LoneStarCon2
Henry B. Gonzales
Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas
August 28 - September 1, 1997
Algis Budrys, Michael Moorcock, Don Maitz, Roy Tackett, Neal Barrett, Jr.
P.O. Box 27277, Austin, TX 78755-2277
Voice: 512-472-9944
Fax: 512-472-4290
E-mail: lsc2@io.com
Web site: http://www.io.com/~lsc2/
The attending membership rate of $135 US is in effect until July 31, 1997. The two main hotels are the Marriott Rivercenter and Marriott Riverwalk. Hotel forms will be included with Progress Report Four. Lone-StarCon2 has decided not to present Retro Hugo Awards for SF works released in 1947. Their office staff has moved into a larger space. Their new address is 1204 Nueces, Suite F, Austin, TX 78701. The new telephone numbers are listed above. The mailing address remains the same.
What do you think you're holding in your hands right now?
World Congress Centre
Melbourne, Australia
September 2 - 6, 1999
GPO Box 1212K
Melbourne 3001 Australia
P.O. Box 266
Prospect Heights, IL 60070-0266 USA
E-mail: julian@ncc1701.apana.org.au Web site: http://www.maths.uts.edu.au/staff/eric/ain99
At L.A.con III, the Australians won the honor to host the 1999 Worldcon. Their Guests of Honour will be George Turner, Gregory Benford, and Bruce Gillespie. The Aussiecon Three board has decided to keep membership rates at their current level until at least the end of April 1997. A full attending membership is currently $140 US. Supporting memberships are $35 US.
Since Australia won the 1999 World-con bid, bids for the 1999 North America Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) have formed. The 1999 NASFiC site will be voted on at LoneStarCon2. The following bids are running:
Christian.McGuire@99.nasfic.org
(CoyoteCon)
steverb@primenet.com
(Great AmeriCon)
6802 Garden Court
Gilroy, CA 95020
408-848-1163
Kansas City had to drop out of the 2000 Worldcon race due to facilities problems. The 2000 Worldcon voting will be held at LoneStarCon2.
P.O. Box 642057
Chicago, IL 60664
Chicago.2000@genie.com
Boston and Philadelphia are bidding to be the site for the first Worldcon of the new millennium. Their joint nightmare is that a bunch of pirates are running the voting process in 1998.
P.O. Box 1010
Framingham, MA 01701-0205
info@mcfi.org
Boston in 2001 has had a successful bidding year including lighting up the night at L.A.con III (see the pictures at http://world.std.com/~sbarsky/party.html). We plan to throw parties and/or sit at a bidding table at Arisia, Boskone, Balticon, Disclave, Midwestcon, Westercon, Lone-StarCon 2, OryCon and Philcon (and others) in 1997. For up-to-date news on our bid, including information on our meetings, please visit http://world.std.com/~sbarsky/b2001.html.
Sharon Sbarsky, MCFI President
402 Huntington Pike, Suite 2001
Rockledge, PA 19046
PHIL2001@netaxs.com
Have you picked up your latest Philadelphia in 2001 postcard? If you've collected 20 postcards by the time Philadelphia in 2001 wins the vote in 1998, you will receive a free conversion from supporting to attending membership, provided you vote for the site selection. These postcards feature artwork by various professional and fan artists and are fun to collect, just for the illustrations. So stop by one of our bid tables or parties, become a presupporter, and pick up the most recent postcard; or buy a prior issue. And while you're there, take a look at our other great items, such as t-shirts, book bags, and pins, or just sit and smof for a while. We're Fan Friendly!
Todd Dashoff & Anne Norton, Co-Chairs
The outcome of the 2002 bidding race will be decided at Aussiecon Three. Remember that you will need at least a supporting membership to vote.
P.O. Box 61363
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-4128
sf2002@sfsfc.org
http://www.sfsfc.org/
SAN FRANCISCO IN 2002 kicked off their bid for the 60th Worldcon at L.A.con III with a flourish, as 176 pre-supporters (plus 3 friends and 1 pre-opposer) joined at the bid's table and during their "summer of love" party on Saturday night. During this first year of bidding, the bid plans to be at Boskone, BayCon, MiniCon, and Westercon during the first half of 1997. Pre-supporting memberships are $20.02. SF in 2002 is a committee of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., the people who brought you ConFrancisco.
Kevin Standlee, Chairman
P.O. Box 283
Seattle, WA 98101-0283
seattle2002@isomedia.com
We welcome the support of everyone interested in bringing the Worldcon to Seattle. The Washington State Trade and Convention Center has over 250,000 square feet of function space. By 2002, it will be connected by a walkway to the main hotel, the Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers. The Sheraton has an additional 50,000 square feet for events. In a two block radius there are 7 other hotels, 8 theatres and symphony halls, over a dozen art galleries, and many book stores!
Presupporting memberships are $10.01, preopposing memberships are $20.02, and Friends of the Bid are $100. Make checks payable to Group of Friends. Linda Deneroff
300 Coxwell Ave., Suite 3026
Toronto, Ontario M4L 2A0
Canada
76437.1712@compuserve.com
Some fans from the Country Formerly Known As the Soviet Union are running a bid for 2017. Visit http://worldcon.org to find links to information on the standing Worldcons and many of the bids. Here's a partial list of the many hoax bids formed as an excuse to throw great parties.
The next Worldcon and Worldcon/NASFiC Bid News column will appear in Broadside Three. Please send submissions before March 31, 1997.
The deadline to reserve space for ads in our second progress report is May 31, 1997. All ads must be received by June 30, 1997. Bucconeer offers a half-page credit to all legitimate Worldcon bid committees and a full-page credit to all seated Worldcons.
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