Press Release 2006-2 BAY AREA CON-STRUCTION SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC. A California Non-Profit Corporation PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.sfsfc.org/ For immediate release: June 23, 2006 Bay Area ConStruction Programming Schedule Announced Bay Area ConStruction <http://www.sfsfc.org/construction.php> has published its programming schedule. ConStruction is a conference about organizing science fiction, fantasy, horror, anime, and related conventions with a focus on Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. The conference is scheduled for the weekend of July 15-16 and will be held at the Hilton Hotel downtown San Jose, with a "get acquainted" social on the evening of July 14 for which conference membership is not required. Programming at ConStruction will consist of panel discussions and workshops. Topics include "Disaster- Proofing Your Convention," "Hotel Contracts," "Traffic Flow," "Marketing" and "Planning for Tomorrow and Beyond." Saturday evening, members will play the convention-planning simulation game "If I Ran the Z/o/o/...Con." ConStruction kicks off at 8 PM on Friday, July 14, when SFSFC, sponsor of the convention, hosts a Dessert Social for Bay Area convention-runners. SFSFC invites anyone with an interest in local convention-running to attend the social event on Friday night. Membership in ConStruction is not required to attend Friday's nights Dessert Social. Membership in ConStruction is $50 through July 1 and $55 at the door. An optional Networking Brunch on Sunday morning at 10 AM is an extra $15. Hotel rooms at the San Jose Hilton Hotel are $79/night. Make hotel reservations directly through the hotel at (408) 287- 2100 (mention "ConStruction" to get the convention rate) or through Hilton's web site using group/convention code "CNS." SFSFC was the parent non-profit corporation of ConJosé, the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention, and ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon. Contact: ConStruction: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Fiction Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit corporation. "Worldcon" and "World Science Fiction Convention" are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
