Westercon 74 Day 4: Dissecting the Alien
[Composed around 07:30 the following morning.]
Westercon 74 officially ended on Monday evening at the Closing Ceremony. It really was a very, very good day. Unfortunately, I am so monumentally exhausted that I am unable to give it the full write-up that it deserves, particularly because move-out from the Tonopah Convention Center is Tuesday and I need to give it my full attention. I do hope to be able to revisit it.
Here I am at the Alien Autopsy Party sporting my newest ribbon, presented to me by past Westercon chair Patty Wells, one of three former Westercon chairs who are also past Worldcon chairs who were present at the convention's wrap party.
I am the rare member of the both-conventions club who chaired their Westercon after their Worldcon.
At midnight, I started turning off the lights in the TCC and thanking people for having come, but asking that they leave because I had to get what sleep I could. I locked the TCC and staggered back to the hotel. Unfortunately, I had Day Jobbe stuff that needed to be done, and that kept me up another two hours before I could fall into bed.
Fingers crossed that when I've recovered somewhat I can write more about what I think was possibly one of the most satisfying days of my life. Westercon 74's final day was excellent. The Closing Ceremony was executed to my immense satisfaction, and my main regret is that I wish that at least 80% of our attending members had attended rather than the 60% we did have. For now, here are the attendance figures.
Total members: 338
Attending: 278
Child: 1
Supporting: 59
Badges picked up: 158
Westercon 74 officially ended on Monday evening at the Closing Ceremony. It really was a very, very good day. Unfortunately, I am so monumentally exhausted that I am unable to give it the full write-up that it deserves, particularly because move-out from the Tonopah Convention Center is Tuesday and I need to give it my full attention. I do hope to be able to revisit it.
Here I am at the Alien Autopsy Party sporting my newest ribbon, presented to me by past Westercon chair Patty Wells, one of three former Westercon chairs who are also past Worldcon chairs who were present at the convention's wrap party.
I am the rare member of the both-conventions club who chaired their Westercon after their Worldcon.
At midnight, I started turning off the lights in the TCC and thanking people for having come, but asking that they leave because I had to get what sleep I could. I locked the TCC and staggered back to the hotel. Unfortunately, I had Day Jobbe stuff that needed to be done, and that kept me up another two hours before I could fall into bed.
Fingers crossed that when I've recovered somewhat I can write more about what I think was possibly one of the most satisfying days of my life. Westercon 74's final day was excellent. The Closing Ceremony was executed to my immense satisfaction, and my main regret is that I wish that at least 80% of our attending members had attended rather than the 60% we did have. For now, here are the attendance figures.
Total members: 338
Attending: 278
Child: 1
Supporting: 59
Badges picked up: 158