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No time for a long post right now... suffice to say that I got home from Winnipeg (or "Winterpeg, Manisnowba") around midnight last night, dropped off my luggage, ran out to get food (a Big Mac... oooh aaah), came back home and went straight to bed as I had to be at work today.
Keycon/Canvention was fantastic - I had a really great time, and met a lot of people. I hadn't been expecting to get "also appearing" billing along with Robert J. Sawyer and several other notables, but what the hey... I asked for a copy of the poster that had my name on it. *grin* Liana K also gave me an autographed copy of the Ed & Red's Night Party comic book. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kairi_kiss, I said hello as you asked. :) ) I also greatly enjoyed getting to spend time with frstythesnowman, even if a large part of it was during a beer store run. eastman23, what happened to you? I was hoping to meet you. If I did, you didn't introduce yourself. :P
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the best-attended panel of those that I was on was the one about Gaylaxicon. Winnipeg seems to have a good fannish LGBT and fetish community of which I was previously unaware. (So healthy that they had an Adult masquerade Saturday night, with halftime entertainment by a drag group called the Space Girls.) I did mention the upcoming Washington and Minneapolis Gaylaxicons, and there were flyers there for Minneapolis. Oddly, I've been seeing and hearing more about Minneapolis than I have about Washington, despite the fact that Washington's is this year and Minneapolis' is in 2009.
Note to self: in future, when going away to a con, pack some nice clothes just in case you get asked to present an Aurora Award at the banquet. I hadn't expected that, though it's the second time it's happened (the first time being when Toronto Trek 20 hosted Canvention). It was being filmed, too. And there I was in my bright red Polaris concom t-shirt and jeans. *blush*
The winner wasn't there, but he's a good friend of mine, so his award is in my luggage (I still haven't unpacked). Good thing it comes apart for easy shipping/transport.
The party I threw on Sunday night was well attended, and I got about $250 in donations for CUFF. Murray Moore's and Carolyn Clink's assistance with setup was a great help, since I had virtually no time between the end of the Aurora banquet and the start of the party. I have some ideas about how to raise funds over the next year so that next year's delegate doesn't have to dip into his or her own funds and hope to be reimbursed.
Oh, and Anticipation (next year's Worldcon, in Montreal) was awarded the 2009 Canvention. I was supposed to be at the business meeting to make the request, but having been up until 5 in the morning (6 o'clock my time) hosting the room party the night before, I kind of slept through the alarms. *blush* That keeps happening... fortunately one of my fellow Anticipation committee members covered for me.
More later. I have to write up and publish a report on the trip anyway, and while I found myself unable to make notes during the weekend because I was so busy attending stuff and meeting people, I've been going over things in my mind that I want to talk about.
Now to get caught up on email. I "only" got about 160 emails while I was away, most of which don't require any action on my part, but there are still quite a few that do...
Keycon/Canvention was fantastic - I had a really great time, and met a lot of people. I hadn't been expecting to get "also appearing" billing along with Robert J. Sawyer and several other notables, but what the hey... I asked for a copy of the poster that had my name on it. *grin* Liana K also gave me an autographed copy of the Ed & Red's Night Party comic book. (
kairi_kiss, I said hello as you asked. :) ) I also greatly enjoyed getting to spend time with frstythesnowman, even if a large part of it was during a beer store run. eastman23, what happened to you? I was hoping to meet you. If I did, you didn't introduce yourself. :PI was pleasantly surprised to see that the best-attended panel of those that I was on was the one about Gaylaxicon. Winnipeg seems to have a good fannish LGBT and fetish community of which I was previously unaware. (So healthy that they had an Adult masquerade Saturday night, with halftime entertainment by a drag group called the Space Girls.) I did mention the upcoming Washington and Minneapolis Gaylaxicons, and there were flyers there for Minneapolis. Oddly, I've been seeing and hearing more about Minneapolis than I have about Washington, despite the fact that Washington's is this year and Minneapolis' is in 2009.
Note to self: in future, when going away to a con, pack some nice clothes just in case you get asked to present an Aurora Award at the banquet. I hadn't expected that, though it's the second time it's happened (the first time being when Toronto Trek 20 hosted Canvention). It was being filmed, too. And there I was in my bright red Polaris concom t-shirt and jeans. *blush*
The winner wasn't there, but he's a good friend of mine, so his award is in my luggage (I still haven't unpacked). Good thing it comes apart for easy shipping/transport.
The party I threw on Sunday night was well attended, and I got about $250 in donations for CUFF. Murray Moore's and Carolyn Clink's assistance with setup was a great help, since I had virtually no time between the end of the Aurora banquet and the start of the party. I have some ideas about how to raise funds over the next year so that next year's delegate doesn't have to dip into his or her own funds and hope to be reimbursed.
Oh, and Anticipation (next year's Worldcon, in Montreal) was awarded the 2009 Canvention. I was supposed to be at the business meeting to make the request, but having been up until 5 in the morning (6 o'clock my time) hosting the room party the night before, I kind of slept through the alarms. *blush* That keeps happening... fortunately one of my fellow Anticipation committee members covered for me.
More later. I have to write up and publish a report on the trip anyway, and while I found myself unable to make notes during the weekend because I was so busy attending stuff and meeting people, I've been going over things in my mind that I want to talk about.
Now to get caught up on email. I "only" got about 160 emails while I was away, most of which don't require any action on my part, but there are still quite a few that do...
