an excellent Windycon
Actually I don't have much sense of how the convention went as a whole, but I saw lots of folks having a great time, and I got a lot done.
Went to the Chicago Worldcon bid party for about three hours on Friday, talking about the bid with various people.
Set up a Skype call to allow rono_60103 and Gary B. to participate in the call. It worked very well; everyone could hear Ron and Gary, they could hear almost all of what was going on, and both made comments and asked questions.
Was also happy to see marahsk re-elected to the bid board of directors. Pleased but not at all surprised to see Dave McCarty named as convention chair.
Dropped into the ISFiC book launch and got a book signed by author James Blaylock and cover artist Phil Foglio.
Got to Kathleen Meyer's poker game.
Worked hard to bring Midwest Construction back to life. Got positive input from erikvolson, netmouse, and unclevlad. Got one person to think about bidding to run the convention, subject to input from their local crowd, and told anyone interested that I'd like to bid to run the convention in Windsor or Sarnia in 2013.
Spent time with some friends I wanted to see. Not as much as I'd like, but it was still good. Spent a little time with a few Iowa fans.
Got some t-shirts and filk CD's. Also got a new computer bag that was the right size for my new laptop.
Had minimal travel drama getting to and from Chicago.
Other than being tired (got in around 3 AM Sunday night), it was all good.
Other than being tired (got in around 3 AM Sunday night), it was all good.