SFSFC Awards 2009 SMOFCon Scholarship
Standlee, Kevin
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Press Release 2009-2
SFSFC AWARDS 2009 SMOFCON SCHOLARSHIP
SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC.
A California Non-Profit Corporation
PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA
in...@sfsfc.org; http://www.sfsfc.org/=20
For immediate release: November 5, 2009
SFSFC Awards 2009 SMOFCon Scholarship
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (SFSFC) has awarded a schol=
arship of $500 to Kirsten M. Berry to attend the SMOFCon 27 convention-runn=
ers convention in Austin TX over the weekend of December 4-6, 2009.
Kirsten M. Berry has been attending conventions without a noticeable break =
for twenty-five years, and has worked on conventions of different sizes and=
responsibility levels, including BayCon, TimeCon, SiliCon, Further ConFusi=
on, and ConJose. She has volunteer experience with Info Desk, Registration,=
Treasury, Administration, Hospitality, Staff Lounge, Gaming, and Newslette=
r. In addition, she has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Burni=
ng Man Department of Mutant Vehicles since 2007. She says that she is inter=
ested in learning more about Programming, and that she hopes to put the les=
sons learned at SMOFCon to work on BayCon as well as future Westercons and =
Worldcons.=20
SMOFCon is an annual convention about organizing science fiction convention=
s. Subject matter ranges from managing small conventions up to the unique c=
hallenges of World Science Fiction Conventions. The convention is held in a=
different city each year. The 2009 SMOFCon will be in Austin TX at the Hil=
ton Garden Inn Austin Downtown. More information about this year's SMOFCon =
is available on their web site http://www.alamo-sf.org/smofcon27/index.html=
.
Applications were judged by the scholarship administrators, who for 2009 we=
re once again the three directors of SFSFC who have chaired Worldcons: Davi=
d W. Clark, Kevin Standlee, and Tom Whitmore.
This is the sixth consecutive year that SFSFC has issued scholarships to al=
low promising convention runners to attend SMOFCon.
The name "SMOF" stands for "Secret Masters Of Fandom," and is a humorous re=
ference to the people who organize and manage science fiction conventions. =
Another term sometimes used for such people is "conrunner."
SFSFC was the parent non-profit corporation of ConJos=E9, the 2002 World Sc=
ience Fiction Convention, and ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon, as well as t=
he 2009 World Fantasy Convention. SFSFC will also host Westercon 64 in San =
Jose in 2011.
Contact:
SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee in...@sfsfc.org
SMOFCon 27: http://www.alamo-sf.org/smofcon27/=20
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. is a California non-profit =
corporation recognized as tax-exempt under US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(=
3).
"ConJose" and "ConFrancisco" are service marks of San Francisco Science Fic=
tion Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit corporation.
"Worldcon" and "World Science Fiction Convention" are registered service ma=
rks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary societ=
y. "Westercon" is a service mark of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society=
, Inc.=
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