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DATE: May 24-27, 2024 In-Person and Virtual VENUE: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore MD Balticon 58 Program Book:       Read the Balticon 58 Program with Program Participants (one long pdf)       Read the Balticon 58 Rocket Mail Friday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 58 Rocket Mail Saturday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 58 Rocket Mail Sunday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 58 Rocket Mail Monday Edition at Con Updates and News 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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