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beamjockey

My Schedule for Capricon 37

Feb 16, 2017 00:37

Here comes Capricon 37, this year again in the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel in Wheeling, Illinois. It begins Thursday, 16 February, and runs through Sunday, 19 February. I'm participating in a number of program items.

Thursday, February 16

Conventions in the Social Media Age
Birch A (1), 3:30pm - 5pm
Track: Fan Interest

Liz Gilio (moderator ( Read more... )

science fiction, space, cons, astronomy, fandom

Comments 4

stickmaker February 16 2017, 13:55:34 UTC

"What Keeps You in Fandom?"

Well, the food is good...

msminlr February 16 2017, 15:04:57 UTC

*Sigh* One Of These Years, I'll make it to a CapriCon. They sound like so much fun.

lcohen February 16 2017, 18:54:46 UTC

i completely forgot about capricon, which tells you something about how this year is going! i think the "what keeps you in fandom" panel sounds quite interesting--do you have any prepared remarks?

beamjockey February 17 2017, 06:10:36 UTC

No, I'm planning to wing it.

I'll admit to kicking the topic around in e-mail with the other panelists a little bit.

As someone who has never been tempted to gafiate, I may not be an ideal panelist for this. Will try to muster useful thoughts anyway, maybe consider the experiences of friends who've departed fandom permanently or temporarily.