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DATE: May 24-27, 2024
In-Person and Virtual
- GoH: L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
- Editor GoH: Sheila Williams
- Artist GoH: Omar Rayyan
- Music GoH: Rhiannon Lark
- 2023 Compton Crook Award Winner: Alex Jennings
- 2024 Compton Crook Award Winner: Kemi Ashing-Giwa
- 2024 Heinlein Award Winner: Tom Doherty
- Balticon 58 Committee & Staff:
- Chair : Sam Lubell
- Vice Chair : Allison Brown
- Balticon Treasurer : Steven Joel Zeve
- Balticon Secretary : Patti Kinlock
- Hotel Liaison : Dale Arnold
- Hotel Liaison Staff : Art Blumberg : Aurora Pierce
- BSFS Treasurer : Maria Thompson
COMMUNICATIONS
Balticon Webmaster : Nate Hoffelder
Web Team : Marilyn Mix, Marv Zelkowitz
Publicity and Social Media Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
Publicity Committee : Morgan Hazelwood, Megan Allen-Kingsland, Yakira Heistand, Patti Kinlock,
Sako Tumi
Print Publications : Patti Kinlock, Nora Echeverria
BSFAN Editor/Advertising : Patti Kinlock
Publications Assistant : Carol Adams
Balticon Badges : Nora Echeverria
T-Shirt Design : Nora Echeverria
Post cards, Fliers, Business Cards : Patti Kinlock, Nora Echeverria
Signage : Lydia Jackson-Fryer
Pocket Program Program Staff
Program Grid : Syd Weinstein, Program Staff
Rocket Mail Editor : Brian Groover
Promo Loop : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
OPERATIONAL AREAS
Registration Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
Registration Staff : Sarah Kilkowski, Greg Seidman, Brian Kilkowski
Volunteer Coordinator : Bruce Kaplan
Accessibility Desk Coordinator : Jamie Peddicord
Accessibility Desk Assistant Coordinator : Ellen Montgomery
Berserker Lair : Paul O'Neil
Information Desk Coordinator : Abdul Hadi Sidahmed
Balticon Information Team (pre-con) : Patti Kinlock, Dale Arnold
Ops/Community Safety : Abdul Hadi Sidahmed
Logistics Coordinator : Robert Summers
Purchasing : Maria Thompson
Truck Driver : Gene Olmstead
Logistics: Building Storage & Organization : Eric Gasior
TECH*
Director : Robert Markowitz
Assistant Tech Director : Liana Olear
Godfather of Tech Marty Gear
Build Captain : Larry Schroeder
IT Coordinator : Sam Kopel
Master Electrician : Leilani Macomber
Lighting Designer : Matt Klein
Sound Designer : Eric Honour
Video Designers : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer, Jeff Poretsky
Program AV Head : Rick Kovalcik
Head Rigger : Jennifer Logsdon
Tech Truck Driver : Martin Siemen
Tech Truck Crew : Rory Pierce
Science Program Tech : Paul Loeschke, Lauretta Nagel
Post Con Video Wrangler : Eric "Dr Gandalf" Fleischer
Tech Staff Techno-Fandom and a cast of thousands.
*BIG THANK YOU TO THE TECH CREW!
EVENTS
GOH Liaison Lead : Debi Chowdhury
GOH Liaison Staff : Emily Lewis, William Lawhorn, Elyzabeth Morgan, Lynn Duff, Paul O'Neil,
John McWilliams
BB4K Charity Auction Coordinator : Kelly Shannon Pierce
Assistant Coordinator : Jim Wilmering
Auctioneer : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
Masquerade Director : Karen Purcell
Masquerade Staff : Abigail Welsher
Masquerade Green Room Manager : Abigail Welsher
Den Parents : Michelle Weinstein, Stephen Bartosz
Master of Ceremonies : Carl Cipra
Presentation Judge : Jennifer Predmore
Workmanship Judge : Allison Carswell
Masquerade Photography Official Balticon Photography Staff
Fan Photography Wrangler : James Welsher
Film Festival : Lance Oszko, Allison Brown
Concerts : Gary Ehrlich, Emily Lewis
Writers' Workshop : David Keener
Poetry Workshop : Miguel Mitchell, PhD
Opening Ceremonies MoC : Mark L. Van Name
FIXED FUNCTIONS
Hospitality/Con-suite Chair : Denise Cutair
Hospitality/Con-suite Vice-Chair : Janet Beane
Program Participants' Green Room : Anne Marie Rudolph
Art Show Director : Nora Echeverria
Art Show Co-Director : Anna Scott
Art Show Assistants : Susan Wheeler, Paul Brinkley
Art Show Staff : Brad Ackerman, Joni Dashoff, John McWilliams, Dustin Mogavero,
Eric "hymie!" Hymowitz, Tristan Alexander, Kayla Tamondong
Art Show Auctioneer : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
Dealers Room Coordinator : Kelly Shannon Pierce
Dealers At-Con Coordinator : Janet Sherman
Dealers Room Staff (Loading Dock) : Jim Wilmering, Ty McNear, Jennifer Portas, Athena Portas
Video Room : Thomas "the Red" Horman
Anime Room : Leona Thompson
Gaming (Hal Haag Game Room) Coordinators : Michelle Hymowitz, Eric "hymie!" Hymowitz
Game Room Staff : Perrianne Lurie
Role Playing Games (RPG) Coordinator : Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff
Video Gaming Room Coordinator : Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff
Artist Alley Coordinator : Anna Scott
Fan Tables Coordinator : Cathy Green
BSFS Fan Table Coordinator : Maria Thompson
Party Coordinator : Cathy Green
Sales Table Coordinator : Patti Kinlock
Sales Table Staff : Carol Reynolds, Amy Kaplan
Hall Costume Awards : Patti Kinlock
Hall Costume Judges : Debi Chowdhury, Marilyn Mix
Restaurants/Parking Discounts : Miriam Winder-Kelly
Filk Lounge : JT Thomas
PROGRAMMING
Programming Coordinator : Yakira Heistand
Assistant Coordinator : Sam Lubell
Konopas (Mobile Program App) : Gwyn Fireman
Diversity and Inclusion Advisory : Sydney Fryer, Jayrod Garrett
Zambia (Program Database) : Syd Weinstein
Program Ops : Yakira Heistand, Sydney Fryer
Brainstorming Committee : Yakira Heistand, Perrianne Lurie, Miguel Mitchell, Neil Ottenstein, Sydney Fryer,
Josh "Yoshi" Perkowitz, Sara Itka, David Keener
Program Track Leads*
Anime : Leona Thompson
Children's : Eta Hack, Ben Allen-Kingsland
Costuming/Makers : Sydney Fryer, Yakira Heistand
Music/Filk : Gary Ehrlich, Emily Lewis
Content Creators : Morgan Hazelwood
Science : Miriam Winder-Kelly
Science Assistants : Bex Loeschke, John Monahan, Celia Greenberg, Ron Taylor, Chris Oakley
--Room Managers Paul Loeschke, Lauretta Nagel
Video : Thomas "the Red" Horman
*All other tracks led by Yakira Heistand with input from other programming staff.
VIRTUAL CONVENTION
Discord Coordinator : Kristen Seibert
AWARDS ADMINISTRATION
Compton Crook Award Committee : Bruce Kaplan, Nora Echeverria
Compton Crook Award Judges : The Members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society
Jack L. Chalker Young Writers' Contest Coordinator : Miriam Winder-Kelly
JLC YW Contest 1st Round Judges : Miriam Winder Kelly, Zabeth Gallagher, Amy Kaplan, Beth Mizuno, Geary
Mizuno, Marv Zelkowitz
JLC YW Contest 2nd Round Judges : Paul O'Neil, Perrianne Lurie
Poetry Contest Coordinator : Patti Kinlock
Poetry First Round Reviewers : Heather Flaherty, Jacob Took
Poetry Contest Judges Vonnie Winslow Crist, Wendy Van Camp
Amateur Writing Contest Coordinator : Allison Brown
Amateur Writing Contest Judges : Perrianne Lurie, Sam Lubell, Dale Arnold, Yakira Heistand, Ann Marie Rudolph,
Miguel Mitchell, PhD
Robert A. Heinlein Award Coordinator : Dale Arnold
Heinlein Award Judges The Heinlein Award Committee
ADMINISTRATION
BSFS Computer Admins : Michael Rafferty, Nora Echeverria
Grants and Fundraising : Maria Markham Thompson, CPA, Steven Joel Zeve
Visit Baltimore! Liaison Peter Eirich
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION
BSFS Board of Directors:
President : Dale Arnold
Parliamentarian : John R. Robison
Board Chair / Corresponding Secretary : Patti Kinlock
Recording Secretary : Michael Rafferty
Treasurer : Maria Markham Thompson
Assistant [Balticon] Treasurer : Steven Joel Zeve
Publicity Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
Director-at-Large : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
Director-at-Large : Robert Markowitz
Director-at-Large : Rory Pierce
Director-at-Large : Leona Thompson
Balticon Chair : Sam Lubell
Balticon Vice-Chair : Allison Brown
- Balticon 58 Ancecdotes and stuff: If you
have any information concerning this convention that you would like to see
included here, please send it to "webmeister at bsfs dot org" and
look for it to be published here!!
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