Tänkte bara påminna om att kostnaden för medlemsskap i Interaction, världskongressen 2005, går upp efter månadsskiftet.
Den som vill kolla sin medlemsstatus, jämföra priset nu/from juni (OBS priserna finns också angivna i svenska kronor!), se hur man betalar eller
annat kan göra det här:
www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk
Skicka gärna detta vidare till andra som ni tror kan vara intresserade.
B-L
Det har blivit dyrare att ha postgirokonto. Det kostar nu antingen
600 kronor om året eller 300 kronor om året plus en engånsavgift på
245 kronor och då får man inga papperskopior.
På ett informellt styrelsemöte idag bestämde vi att detta var för dyrt
och att det är en bra idé att säga upp postgirkontot. Är det några
som har några bra argument för att behålla det? Om inte så kommer jag
säga upp det nästa vecka.
/Tommy
Här följer medlemslistan för Swecon 2003 per den 1 maj.
Saknas ditt namn, så är det bara att styra 250 kronor mot pg 110 44
46-8 (betalningsmottagare Linnéa Anglemark):
00 Al Reynolds GoH
00 Ken MacLeod GoH
00 PC Jørgensen fGoH
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19 Sten Thaning Kommitté
05 Johan Anglemark Kommitté
06 Samuel Åslund Kommitté
07 Maria Jönsson Kommitté
10 Marie Engfors Kommitté
22 Anna Davour Kommitté
xx Magnus Eriksson Kommitté
xx Joacim Jönsson Kommitté
xx Therese Wikström Kommitté
xx Björn X Öqvist Kommitté
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01 Britt-Lousie Viklund Deltagande
02 John-Henri Holmberg Deltagande
03 Björn Lindström Deltagande
04 Bengt Johansson Stödjande
08 Magnus Olsson Deltagande
09 Tommy Persson Deltagande
11 Stefan Högberg Deltagande
12 Janne Wallenius Deltagande
13 Hans Persson Deltagande
14 Mats Linder Deltagande
15 Lars-Olov Strandberg Deltagande
16 Daniel Luna Deltagande
17 Torbjörn Josefsson Deltagande
18 Ylva Spångberg Deltagande
20 Anders Wahlbom Stödjande
21 Anders Reuterswärd Stödjande
23 Bjørn Tore Sund Deltagande
24 Sidsel Horvei Deltagande
25 Herman Ellingsen Deltagande
26 Linnéa Anglemark Deltagande
SOm tidigare påpekats så kommer den här kongressen kommer att ha
ovanligt stora delar av sina utgifter före kongressdatumet. Betalar
du tidigt, så slipper kommittén ligga ute med tiotusentals kronor!
-j
kassör
--
Intresserad av SF och fantasy? Vill du träffa Alastair Reynolds och
Ken MacLeod? Gå på Sveriges nationella SF-kongress, Swecon 2003,
15-17 augusti. I Uppsala.
http://sfweb.dang.se/2003.html
Finncon X newsletter April 2003
This newsletter is going to take up the following things:
- Bjørn Tore Sund from Norway will be our fan GoH
- Information about economy accommodation
- Information about registration
- New agents
- Agent's material
- Programming and partying
*** Bjørn Tore Sund from Norway will be our fanGOH ***
Finncon X - Eurocon 2003 is proud to announce that Bjørn Tore Sund will be
our fan guest of honour! Bjørn Tore has made himself known as a very active
fan even outside the Norwegian fandom. For a number of years now he has
channeled his fannish energy to the European Worldcon, Interaction, that
will be held in Glasgow August 4-8 2005. Bjørn Tore is the agent
coordinator of Interaction. You can find more information on Interaction on
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/ also there will be a couple of
panels about Interaction and the whole Worldcon concept at Finncon X.
Guests of honour at Finncon X - Eurocon 2003:
Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos (Sweden)
Jonathan Clements (UK)
Boris Hurtta (Finland)
Steve Sansweet (USA)
Bjørn Tore Sund (Norway)
Michael Swanwick (USA)
*** Information about economy accommodation ***
For low budget travellers, Finncon X - Eurocon 2003 has arranged a
classroom type accommodation near the city centre. The place is about 10
minutes walking distance from the main railway station, about 15 minutes
from the centre of town and about 30 minutes from the con.
The house has one large room for sleeping on the floor (you need to have
your own sleeping bag or the like), a little kitchen, toilets, showers, a
washing machine and a sauna. Doors are open for a few hours per evening and
night, and are locked during the daytime. The price is 5 euros per night.
Because this economy accommodation only has limited space (for maybe 50
fans) you really should register in advance to be sure to get your own
sleeping space on the floor. You can register at the Finncon-registration
pages at the address http://www.finncon.org/english/e.register.shtml
If you don't want to sleep in the same room with tens of other sf-fans, but
are on a tight budget, you might consider the Turku Hostel. The hostel is
situated close to the centre of town (address: Linnankatu 39), about 30
minutes walking distance from the con buildings. Close to the Turku Castle
and the Passenger Ferry Harbour. The Hostel has twin (37 euros/room) and
quadruple rooms (56 euros/room) or a low-budget alternative in a room for
6-8 persons for 13,50 euros perperson per night.
Discount for Hostelling international members YMF etc.
Web pages at
http://www.turkutouring.fi/matkailijalle_2.phtml?path=MATKAILIJALLE%2FMajoi…
And then there are of course the hotels.
Finncon X has made a deal with Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs and Sokos Hotel
City Börs for hotel accommodation during Finncon X.
Prices are 76 euros/night at Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs and 62 euros/night
at Sokos Hotel City Börs. The prices are the same for single and double
rooms and the price mentioned is per room (not per person). These hotels
are situated just across the street from each other in the absolute centre
of the town. The Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs is considered to be one of the
best hotels in town, so these prices are actually very good deals.
There are of course a lot of other hotels in Turku, but it might be hard to
beat the con hotel prices. For example the hotel that is situated closest
to the con building is the Spa Hotel Caribia (http://www.caribia.fi/) where
a single room is 130 euros per night and a double 150 euros per night.
You can find links and/or telephone numbers to most of the hotels and
hostels in Turku at Finncons web pages, but here are some prices and addresses:
* Centro Hotel, address: Yliopistonkatu 12 a
(http://personal.inet.fi/yritys/centrohotel/)
Situated in the centre of town, not too far from the con hotels and about
20 minutes walking distance from the con buildings.
Single room about 60 euros per night, double room about 70 euros per night.
* Sokos Hotel Seurahuone, address: Eerikinkatu 23
(http://www.sokoshotels.fi/)
Situated in the centre of town about 25 minutes walking distance from the
con buildings.
Single room about 75-110 euros per night, double room about 75-135 euros
per night.
* Ramada Hotel Turku, address: Eerikinkatu 28
Situated in the centre of town about 25 minutes walking distance from the
con buildings.
Single room about 75 euros per night, double room about 75 euros per night.
On http://www.finncon.org/english/e.accomodation.shtml you'll find a list
of most of the hotels/hostels in Turku and their contact addresses.
*** Information about registration ***
You can now register yourself for attendance at Finncon X - Eurocon 2003.
Registration is by no means compulsory, but if you want to make sure that
you'll get floor space at our economy accommodation you really should register.
Registering is also the way to get yourself an official Finncon badge (for
free). Everyone who registers (wether they will stay at the economy
accommodation or not) will get a badge with their name and country.
So, if you are coming to Finncon, take a moment to register at our web
pages (http://www.finncon.org/english/e.register.shtml).
But remember: Whether you register or not, you are just as welcome to
Finncon X - Eurocon 2003!
*** Programming and partying ***
The deadline for the programme for Finncon X - Eurocon 2003 is May 2nd. The
programme is shaping up really nicely and we will have at least one
continuous programme track in English. The Swedish programming is also
looking very nice, there will be at least five programme items in Swedish.
As soon as the programme gets finalized it will be published on our web
pages at http://www.finncon.org/english/e.programme.shtml .
For all you foreign sf-fans coming to Turku and Finncon, we will arrange a
special warming up party on Thursday evening (31.7). Please let me know if
you know for sure that you are arriving by Thursday (or if you know that
you are not arriving until later or not at all).
Dryga tre veckor kvar till Finncon X - Eurocon 2003!
Tveka inte att ställa frågor om du har några!
Hilsen
Johan
Svensk agent
--
Johan Anglemark http://anglemark.pp.se/blog
Lingonvägen 10 018 - 12 45 44 hem
743 40 Storvreta 018 - 16 78 00 jobb
DISCLAIMER: Generally speaking, what I write should not be
construed as necessarily accurate or factual. When I have no
idea what we're discussing, I just make something up.
Påminner om bokmöte på torsdag:
10/4
Bokmöte hos den som gör te (Jonas Wissting) klockan 19.00.
Plats: Mårdtorpsgatan 11, ungeför mellan mig och busshållplatsen in
mot stan vid Macken. 20 meter från Stina.
/Tommy
Påminner om:
1/4
Medlemsmöte med te och film hos Tommy Persson klockan 19.00.
Vad jag vet så är ingen film bestämd...
Då önskemål om vägbeskrivning framkommit:
Plats: Rydsvägen 180A, 013-173249
Karta: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~peda/rydmap/adress.pike?gata=rv&nummer=180
Flygfoto med busshållplatser: http://kartan.linkoping.se/lkkarta/
Jag är besviken på att den fina kartan med flygfoto har en så stor
markering på addressen. Det ser ju ut som man kan gå vilse i det
området. Speciellt med tanke på hur många personer jag träffat som
frågat efter 190 eller 170 och jag har inte haft en aning om var det
ligger :-) 180 är i vilket fall ungefär i mitten på det blå området.
/Tommy
Interaction meddelar att priserna för kongressen ökar 1/6 2003, se nedan.
Där framgår också var ni kan hitta mer information om kongressen,
kolla gällande priser, kolla er medlemsstatus, betala online mm.
Betala alltså nu, det blir aldrig billigare!
Jag har fått veta att Interaction som vanligt kommer att tillåta
att medlemsskap överlåts till annan. Den som betalar i dag men
av någon anledning inte kan åka på kongressen kan alltså överlåta
sitt medlemsskap.
Betalning sker enklast online eller på mitt postgiro 136 99 16-0.
Betalningsmottagare Britt-Louise Viklund.
Skicka gärna denna information vidare till alla som ni tror kan
vara intresserade.
B-L
INTERACTION, THE 63rd WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/
Interaction will be increasing rates for attending memberships in
the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention on 1 June 2003.
Interaction is also extending the validity of membership
discounts for Presupporters and Friends of the UK in 2005 bid.
Presupporters will continue to receive a $20 / £13 discount on
the normal membership rate, whilst Friends of the bid will
retain the right to convert to full attending membership
for a fixed charge of $45 / £30.
All of the new rates and extended discounts will apply until at
least 30 November 2003.