#concom — Public Fediverse posts

January Volunteer Meeting: January’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, January 4 to help plan Norwescon 47! … (#concom #NWC47)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/12/31/january-volunteer-meeting/

November Volunteer Meeting: November’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us virtually on Saturday, November 4 on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47! … (#concom #NWC47)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/10/24/november-volunteer-meeting/

October Volunteer Meeting: October’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, October 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47! … (#concom #NWC47)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/27/october-volunteer-meeting/

September ConCom Meeting: September’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, September 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47! … (#concom #NWC47)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/09/september-concom-meeting-13/

News from Norwescon September 2024: Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers! … (#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

News from Norwescon September 2024: Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers! … (#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

News from Norwescon September 2024: Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers! … (#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

News from Norwescon September 2024: Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers! … (#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

News from Norwescon September 2024: Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers! … (#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

Writer Guest of Honor

Catherynne M. Valente is the NYT bestselling author of over forty books of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including Deathless, Space Opera, The Past Is Red, and the Fairyland novels. She is the winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Lambda awards, among others, and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy and Ursula K LeGuin awards. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her child and several troublingly large cats.

Artist Guest of Honor

Wayne Barlowe is a science fiction and fantasy author and artist who has created images for books, film, video games and galleries and written and illustrated a number of art books including Expedition, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe’s Inferno, Brushfire, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. Expedition aired as the Discovery Channel special, Alien Planet. A board game based on Expedition will be released in 2025. His video game concept work includes Dante’s Inferno, Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. His film designs can be seen in Blade 2, Galaxy Quest, Hellboy 1 and 2, Harry Potter 3 and 4, Avatar and Pacific Rim. He has written two novels, God’s Demon and its sequel The Heart of Hell and is at work on the third and final novel, Lucifer’s Soul. His artbook, Psychopomp, accumulating 30 years of his hell paintings and drawings, was published in 2021. Psychopomp II is in the works as is The Wildlife of Hell.

Convention Planning Starts Soon — Send Us Your Ideas!

Do you have an idea for a panel? Let us know now as planning begins for Norwescon 47 this summer. We want to make sure our program is as engaging to our members as possible, and will gladly consider your suggestions as we work with our pros and panelists to craft our programming each year.

Please send us your ideas via our Panel Suggestion page.

Norwescon is also looking for panelists! If you are interested, let us know in detail who you are, your area of expertise and why you would be a great fit for us. Programming can’t do what it does without our fabulous panelists.

Please fill out our panelist application form to be considered for this coming year. Even if you have been a pro before, please fill out the form anyway!

Norwescon Volunteer Onboarding has Begun

We have begun onboarding people for Norwescon con com. Keep an eye on our Open Volunteer Positions page.

Have you visited our Volunteer page? Interested in joining our community? You are invited to our con com meetings! Here is the schedule for this year:

• September 14, 2024
• October 5, 2024
• November 2, 2024
• December 14, 2024
• January 4, 2025
• February 1, 2025
• March 1, 2025
• April 5, 2025
• May 17, 2025

There is a virtual component. The link is generally posted a few days prior to the meeting. All are welcome!

https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe

Writer Guest of Honor

Catherynne M. Valente is the NYT bestselling author of over forty books of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including Deathless, Space Opera, The Past Is Red, and the Fairyland novels. She is the winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Lambda awards, among others, and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy and Ursula K LeGuin awards. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her child and several troublingly large cats.

Artist Guest of Honor

Wayne Barlowe is a science fiction and fantasy author and artist who has created images for books, film, video games and galleries and written and illustrated a number of art books including Expedition, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe’s Inferno, Brushfire, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. Expedition aired as the Discovery Channel special, Alien Planet. A board game based on Expedition will be released in 2025. His video game concept work includes Dante’s Inferno, Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. His film designs can be seen in Blade 2, Galaxy Quest, Hellboy 1 and 2, Harry Potter 3 and 4, Avatar and Pacific Rim. He has written two novels, God’s Demon and its sequel The Heart of Hell and is at work on the third and final novel, Lucifer’s Soul. His artbook, Psychopomp, accumulating 30 years of his hell paintings and drawings, was published in 2021. Psychopomp II is in the works as is The Wildlife of Hell.

Convention Planning Starts Soon — Send Us Your Ideas!

Do you have an idea for a panel? Let us know now as planning begins for Norwescon 47 this summer. We want to make sure our program is as engaging to our members as possible, and will gladly consider your suggestions as we work with our pros and panelists to craft our programming each year.

Please send us your ideas via our Panel Suggestion page.

Norwescon is also looking for panelists! If you are interested, let us know in detail who you are, your area of expertise and why you would be a great fit for us. Programming can’t do what it does without our fabulous panelists.

Please fill out our panelist application form to be considered for this coming year. Even if you have been a pro before, please fill out the form anyway!

Norwescon Volunteer Onboarding has Begun

We have begun onboarding people for Norwescon con com. Keep an eye on our Open Volunteer Positions page.

Have you visited our Volunteer page? Interested in joining our community? You are invited to our con com meetings! Here is the schedule for this year:

• September 14, 2024
• October 5, 2024
• November 2, 2024
• December 14, 2024
• January 4, 2025
• February 1, 2025
• March 1, 2025
• April 5, 2025
• May 17, 2025

There is a virtual component. The link is generally posted a few days prior to the meeting. All are welcome!

https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/03/news-from-norwescon-september-2024/

#CatherynneMValente #concom #NWC47 #volunteering #WayneBarlowe

NWC47 ConCom Planning Meeting Dates: It seems like Norwescon just happened, yet your Exec Team has already been hard at work planning and looking forward to NWC47 (and beyond!). We have our confirmed dates for the NWC47 ConCom meetings. … (#concom #NWC47)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/06/25/nwc47-concom-planning-meeting-dates/

@universalhub closed meeting notice 1 day before rubber stamp by Town of #LincolnMA #ConCom. Note the empty #LandAcknowledgment

May Post-Con Meeting: May’s post-con meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, May 11 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport to wrap up Norwescon 46! … (#concom #norwescon #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/05/09/may-postcon-meeting/

March ConCom Meeting: March’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, March 9 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 46! … (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/02/29/march-concom-meeting-12/

February ConCom Meeting: February's ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, February 10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 46! … (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/02/04/february-concom-meeting-11/

January ConCom Meeting: January’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, January 13 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 46! … (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/03/january-concom-meeting-12/

December ConCom Meeting: December’s ConCom meeting and post-meeting holiday social is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, December 9 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 46! … (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/11/27/december-concom-meeting-12/

November ConCom Meeting: November’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, November 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Z… (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/10/27/october-concom-meeting-14/

October ConCom Meeting: October’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, October 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zo… (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/10/04/october-concom-meeting-13/

September ConCom Meeting: September’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport … (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/09/02/september-concom-meeting-12/

NWC46 Planning Meeting Schedule: Mark your calendars! The ConCom meeting schedule has been finalized. Come help create the convention we all love! (#concom #nwc46)

Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/09/02/nwc46-planning-meeting-schedule/

I had consider starting my own Mastodon instance with a focus on con running (#ConCom #SMOF #JOF #Fandom). Then I read this, and it scared me enough not to do so.

https://denise.dreamwidth.org/91757.html