Vonda McIntyre
VCON 9
Dates: May 22nd-24th, 1981
Venue: Holiday Inn Harbourside, Vancouver
Guest of Honour: Vonda McIntyre
Toastmaster: Jon Singer
Fan Guest of Honour: Jon Gustafson
The panels at VCON 9 were many and varied, and included such topics as future trends in comics, censorship, space warfare, utopias, and the worst SF movies of all time. There was a cartoonists' war, as well as a "fannish Olympiad" in which fans competed in such events as collating and stapling, finding ice, and drinking beer.
| Attending: | 650 |
| Expenses: | $9,774.46 |
| Income: | $11,666.65 |
| Balance: | $1,892.19 |
Chair: Fran Skene
Assistant Chair: Steve Forty
Treasurer: Tim Boulton
Registration: Gay Maddin
Programming: Stuart Cooper & Steve Forty
Art Show: David Greer, jan howard finder & Lari Davidson
Films: Grandee Englehart
Audio/Visual: Al Betz & David George
Dealer's Room: Tom Stratton
Canadian SF Award: Fran Skene
Fan Olympics: Tom Stratton
Security: Warren Oddson
Publicity: Hen Flanders
Costume Bacchanal: Cara Elrod & Joanne Burrows
Publications: Con Hiebner
Head Commissioners of the Royal Gopher Patrol: Tom Waddell & Bruce
Waddell
Con Suite Bar: Kay Briggs
Master Of Ceremonies Bacchanal: Paul Simms
Hotel Liaison: Fran Skene
Trivia Quiz: John Thomson
Short Story Workshop: Fran Skene
Elron Awards Presentation: David George