Dear Utah 2014 Bid,

I'm writing as a member of the 2011 Westercon in San Jose to give you some insight into the "hearts and minds" of the voters this past weekend and to make some suggestions about your bid, bids in general, and how you can ensure your bid is strong and appealing to the electorate.( Read more about my suggestions. )

[We're now officially scheduled for Thursday @ 5 PM. Should be about 90 minutes! Please pass along this link.]

Hi! I'm working with Campbell nominee Lev Grossman to put on a game show for Renovation, the Worlcon in Reno this August. The matches are scheduled for Thursday of the con at 5 PM ( Read more... )

It's been 5 years to the day since we lost motogrrl. I miss her.

If you're eligible to nominate for the Hugos, you probably know that the deadline for nominations is only a few days away. I'd like to ask you to consider nominating Lev Grossman for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. This is Lev's second and final year of eligibility for his novel, The MagiciansWhy would I take the extraordinary step ( Read more... )

I have a number of things that we're stumped what to do with here. I mentioned recently that I knew about Freecycle. The truth is, I am on the mailing list for the Freecycle mailing list for the town just south of me, but I found using it to be very difficult and awkward. However, I thought I'd try again. While I was at it, I found a similar ( Read more... )

Yes, I know about Freecycle.

We have about 4-5 dozen white plastic children's hangers to give away. They're like this kind. We don't want to throw them away, don't want to store them, and don't want to deal with the fuss of the Freecycle folks.

My friend teamnoir has posted to LJ asking for feedback about the nonviolent communication training programs out there. I have this memory of someone on my Flist posting about NVC, but I can't remember more. If someone reading this has experience with NVC, could they comment to his post or this one? Thanks!

The last two performances of SJSU's Vagina Monologues are today at 5 PM and and 8 PM. Last night's performance was good, but tonight's will be *fabulous*, I'm sure. Afterwards, we'll have cocktails, either at Flames in San Jose or someplace else nearby (Fairmont lobby bar, maybe?) I really hope to see some of you there!

I'm performing in a benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues at San Jose State University this Thursday and Friday, March 4th and 5th. There are three performances: Thursday at 8 PM and Friday at 5 PM and 8 PM. Some FyDySyFy folks are coming to the Friday 8 PM performance, instead of FyDy -- after that we'll go for a late cocktail hour, ( Read more... )

...you make your event Livejournal community moderated and announcement only, discouraging any open discussion by attendees and those concerned about the event.

If you're a Baycon staffer or attendee, I hope you're paying attention.