Larry Niven
Terry Carr
VCON 5
Dates: May 21st-23rd, 1976
Venue: Gage Residence, UBC
Guests of Honour: Larry Niven and Terry Carr
VCON 5 marked the move of the con from hotels to the UBC university residence (to which the con would continue to return over the years). There were panels on non-human intelligence, sex and sexism in SF, SF collectibles, and teaching SF, as well as a talk formidably titled: "The Disarray of Particle Physics and the Error of Reductionism." Vancouver's fifth con marked the tentative start of what would later become a VCON tradition: the theme con. It featured a salute to Hugo Gernsback, editor of Amazing, and a program book that was modelled after the famous magazine. VCON 5 also marked a move to the month of May.
| Attending: | 375 |
| Expenses: | $2,921.45 |
| Income: | $3,076.19 |
| Balance: | $154.74 |
Chairman: David George
Executive Assistant: Pat Burrows
Registrar: Ed Beauregard
Treasurer: Norma Beauregard
Programming: Rick Mikkelson
Publicity: Susan Wood
Programme Book: Fran Skene
Design: Tim Hammell
Art Show: Tim Hammel
Films: Ed Hutchings
Audio: Al Betz
Hucksters: Ed Beauregard, assisted by Jim Johnston & Ken Wong
Accomodation: Tom Balabanov
Elron Awards Presentation: David George
Image credits: VCON 5 Program Book cover by Tim Hammell.