Chicon Bid Committee will be fulfilling certain promises made to
   certain pre-opposing members.


Guest of Honor Speeches * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   Guest of Honor speeches will be on Friday, 01-Sep-2000, at 1:00PM.


Meet The Pros Party * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   Chicon 2000 is proud to announce the Meet-the-Pros reception this year
   will be a massive autograph party. With SFWA's support, Chicon 2000
   will provide an opportunity for fans to get autographs from attending
   authors, artists, editors, publishers, and agents in a party
   atmosphere. All authors at Worldcon will be invited (whether or not
   SFWA members). In addition in support of the literacy programs set up
   by RWA (Romance Writers of America) with Laubach Literacy* SFWA has
   extended a special invitation to members of RWA to attend Worldcon and
   the Meet-the-Pros party. As an added attraction SFWA and RWA will be
   raffling off packets that include autographed books and other gifts
   provided by the authors. (Details on how to buy raffle tickets will be
   posted to this website at a later date.) All proceeds to go to the
   Laubach Literacy Programs.
   
   A list of the pros who will be attending the party will be provided on
   the Chicon 2000 website. At con, the most up-to-date list will be
   available at registration, at the event itself, on the onsite web
   server and in the dealers room (along with the names and locations of 
   the dealers who will have works by the authors, artists, editors and 
   publishers, available for purchase). Of course, there will still be 
   autograph sessions throughout the convention to catch up to anyone 
   you miss!
   
   There will be refreshments available to help fans and pros keep up
   their strength and energy to meet the demands of autographing and
   tracking down everyone!
   
   See you there.
   
   *Laubach Literacy is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to
   helping adults of all ages improve their lives and their communities
   by learning reading, writing, math and problem solving skills. Anyone
   wishing additional information on the Laubach Literacy Programs will
   be able to get brochures at the Meet-the-Pros party (as well as speak
   to a representative of the program), the freebie tables and at the
   Laubach Literacy table located in the concourse area during the entire
   convention.


Closing Ceremonies  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   Closing Ceremonies will by in Hyatt Grand Ballroom C-D at 1:00 pm on
   Monday.


Prometheus Awards * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Fred C. Moulton, prometheus@chicon.org
   
   In 1979, science fiction writer L. Neil Smith created the Prometheus
   Awards, to honor Libertarian fiction. The Libertarian Futurist Society
   <http://www.lfs.org/> began sponsoring the annual Prometheus Award in
   1982. Chicon 2000 hosts this year's awards presentation, on Friday at
   4:00 PM.


Trivia Contest  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Leo Doroschenko

   How well do you know your sf and fantasy? What do the endings of Fritz
   Leiber's "Last," Lewis Padgett's "Compliments of the Author," and E.E.
   "Doc" Smith's Galactic Patrol have in common? What story ends "If he
   could only weep, he thought, but a robot could not weep?" What
   swords-and-sorcery hero meets Elric in Karl Wagner's "The Gothic
   Touch?" Who is John Wainwright?
   
   If you know (or even if you don't) and would like to have some fun,
   consider being a contestant or spectator at the Chicon Trivia Contest.
   
   The contest will be in Jeopardy! format: 6 categories of 5 each, the
   harder the question, the greater the point value. There will be no
   penalties for incorrect answers. Categories include "Through Time and
   Space with the Tree Stooges," "A Descent into the Mainstream (Part
   2)," "My Kind of Town" (honoring our host city's contributions to the
   genre, "Man and Superman," "True Names," "Skiffy Films of the 50's,"
   "Politically Incorrect," "Weird Days," "More Questions Lovecraftian,"
   "Classic Mars," "Gee, I Read That When I Was Just a Kid," and "Fritz
   and Cats."
   
   The object is to have fun, so expect a few totally off the wall
   questions. All are welcome, fans and pros.


Filk Songbook Contents  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Carol Roper, songbook@chicon.org

   Twelve Years at Worldcon - Frank Hayes
   At the First Worldcon - Michael Longcor
   Daddy is a Spaceman - Tom Veal
   Damned Infernal Elevators - Sherman Dorn
   The Song of the WSFS, Inc. - Nick Falasca
   (And it Feels Like It Must Be) Five Hundred Miles - Perrianne Lurie
   Ghost Pirates in DC - Gary Ehrlich
   The Fen Behind Chicago - John Hall
   Con Organizer's Lament - Jacob Sommer
   At the Worldcon - Roberta Rogow
   Remember the Hyatt - Bill Roper and Clif Flynt
   Con Bid - Lee Gold
   Con Chairman - Barbara Higgins
   Be Our GoH - Tom Smith
   I'm Not Leaving On a Jet Plane - Perrianne Lurie
   The Hallways of Bucconeer - Mark A. Mandel
   Five Wise Fen of Worldcon - Harold Feld
   Hotel Metropole - Perrianne Lurie
   Charlie and the Illinois Center - Gary Ehrlich
   NASFiC ConDiego - Roberta Rogow
   Still at Worldcon - Larry Kirby
   Doctor of Physique - Marc Ortlieb
   I Hate Worldcon Elevators - Lee Billings
   Collector's Lament - Erwin S. Strauss (Filthy Pierre)
   SMOF Widow Blues - Bill and Gretchen Roper
   Chicon's Okay - Bruce Dane
   I Am the Very Model of a Fannish Individual - John Pomeranz & Mary Bentley
   The Evolution of a Neo - Lee Billings
   A Worldcon - Marc Ortlieb
   Ode to Confiasco - Gary Ehrlich
   Nolacon Two - Perrianne Lurie
   A Tribute to Nolacon - Roberta Rogow
   Ballad of the Pousse-café - Roberta Rogow
   (The Con They Call the) City of New Orleans - 
             Matt G. Leger and Guy H. Lillian III
   The Bonnie Intersection - Roberta Rogow
   The Big Con of Summer - Anne and Tim Walker
   At Magicon - Rennie Levine
   Magicon Hymn - Roberta Rogow
   Confiction Frictions - Perrianne Lurie
   Thanks to the Fen - Carol Flynt
   Convention of 2140 - Anonymous
   Heaven Con - Kathy Mar
   Con Man Blues - Sally Childs-Helton
   Filky the Snowman - Palman Lapgan
   Walk Like a Sith - Tom Smith
   Who's Next - Bruce Dane
   Eight Days of Iggy - Bruce Dane
   Working the Convention Blues - Bill Roper
   Ops Junkie - Barbara Higgins
   Dead Dog Time - Maureen S. O' Brien
   

Gaming Help Wanted  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Beryl Turner, gaming@chicon.org


              WANTED: GAME MASTERS or people willing to 
              monitor gaming events during the convention. 
  
   Due to an unforseen situation, Chicon's Gaming Track is in need of a
   few extra GMs to help round out the gaming schedule.
   
   In particular, we are looking for board game monitiors, familiar with
   many of the current games out (The Settlers series, etc...) as well as
   the classics (Talisman, Merchants of Venus, etc....).
   
   Also we need people willing to GM RPG events. We want a large variety
   of RPGs available, so the more you know, the better...however, if you
   only know one game very well, that's fine too.
   
   We are more than willing to work around your convention schedule, so
   don't let that worry you. Let us know what you are willing to do and
   we'll set it up.
   
   If you are interested in lending a hand, contact us at
   gaming@chicon.org and let us know.


Videotape Producer Needed * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Opening Ceremonies needs someone to construct a videotape out of
miscellaneous slides, photos, tape segments, etc.  Does anyone know of
person who could undertake this unremunerative but egoboo-generating task?  
If so, please respond ASAP to Becky Thomson (Becky.Thomson@chicon.org) or
Tom Veal (chair@chicon.org).


Miscellaneous Notices: Midnight Madness * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Midnight Madness" - Rocky Horror Picture Show 

   The cast of Midnight Madness would like to invite Chicon
   attendees to celebrate the 25th anniversary year of the Rocky
   Horror Picture Show, at the Loews Fine Arts Theatres, 418 S.
   Michigan (2 blocks south of the Art Institute, or about 6
   blocks south of the Hyatt Regency). Our show starts at 11:30pm
   every Saturday night; admission is $6.00. Costumes of all kinds
   and audience participation are always welcome! More information
   is available at our web site <http://www.midnightmadness.org/>, 
   or you can contact the cast president, Jeff Nurkiewicz at 
   jeff@midnightmadness.org. "DON'T DREAM IT, BE IT!"
  

Other Information on Website  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

We now have an index page pointing to all of our PDF files.


Remaining Deadlines * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

 * Art Show has space left.
 * Dealers Room is full.

   31-Jul-2000
          Deadline for electronic Hugo ballots is Midnight, Pacific
          Daylight Time, 31-Jul-2000. Mailed ballots should be postmarked
          by 31-Jul-2000.
  
   01-Aug-2000
          Masquerade entry deadline. If you miss this cut-off, you might
          not be in the show.
  
   03-Aug-2000
          Closing date for booking rooms through One-Stop Chicago.
          Blackout period until 14-Aug-2000.
          Deadline for requesting a suite in the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
  
   14-Aug-2000
          Hotels should all have the information from One-Stop Chicago by
          this date. You can try booking rooms directly with the hotels
          at this time, although your chances are pretty slim. 
  
   15-Aug-2000
          Deadline for Online Pre-registration via a credit card. 
          We will stop accepting Art Show reservations on 15-Aug-2000.
  
   18-Aug-2000
          Deadline for receipt of Mail-in Site Selection Ballots is
          18-Aug-2000.
  
   02-Sep-2000
          Deadline for Site Selection at the convention is 6:00 pm on
          Saturday.


Service Mark Notice * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   Service Mark Notice: "World Science Fiction Society", "WSFS", "World 
   Science Fiction Convention", "Worldcon", "NASFiC" and "Hugo Award" are 
   registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, 
   an unincorporated literary society. 


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