David Abzug being David

Rates, programming, gaming, oh my!

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Wow this is a busy time for Capricon! Here are just a few items of importance that have short times left on them!

The rate for a four day membership goes up on November 1st! Head over to the registration website in order to get your membership now.

Gaming wants to hear from you! What games would you like to see at Capricon this year? Take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NLPK23N

Are you interested in being a game master? Please email gaming@capricon.org with your interest.

Would you like to be on programing this year? Have panel ideas? Fill out the programming participant survey today! Survey closes October 22nd. We would love for teens, tweens, and young adults to participate as well!

In order to reach the program participant survey, you must log into your Capricon account. Once there, you will see a link for the survey.

If you just wish to submit an idea for programming, the link seen before logging in titled “Submit a Program Panel Idea” is the route to take.

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Dr. Jeana Jorgensen

Want to be on Programming?

Programming

Have you ever wanted to be on a panel or be a part of programming at Capricon? Now is your chance! Please fill out the survey at the link below, and someone will be in touch. We are especially looking for tweens, teens, and young adults. We have programming and panels for you!

In order to reach the program participant survey, you must log into your Capricon account. Once there, you will see a link for the survey.

If you just wish to submit an idea for programming, the link seen before logging in titled “Submit a Program Panel Idea” is the route to take.

https://registration.capricon.org/index.php.

Dr. Jeana Jorgensen

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Capricon is proud to announce Musical Guest Tim Griffin!

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Capricon is proud to announce Musical Guest Tim Griffin!

Tim Griffin is an award-winning teacher, musician, and storyteller with four albums out and a fifth on the way. He also runs the educational nonprofit GriffinEd, using music to teach science, math, history, and other subjects to grades K-8 for no charge.

Tim Griffin was chosen by the Annenberg Foundation in 2013 as a member of their Alchemy academy for leaders of nonprofits showing exceptional promise. In 2014, they chose him again. He is an artist in residence teaching songwriting to at-risk kids for several art and science organizations in Los Angeles county, and was a finalist in the 2016 Social Innovation Fast Pitch, a Shark-Tank-like competition for innovative nonprofits.

Tim has been a featured musical guest of the National Science Teachers’ Association, California Science Teachers’ Association, AAAS, Mensa, Interfilk, hundreds of schools, and a bunch of sci-fi and filk conventions; yet he remains totally approachable and is looking for collaborators if you’re interested.

Tim’s music, along with lyrics, notes on classroom use, chords, etc. is all free at GriffinEd’s website:
www.GriffinEd.org

Tim Griffin

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Deadline for Proposals Extended!

Capricon 38
Members of Phandemonium,
 
Every year, Capricon transforms the Westin Chicago Northshore hotel into a big tent celebration of genre awesomeness. Magic you say? Hardly. Awesome doesn’t just appear at the wave of a wand. Each Capricon begins as a bid idea that brings amazing people together to create exponentially more awesome at a real live convention.
 
Sound like a good time? It gets better. We are already preparing for Capricon 38, and we want YOU to make it happen!
 
The Board of Phandemonium is currently seeking candidates for Con Chair of Capricon 38: Have you ever said, “If I ran this convention….?” or “You know what I think?” Then consider running a Capricon! We are currently seeking qualified candidates to apply for Chairperson of Capricon 38 in 2018. Contact boardpresident@phandemonium.org for more information. The bid proposal deadline has been extended to September 15th so we can review them In time for our September 18th Phandemonium Board meeting. Those submitting bids will present them in person to the board on September 18, after which will select and announce the Capricon 38 Con Chair.
 
Thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm! There would literally be no Capricon without you. See you all next February!
 
Best,
 
Dan Berger
President of the Board, Phandemonium, Inc.
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