{"id":610,"date":"2008-05-05T20:54:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=610"},"modified":"2008-05-05T20:58:26","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:58:26","slug":"convergence-needs-cartoonist-panelists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"CONvergence Needs Cartoonist Panelists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/images\/convergence.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\">CONvergence<\/a> (July 3-6), an enormous annual Twin Cities science-fiction, comics and gaming convention is looking for folks who want to be panelists on some of their panels. They&#8217;ve got some great comics guests this year&#8230; one of their guests of honor is the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/newsfromme.com\">Mark Evanier<\/a>, who, in addition to being co-creator of the hilarious series Groo the Wanderer, has one of the best comics and entertainment blogs around. Information on how to contact them to potentially participate in a panel can be seen below. Here is an email I received requesting our assistance:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>Hi Steven:<\/div>\n<div>CONvergence&#8211;an annual science fiction, fantasy, comic book and gaming convention in Bloomington, MN&#8211;is looking for volunteer panelists (see below). Among the panels are Censorship in Comics, Comics as Movies and the History of Manga. If anyone&#8217;s interested, they can email Christopher Jones at cajones at winternet dot com.<\/div>\n<div>This year, CONvergence will be hosting some interesting comic book folks:<\/div>\n<ul><span><span><\/p>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008lenwein.php\" target=\"_blank\">Len Wein<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Writer for comics and animation, creator of Swamp Thing, Nightcrawler &amp; Wolverine.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008gregweisman.php\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Weisman<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Creator  of Disney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gargoyles and supervising producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man for 2008.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008wallywingert.php\" target=\"_blank\">Wally Wingert<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Voice Actor<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008marvwolfman.php\" target=\"_blank\">Marv Wolfman<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Writer for comics and animation, creator of Blade, Bullseye &amp; The New Teen Titans.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008berniewrightson.php\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie Wrightson<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Comic Book Artist\/Illustrator<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008markevanier.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Evanier<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/span> &#8211; Television and Comic Book Writer.<\/p>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008johnkovalic.php\" target=\"_blank\">John Kovalic<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Cartoonist and Game designer: Dork Tower, Dr. Blink, Out of the Box Games.<\/li>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008tracebeaulieu.php\" target=\"_blank\">Trace Beaulieu<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Puppeteer, Writer and Actor from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinematic Titanic<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008robertmeyerburnett.php\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Meyer Burnett<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Filmmaker, director of Free Enterprise, and producer of DVD extras<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008christiancolquhoun.php\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Colquhoun<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Prop-builder and physical effects artist whose projects include Galaxy Quest, Van Helsing, and Firefly.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008larrydixon.php\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Dixon<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Co-author of Mage Wars and Dariens Tale series, author of many short stories and game material and fantasy artist.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008darendochterman.php\" target=\"_blank\">Daren Dochterman<\/a><\/span> &#8211;  Designer and illustrator for over 35 feature films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture Special Edition.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008kennethhite.php\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Hite<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Role-playing game designer for GURPS, the Star Trek role playing game, and beyond.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008jimkakalios.php\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. James Kakalios<\/a><\/span> &#8211; U of M physics professor, author of The Physics of Superheroes.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008harryknowles.php\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Knowles<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Creator of Aint-It-Cool-News.com.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008jayknowles.php\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Knowles<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Creator of Harry Knowles (and contributor to AICN).<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008mercedeslackey.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mercedes Lackey<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Author of many popular  novels, including the Valdemar and Bardic Voices series and folk music lyricist.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008bridgetlandry.php\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Landry<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Engineer on the teams of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Pathfinder project, the Cassini Mission to Saturn, and other space missions.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008petermayhew.php\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Mayhew<\/a><\/span> &#8211; The actor who played the beloved Chewbacca in the original Star Wars Trilogy and in Episode III.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008andrewprobert.php\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Probert<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Production Designer for Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Airwolf.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008vincenttruitner.php\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Truitner<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Animation and CGI artist.<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/guests\/2008davidweber.php\" target=\"_blank\">David Weber<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Author of the Honor Harrington series and other military science-fiction.<br \/>\n<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: large;\"><strong>CONvergence Programming Needs Panelists!<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">All the panels are tentatively scheduled into our 2008 Programming Grid, but some still face the danger of cancellation due to lack of panelists, including many panels in the gaming and science tracks. <strong>The #1 Reason<\/strong> panels are scratched from the line up is a lack of panelists to sit them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaell.org\/schedule.phtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #54198c;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.michaell.org\/schedule.phtml<\/span><\/span><\/a> to sign up for panels that you&#8217;d like to be a part of, or just browse to start making plans of what to attend.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: large;\"><strong>PANELS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>These are panels  that currently have NO panelists signed up for them, and they WILL BE CANCELLED unless we have panelists in the next week.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Censorship in Comics &#8211; The Past and Future (Comics)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Ultimate Home Theatre &#8211; How to Build It (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Blurring of the Lines &#8211; CGI Backgrounds in Movies (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Exploring FTL Drives (faster than light travel) Science<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">The Pixar Panel &#8211; Wall-E and Pixar Movies (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: large;\"><strong>PANELS ON THE BUBBLE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>These are panels that have at least one panelist assigned, but we&#8217;d like to see more panelists on them to secure their place in the schedule.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Scrapbooking (Project Room)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Thrown a Controller or Manual Across the Room Lately? (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Comics as Movies  (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Young Adult Literature (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Hogwarts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Graduation (Harry Potter) (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Closet Geeks&#8230; Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are! (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Dream Casting (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Not all Munchkins Live in Oz &#8211; Collectable Card Games (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Backyard Astronomy (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">History of Manga (Arts)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Thunderbirds are Go! (Television)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Homophobia and Racism in Online Gaming (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Gadget Gossip (New Electronics) (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Gosh, Golly Gee Whiz (Teen Noir Mysteries) (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Imperfect Heroes (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Film Remakes &#8211; Exhuming the Past (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Dangerous Days &#8211; How to Survive Zombie Attacks (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Sci-Fi Saturday &#8211; Cult B Movies (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Comics for Mature Audiences (Comics)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Club Fan Faire &#8211; Come Promote Your Local Club (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Trilogy Limitations: What happened to the franchise? (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: large;\"><strong>PANELS IN NEED OF PANELISTS<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>These panels have more than one panelists attached, but they are still open and we&#8217;d like to see more panelists added.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Return of the Satellite of Love &#8211; MST3K spin-offs (Television)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Wii: The Changing Face of Gaming (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Heroes: Volume Two (Television)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Fanzines Invented the Internet (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Videogame Blogs and Podcasts (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Star Trek: New Voyages &#8211; Fan Made Productions  (Television)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Songwriting and Filking (Arts)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Emergent Genres and Movements (Literature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Paranormal Investigation as TV Journalism (Television)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Geek as an Ensemble Character (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Which Non-Genre Films Should You See? (Movies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Etiquette at the Gaming Table (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Whither Open Gaming License (Gaming)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Time Management 101 (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s My Flying Car (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Cell vs. Chip &#8211; 2D vs. 3D animation (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Digital Distribution Debate (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Where to Shop? (Hot Dish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: #673266; font-size: x-small;\">Weaponry of Star Trek (Science)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Again, you can sign up for panels at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaell.org\/schedule.phtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #54198c;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.michaell.org\/schedule.phtml<\/span><\/span><\/a>. CONvergence programming is what our members make of it, so we encourage you to participate and get involved. Email us at programming at convergence-con dot org if you have questions or would like to be involved.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: normal;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">___________________<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">The Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">1437 Marshall Avenue, Suite 203 St. Paul, MN 55104<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">24-hour voicemail: 651-MISFITS  (651-647-3487)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">CONvergence e-mail: info at convergence-con dot org<a href=\"mailto:info@convergence-con.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000f2;\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">CONvergence web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000f2;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.convergence-con.org<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">MISFITS e-mail: info at misfit dot org<span style=\"color: #0000f2;\"><\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@misfit.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000f2;\"><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">MISFITS web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misfit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000f2;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.misfit.org<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, simply email<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">and let us know.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Thank you.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Please let them know we sent you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONvergence (July 3-6), an enormous annual Twin Cities science-fiction, comics and gaming convention is looking for folks who want to be panelists on some of their panels. 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