What's New (last updated December 1, 2003)

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

• What: OryCon 25, Portland's premiere science fiction convention
• When: November 14-16, 2003 (Not the originally announced date!)
• Where: The Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.
• OryCon 25 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!

• Author Guest of Honor: Nina Kiriki Hoffman, author of Past the Size of Dreaming and A Fistful of Sky
• Science and Author Guest of Honor: Ken Goddard, forensic scientist and author of First Contact and Outer Perimeter
• Editor Guest of Honor: Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books
• Special Editor Guest: Martin Greenberg of Tekno Books
• Featured Artist: Gail Butler
• Friends of Filk Guest: Uffington Horse

• Memberships in OryCon 25 will be available at the door:
  • Whole weekend: $50.00
  • Saturday only: $25.00 ($20 with a GameStorm membership)
• Children age 6-12 are half price. Children 5 and under are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult with a membership.
• To transfer a membership, send a signed letter to the convention PO box (below) with the new member's name and address.
• A $10 handling fee will be charged for membership refunds. There is no charge to transfer a membership to someone else.
• 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.

• You can now buy a mug, stein, mousepad, lunchbox, postcard, or poster with the OryCon 25 logo (shown to the right) at our CafePress shop.

• Our hotel is the Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River.
• The room rate is $95 (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" ORY for OryCon Non-party or ORP for OryCon Party.

• List of confirmed programming participants
• Final Program Schedule
• Index of Program Participants
• Draft Gaming Schedule
• You can also download a PDB or CSV file of the program schedule for your handheld device or other computer.

• Progress Report #1.
• Information flyer and sign-up form for dealers (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
• Information on Child Care.
• Information for program participants.
• Information on Writers' Workshops.
• Information on the Art Show.
• Souvenir Book Guidelines and File Upload Area.

• Discussion group: You can join the [ORYCON] mailing list for discussions about OryCon and conventions in general.
• Newsgroup: The sff.net newsgroup sff.cons.orycon is also available.
• Committee meetings: The meeting schedule is available here.

• Email: ory25vicechair@yahoo.com, Orycon25Chair@comcast.net
• Postal: OryCon 25, PO Box 5464, Portland, Oregon 97228-5464
• Telephone: 503-646-0731
• Individual committee members can be contacted through the Committee List.

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