What's New (last updated February 11, 2003)

... but the web page lingers on. For a link to this year's convention, see http://www.orycon.org/.

Over 100 official photos from OryCon 24, taken by Matthew Picio, are available on his server: http://www.acehunter.com/prophoto/. Thanks, Matthew!

• What: OryCon 24, Portland's premiere science fiction convention
• When: November 22-24, 2002 (NOT the usual Veteran's Day weekend!)
• Where: The Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.
• OryCon 24 will be a weaponless convention. Smoking will be allowed in designated areas only.

OryCon offers programming, workshops, small group discussions, an art show, a dealers' room, filking, dances, gaming, a masked ball, the Susan Petrey Scholarship auction, and much more!

The theme of this year's convention is "Meeting the Challenge." 30 years ago this year, we stopped sending people to the moon. Today we lob million-dollar slabs of metal through space to crash into Mars. Would you contact us if you were an alien?

• Susan R. Matthews - Writer
• Lee Seed - Artist
• Martin H. Greenberg - Editor (will not be able to attend the convention due to a family emergency)
• Judith Conly - Short Story
• Sean Troupe - Fan
• Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff - Friends of Filk Special Guests

• Memberships in OryCon 24 cost $50. The preregistration deadline has passed; memberships are now only available at the door. Registration for new memberships will open at 10am Friday.
• Children age 6-12 are half price. Children 5 and under are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult with a membership. Child care is available.
• To transfer a membership, send a signed letter to the convention PO box (below) with the new member's name and address.
• A $5 handling fee will be charged for membership refunds.
• Because of space limitations at the hotel, memberships will be limited to a total of 1600. Once we've sold that many, we'll start turning people away at the door. So get your memberships early!
• If you're wondering if you have your membership yet, you can search our current membership list.

• Our hotel is the Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River.
• The room rate is $92 (plus tax) per night, for up to four people in a room; each additional person adds $15 for rollaways. If you specifically ask for a river-view room you'll pay $15 extra.
• The Interstate Wing is designated as the party wing. If you plan to hold a party, you need to make sure your room is reserved there. As before, the hotel will charge a $100 deposit against damage/cleaning for open parties (they do this for all groups, not just OryCon). To date, however, all such deposits have been completely refunded and the hotel has been very happy with us. Open parties also need to be registered in the convention office, so that we can coordinate with the hotel and help you get needed trash bags and cleaning supplies from the hotel.
• The best way to book a room is to call the hotel directly at 503-283-2111.
• You can also book your room through the hotel's web site, using the "Group Code" OCN for OryCon Non-party or OCP for OryCon Party.
• If you have any problems with the hotel, please contact Melanie Schaber at mel-content@attbi.com.

• Click here for a list of our confirmed programming participants.
• The Program Schedule is available in HTML.
• An Index to Program Participants is also available.
• You can also download PDB, MPA, DOC, or CSV files of the program and gaming schedule for your handheld device or other computer.
• Read our Director of Programming's rant about this year's program.
• The Gaming Schedule Grid, Game Descriptions, and Gaming Table Layout are now available, as well as a list of Changes from the original schedule.
• The Endeavour Award will be presented at OryCon once again this year, and there will be a "meet the pros banquet" after the awards ceremony.
• The Susan Petrey Scholarship Fund will be having its usual fund-raising auction. If you have any items to donate, please contact Paul Wrigley and Debbie Cross at wrigcros@teleport.com.
• We will be having a Masked Ball rather than a masquerade this year. For information, please contact Karyn Hoffert at madhatter_9@hotmail.com and Melissa Householder at silverpiece_missy@yahoo.com.
• If you have any other Programming questions or comments, please contact Helen Umberger at saxon@agora.rdrop.com.

• Our Publicity Flyer is available in JPG format (134kb). Print out copies and distribute them to help publicize the convention!
• Progress Report #1 and Progress Report #2 are available in Acrobat (PDF) format.
• You can join the [ORYCON] mailing list for discussions about OryCon and conventions in general.
• The information flyer and sign-up form for dealers is available in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
• The request form for Fan Tables is available in HTML format.
• If you use AvantGo's Mobile Internet service with a PalmOS, PocketPC or WinCE pocket computer, you can add the Orycon 24 PDA program to that handheld. Click here and AvantGo will add the Orycon 24 channel to your AvantGo feed. On syncs thereafter, Orycon 24 information will load into your PDA automatically.

Buy T-shirts, tote bags, and other stuff with the OryCon 24 "mission patch" logo here.

• Email: laceyax@aracnet.com
• Postal: OryCon 24, PO Box 5703, Portland, Oregon 97228-5703
• Telephone: 503-422-6574
• Individual committee members can be contacted through the Committee List.
• Information on upcoming committee meetings and other important dates can be found on the Convention Timeline.

This page created and maintained by David D. Levine, dlevine@spiritone.com