Con-Dor 19

Friday March 2nd to Sunday March 4th, 2012

Men In Black
Aliens, Conspiracies, & Feds, Oh My!

Website Updates

The fated day is fast approaching (no, not that one) and our website is being updated with news from our departments. So check back frequently or join us on Facebook. The following pages were updated today.

Program Panelists - with the first update - more details as we get them - but you can do you own google searches to learn more about the new names on the list.

Hotel Information - updated with more information on the Town & Country Hotel. Remember it's right next to Fashion Valley with a major public transit terminal - and it's minutes away from the airport and convenient highway 8.

Kids Need To Read - Our new charity

ConDor is proud to announce our chosen charity, Kids Need To Read.  We feel this organization is a good fit with our own mission statement to promote the growth of speculative media

Kids Need to Read works to create a culture of reading for children by providing inspiring books to under funded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children.

The nonprofit corporation was founded in 2008 by PJ Haarsma, Nathan Fillion, and Denise Gary. It was awarded 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in September of that year. The mission of the foundation was based on the work of a 2007 project of the same name, which was the brainchild of author PJ Haarsma and actor Nathan Fillion.

Announcing our Guests of Honor

Lowell Cunningham is the creator of the original comic book "The Men in Black" which has become a movie franchise and returns in 2012 (around our convention) with the 3rd movie in the series.

Mike Bocianowski is the creator of the graphic novel series "The Yets" and "The Ugly American" and his art has been featured on our website, t-shirts and program book covers for many years.

Mad Science Voting is Closed

Thanks to everyone who voted online at our conventions. We'll have the results posted later.

Thank you to everyone, members, guests and workers

Thank you to EVERYONE who made ConDor 2011 a very fun and successful event. Our guest of honor, Gregory Benford said he had a great time and enjoyed the fun and intelligent questions and conversations with our guests. Our 2011 program book is now available to download and viewing. And we've updated our pre-registration forms to allow one step registration.

Used Cell Phone & PDA Drive for Fred Patten

Glen Wooten is collecting cell phones, PDAs and digital music players that folks are no longer using to raise a little something for prominent fan Fred Patten, who was afflicted by a stroke. While they’re just taking up space in drawers, these electronics can be used to benefit Fred, a fandom historian who is largely responsible for the take off of Japanese animation in the US. You can find more information about the drive and what you need to do to contribute at http://www.terriesmith.com/Fred/CPD.html. For your convenience, there will be a collection box at the control desk in the Art Show. If you have unused cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players or iPods just lying around, please keep the collection drive in mind. (It helps Fred. It helps you. It helps the environment.)

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