The Bid Committee

The following people were involved with the bid:

Glenn Glazer (chair)

Glenn Glazer has been working on conventions for over two decades in a wide variety of positions in facilities, registration, operations, programming and fixed functions. He has been active in California fandom from his start in San Diego fandom, through his return to Los Angeles and his move to Northern California. He was recently one of the guests of honor at a small 110 person convention chaired by fellow SFSFC director Tom Whitmore.

James M. Briggs

James chaired the 2006 Westercon in San Diego. He has attended twelve Worldcons (soon to be thirteen; his first was L.A.con III), worked on seven of them, has been a department head for five, and will be Member Services division manager for the 2008 Worldcon. He regularly attends Worldcon, Westercon, Conjecture, Loscon, Coppercon, Leprecon, and SMOFcon. He and Sandra Childress were guests of honor at ConCave in 2006.

Sandra Childress

Sandra is the crazy chinchilla lady of Ramona who some how finds time to throw killer parties and talk hotels into letting small conventions happen in San Diego. She’s known for running the Con Suite at Con Jose, the 62nd Worldcon, as well as the infamous Green Punch from the San Diego Westercon Bid Parties. She and James Briggs were guests of honor at ConCave in 2006.

Wolfgang Coe

Wolfgang Coe, a Bay Area native, has been attending and assisting Greater Bay Area fan-run conventions for over 25 years. Staying mostly on the Operations side of the house, he has volunteered in or managed most departments/divisions from gopher to chairman. Over the years he has been involved with several fannish organizations. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of SFSFC and the bid committee for Westercon 64. After all this time imagine his shock and dismay when he found out that fandom conventions were really run and organized by a secret group of little blue peop… Wait! What? You said “SMOF”…?

Lisa Deutsch Harrigan

Lisa Detusch Harrigan was the chairman of Westercon 40. A long time science fiction and fantasy fan, she can be found going to lots of conventions (BayCon, Silicon, Westercon, Worldcon, and Mythcon, to name a few), regularly attending BASFA Meetings, and costuming. Currently, She is the Treasurer of the Mythopoeic Society, Treasurer to Costume Con 26, Treasurer to Mythcon 38, 39, and 40 (yes, she does forget to stop volunteering). In her past life, she was chairman of Mythcon 10. She is married to a fan, Mom of two fans, and grandmother to 4 boys, yep, more fans.

Kevin Standlee

Kevin is the Corporate Secretary of SFSFC. He has held many posts on convention committees at all levels, most notably co-chair of ConJosè, the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, deputy chair of ConAdian, the 1994 Worldcon in Winnipeg, and Events division manager of Interaction, the 2005 Worldcon in Glasgow. Besides SFSFC, he is currently a director of CanSMOF, the parent non-profit corporation of Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal. He was one of the guests of honor at CascadiaCon, the 2005 North American Science Fiction Convention.

Kevin regularly holds forth on his LiveJournal about subjects that interest him, including not just conrunning and parliamentary procedure, but also trains and transit.

Maurine ʽMOʼ Starkey

Maurine ʽMOʼ Starkey is a veteran of the computer game industry, artist, illustrator, designer and producer. She has created games for Disney, Namco, Virgin, Game Show Network, EA and many others over the years. As a founding member of Westwood Associates, she has established a foundation of smart work and integrity. Her attention to detail has made her valuable in maintaining quality when working with high profile intellectual properties.

She has illustrated comics, designed logos, t-shirts and other branding imagery. She has proven herself to be a solid and versatile professional.

Currently she is a member of the IGDA, International Game Developers Association. She volunteers for the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and works with the Casual Games Conference in Seattle. In 2006 she was listed as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in Gaming by Next Gen.

ConJosè in 2002 was her first full exposure to the fan scene and her very first Worldcon. She was happy to coordinate and organize the Blood Drive for that year. It was a great learning experience. With her partner Dann Lopez, she heads a small bay area convention called SiliCon.

For more about Mo, see her LiveJournal and DeviantART site.