Helsinki Day Six Worldcon 75 Day One
My Worldcon day started early. I went to registration for orientation at 8:30AM. Then I waited near the at the door memberships line to sell some memberships friends who could not make it. In two hours I pullled it off.
Then I pulled a 4 hour shiift at registration. It was a challenge but it went well. The system was easy to use and we had support from our fellow volunteers. One of the people I registered remembered me from the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) a few years back. Apparently she had a problem with her computer and I loaned her mine to do her presentation and she apprecaited that.
After that I went to Opening Ceremony and it was packed. The ceremony was fun and great to see all the guests. Then I did a two more panels. I also voted for site selection, checkout the dealers room, and dropped off my contribution to WOOF ( a fanzine which is a collection of fanzines). I saw a few people I knew and got some cosplay pics.
Panels attended:
- Opening Ceremonies
- A live recording of the Tea and Jeopard podcast with George R.R. Martin as the guest
- Anime and Manga for SFF Fans
Yes it is crowded. I barely got in for the anime panel and I got cut off for a the flash fiction competition. I just heard the con is working the problem.
Today I am doing on a panel on reviewing and going to Guest of Honor panels.