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Charlotte in 2004. Saturday WEST TOWER, HYATT REGENCY 919, 8 pm, Sin Pit Party (must be over 21). EAST TOWER, HYATT REGENCY 2576, 8:00 pm, Libertarian Party/Chicago. ELSEWHERE TBA, Marvelous Travellers Biohazard Party. "I heard Elmer Fudd was spotted by the Charlotte Party and had fans going ‘shhh, we're hunting wabbits’ and hopping like bunnies." Overheard Michael Nelson, the Chicon Hugo Administrator, will be handing out Hugo Voter badge ribbons from 10 am to noon on Friday at the Chicon Daily Newsletter News Desk in front of Ballroom EF, on the Hyatt Ballroom level. Michael Nelson The Hugo Nominee Film Screenings will be shown in 35 mm in the Regency Ballroom A&B in the Hyatt West Tower. Thursday 8:00 pm - Iron Giant Friday 11:00 pm - The Matrix Saturday 8:00 pm - Galaxy Quest The Hugo Award winner will be screened again on Sunday evening. David Hashko The first session of the WSFS Business Meeting takes place on Friday morning, 8.30, Regent Room, Fairmont Hotel. The Business Meeting is where the nature of future Worldcons is decided. This year some of the most important business concerns the Hugo Awards. There are motions asking for separate Hugo categories for films and TV series, and one asking for a two-year eligibility period for works that are first published outside the USA. The Friday meeting is primarily an administrative session, but important things can happen. For more information , including the text of all motions, see the at-con website: onsite.chicon.org Cheryl
Morgan Nearly all of the text of Article III of the WSFS Constitution (the Hugo Awards definitions) was accidentally left out of the Program Book. You can pick up a complete copy of the Constitution at the WSFS Business Meetings Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:30 am, Regent Room in the Fairmont. Kevin Standlee
Acapulco Room, Hyatt Regency West Tower, Ballroom Level. Noon: One-Shots 2:45 One-Shots Judith Hayman La Paloma Hats - . Fine quality head wear: historical hats, historical re-creations of hats, hats in true millinery form. Hats, hats, hats. Our motto is: With the right hat, nothing else matters. In the Chicon Dealers Room. Tom Veal "The Honor System E-mail Virus" is making the rounds on the Internet. It’s an e-mail joke ordering you to forward a copy to everyone in your address book, then delete all the files on your own computer. It sounded awfully familiar, and not simply because I got multiple copies from the usual friends and relatives who think they are keeping in touch by repeatedly sending each other jokes they’ve forgotten they already sent three weeks before. No, there was another reason. A fannish reason. NOLAcon. In the spring of 1988, Rick Foss called me from some convention back east to say the Worldcon committee needed help putting the program together, and he had volunteered us. We built a schedule using Rick’s computer, a 286 running dBase III+. This was my first experience using any computer. After a couple of weeknights spent at Rick’s home in Lawndale updating the files, I still knew only just enough commands to open and use dBase. One evening the committee’s tech guru, Jim Mulé, called and asked us to modem him the current schedule to submit with the hotel resume. I needed him to tell me how. The first thing he wanted to do was to compress the various files into a single one for more rapid transmission – which was important, remembering Rick’s state-of-the-art 1200 baud modem. Somehow, instead of making a compressed copy of these files, Jim managed to talk me into appending all 88K worth of files in the directory into a file no program could read -- and in such a way that the original files ceased to exist! Yes, before I ever heard of e-mail or computer viruses, Jim pioneered a way to remotely delete all my important files. Jim eventually did get copies of our files. And I learned to make backups. Mike Glyer The performance of the children's musical "Nothing But Garbage" has been cancelled due to the sudden death of the director. Suzanne had a mild heart condition and developed an aneurysm, dying in her sleep. The sadness of this event is compounded by the fact she was 9 months pregnant. The baby died as well. The following eulogy was written by one of her students. In Memory of Suzanne E. Hannon For all the loved ones of Suzanne, we will always remember the great things she taught us all. For the people who never knew Suzanne, I'm sorry but you missed out on great times and great laughs. Suzanne had a different personality than most people; she could say something we all didn't want to hear, but when she said it, she would change the way she said it, and it would be funny. I will always remember the days when someone walked in with a frown on their face, and Suzanne made sure that before they left that day, they had a smile on their face. Suzanne was a great person, who taught us great things, made great smiles, and someone who always had a place in there heart for everyone. Let's all take time to remember what a wonderful person Suzanne E. Hannon was. Helen H. Hebel
The Art Show opens at 4 pm today The Gopher Desk is in Skyway 269. Erik V. Olson Looking east from about the 12th floor of the West Tower of the Hyatt, you can see the Jolly Green Giant in the office building across the street. No sign of the Little Green Sprout. Peter Jarvis Party Ice Ice will be sold from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Thursday to Sunday in front of the Con Suite (O’Leary’s). It will be $5 for each 20 lb. bag. All parties are encouraged to keep cold. The Ice Pup Chicon 2000 pictures are already online at MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive kcsciencefiction.org/mafpa.htm Keith Stokes If you are interested in going with a group to the Friday matinee of "Highlander: Endgame," meet at the Fan Lounge at 11:30 am Friday. Nicki Lynch "Fantasia 2000" will be showing at the Navy Pier IMAX all weekend. They are also showing movies on Michael Jordan and dolphins. J. Kroliak
Timothy O'Toole's Pub. 622 W. Franklin. Loud background music, pool (billiards, not swimming), games. Good food, cheaper than hotel. For takeout, call 312-642-0700. Mark Irwin Rock Bottom Brew Pub. 1 W. Grand Avenue. Sells 1/2 gallon (64oz) "growlers" to go of craft-brewed beer for $6.95. Good food, great beer (especially the Brown Bear Brown). John Yaskowich Houlihan's, Illinois Center 111 E. Wacker Drive. Great breakfast at great price ($7.99) starting at 7am M-F, 8am Sat/Sun. Homemade omelettes, large selection of food (including brownies! Yum). William Jones Old Timers Restaurant and Bar. 75 East Lake Street, between Michigan and Wabash. My husband and I would like to recommend this cheap, nearby restaurant. It’s open Monday - Friday 6 am to 8 pm and Saturday 7 am to 2 pm. Most of the dinner entrees cost $7 or $8. You can get breakfast all day. You can also order carry-out. So far we’ve been there once for breakfast and once for dinner. The food and the service were fine. They take reservations. Their phone number is 312-332-3561. They will be closed on Labor Day. Monica Forbes and Kyle McAbee |
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