SwanCon XV Program Book – Pages 8-9 – The XV Committee: A Field Guide

Transcribed by Elaine Walker who has endeavoured to maintain all typographical errors and bad latin. WHAT THE WILD THINGS ARE DON GRIFFITHS, CO-ORDINATOR (Lecturous tenurious) Easily identified by his devilish looking glasses, his habit of lapsing into cyberspace without notice, and the trail of business cards left in his wake. An excellent co-ordinator, and a… Continue reading SwanCon XV Program Book – Pages 8-9 – The XV Committee: A Field Guide

SwanCon XV Program Book – Page 7 POLICY STATE

Transcribed by Chris Creagh, all typos carefully reproduced. MEMORISE THIS PAGE, THEN EAT IT AUCTION: If you want to sell anything at the Auction, get it to the Registration Desk and complete the appropriate form provided, by Saturday at 3:00PM. The auctioneers reserve the right to refuse items considered inappropriate. The Con will take 10%… Continue reading SwanCon XV Program Book – Page 7 POLICY STATE

Games without Frontiers

Being the 14th and 15th pages of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head on page 14 reads “And you thought you might get some sleep!”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth and Elaine Walker (because reasons). Typoes faithlessly transcribed. Games without Frontiers “Big Blue is Watching You” Life is tough for the small software house… Continue reading Games without Frontiers

Grant: What do you do at Murdoch?

From the SwanCon XV program book, page 16. Transcribed by Doug. The page-top header says “WHAT HE DOES ON ODD THE OCCASION WHEN HE’S NOT ON A PANEL”. (Yes, it really says “ODD THE”.) GRANT: What do you do at Murdoch? Sounds an innocent enough question – reasonable even, as a conversation opener. But to… Continue reading Grant: What do you do at Murdoch?

SwanCon XV Progress Report 3 – Videocon II

Being the 12th page of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head reads “Shocking Secrets from the Vaults”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth. Typoes faithlessly transcribed Videocon II by Robin Pen Brief notes on things that might just happen to be shown at the Con, but about which the Committee know nothing in any official… Continue reading SwanCon XV Progress Report 3 – Videocon II

Sn ANATIDAE

Being the 16th page of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head reads “Personally, I’m Waiting for the Bribes”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth Sn ANATIDAE More Details about WA’s Own Ditmars The Tin Ducks have gone unmentioned since PR1. We still intend to award them this year (they’ve not been awarded for quite some… Continue reading Sn ANATIDAE

SwanCon XV – Progress Report Three – Page 6 – True Confessions II

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, who has done her best to accurately reproduce all typos. An Almost-True Story TRUE CONFESSIONS II: Some Things Even Your Best Friends Won’t Tell You! Dear Madame Palm, One Friday night (last March), most of my friends disappeared. I was terribly upset and embarrassed and spent nearly a week wondering where… Continue reading SwanCon XV – Progress Report Three – Page 6 – True Confessions II

SwanCon XV PR2 – INCORPORATION

It’s titled in all caps, so you know it must be important. Transcribed by Doug. INCORPORATION by Don Griffiths B-) I’m taking the occasion of the second progress report for SwanCon XV to raise a very serious proposal for the future organisation of SwanCon. For the past fourteen years, the committees in Swancon have been… Continue reading SwanCon XV PR2 – INCORPORATION

Swancon XV Report

From Swancon 16’s Progress Report 1, here’s: THE ONLY JUST A LITTLE BIT LATE SWANCON XV REPORT Transcribed by Doug Burbidge (Well at least it’s out before SwanCon 16!) by the usually late (but better late than never) COLLEEN JENKINSIT was the best of times, it was the best of times. Who’d a thought, thirty… Continue reading Swancon XV Report

SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two page 16 – The Nanocons

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. All typos should match the text as given. Page title: THE CON YOU HAVE… THE NANOCONS A Personal Recollection by Colleen Jenkins It was April. It was November. We had lots of people. No, only ten or so showed up. Ah yes. I remember it well. When was the first NanoCon?… Continue reading SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two page 16 – The Nanocons