Renovation: The 69th World Science Fiction Convention

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Does anyone have a photo from the former Worldcon chairs photo session? If so, would it be possible for me to get a copy of one?

Deeley boppers rule!

Thanks!

I am a Communication Studies professor and fan is doing research on Worldcon.
This will be the third survey of Worlcon attendees that is part of a larger
ongoing project on the history, structure and organization of Worldon. When the
con is over please fill in a short online survey (10-15 minutes). It asks for
some demographic info and about your experiences at this con as well as some
questions about any previous volunteering or con organizing you have done. If
you filled in the survey in a previous year please also fill in this one. You
will be prompted to skip some questions but your info about this year's con is
much appreciated. The survey is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Ren…

 

 If you want further info, contact June Madeley at  jmadeley@unbsj.ca. Please circulate
this link widely to anyone who has attended Renovation.


Thank you for your assistance with this research.


June

Where have you found food near the Worldcon site?

I am not an officer of the WSFS Business Meeting, but I've posted my own unofficial report of what happened at the Preliminary Business Meeting on Thursday.

Is the At-Con Newsletter going to be posted online? It may be there already, but I've looked pretty thoroughly and can't find it, so I figured it's time to ask.

UPDATE: Links to PDF copies of the newsletter now appear on the front page of the convention website. I have not read any of the issues yet due to a slow internet connection, but am glad they are being made available.

For those of you who drove up US-395 to get to Reno and wondered what the huge column of grey smoke was, it's the "Ray May" fire. The plume of smoke from the fire is visible from my room at the Peppermill.
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I thought the "energy surcharge" rip-off had died years ago, much of it in a blaze of class-actions against hotels who didn't inform customers before their stay. The con rate at the Atlantis is inflated as it is, but they are adding an extra $3/night that we were never informed of.

If you drive between California and Reno along US-395, I recommend stopping in California at Bodie (at SR-270). It's a really nice ghost town (old mining town).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie…

They sell water at the museum and there are a couple of water fountains, but I recommend that you bring a bottle of water for each person. And bring hats, sunscreen, snacks, and most definitely a camera.

Edit: A better URL: http://www.bodie.com/

One More Edit: Bodie is at 8,400 feet (Denver is at 5,280 feet). Be careful with altitude sickness. I had to sit a couple of times.

Now that we've moved in to the Atlantis and my wife spent part of today riding the RAPID bus line that runs between the Atlantis/Peppermill/Convention Center area and downtown Reno, we have the following report:

• You can buy a day pass from the driver, not just from ticket-vending machines.


• The RAPID stops visible in my Renovation Preview (the small green shelters) have been temporarily moved a block south due to construction. The shelters themselves are gone and there are temporary signs marking the bus stops.