Welcome to BayCon '97!
Welcome to BayCon, the Bay Area's premier science fiction convention. You're holding Makin' BayCon, the official newsletter of BayCon. We'll be here with program changes, party notices and reviews, announcements and news twice daily on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a wrap-up issue on Monday morning. Our deadlines are 3 PM for the evening edition and 11 PM for the morning edition. If you have a news item you'd like to see in Makin' BayCon, leave it in one of the drop boxes located at the Info Desk and at ConOps in the Boardroom, or slip it under our door. The newsletter office is located in room 441, but our hours are likely to be irregular. When we're available, the door will be open, and you're welcome to drop in with news items.
You should be able to pick up Makin' BayCon at many different places around the hotel. Standard drop-off locations will be the Info Desk, ConOps, the Con Suite, Green Room, and many other fixed locations. Subject to the hotel's approval, we will try to drop issues at the Coffee Garden as well.
Celebrate BayCon's 15th Birthday
Can it really be fifteen years since the first BayCon? After the Meet the Guests Party tonight, come celebrate fifteen years of fun, frivolity, and fandom with King Cake in The Nexxus (Con Suite), located on the Second Floor in the Boardroom.
Attention Party Hosts
Open parties are restricted to the second and third floors of the Red Lion Hotel. Parties held elsewhere may be subject to closure, especially if your neighbors complain. Remember, if you plan on serving alcohol at your party, be careful who has access to it; help everyone by being responsible.
Want us to publicize your party? Get your party notice in to a newsletter drop point before the 3 PM afternoon deadline and we'll print the notice in the evening edition.
Watch out for the Secret Masters (and Mistresses) of Parties, who will be roaming the halls looking for parties to review for the following morning's edition. Impress them and win the coveted "Party of the Night" award for entertainment excellence.
Program Changes
Frank Kelly Freas will not be attending.
As we went to press, no other changes had been reported for Friday Programming. That doesn't mean there aren't any - only that we didn't hear about them in time to make this morning's issue.
Masquerade Notice
Information for contestants and entry forms will be available at the Information Desk. If you plan to participate, please fill out your entry forms as soon as possible.
The table decorations at the masq will be available for purchase at the charity auction on Sunday.
Makin' BayCon is the newsletter of BayCon '97. Number 1, Friday Morning, May 23, 1997. ©1997 by Artistic Solutions, Inc. on behalf of the contributors, with all rights reverting upon publication. Editor: Kevin Standlee. Editorial Courtesan: Lisa Hayes. Chief Techie and Web Guru: Rick Hallock. Ace Field Reporter: Barbara Johnson-Haddad. Artist In Residence: Erlinda Hallock. Additional Editorial Supervision: C. F. Kane. Uncredited articles probably were written by the Editor or staff or found on odd bits of paper shoved under our door at 4 AM. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the BayCon '97 Committee, Artistic Solutions, Inc., or anybody but the person who expressed them. Submission Drop Boxes are located at the Info Desk (Main Lobby) and in the Con Office (Second Floor). The Newsletter Office is in room 441.
Deadline for Evening Edition: 3 PM Friday.
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