Bucconeer will be the first World Science Fiction Convention in the northeastern United States since 1989. We will be advertising Bucconeer throughout the coming year, but we can't be everywhere. Fortunately, you can help us contact everyone in the science fiction and fantasy community. If you want to hel us, please contact me at public@bucconeer.worldcon.org.
Please make a few copies of the Bucconeer Flag. When you visit your favorite bookstore, ask the manager for permission to post one near the science fiction section. You can do the same with libraries, comic book shops, video stores, hobby shops, and wherever you think potential Bucconeer members might gather. When the 1997 Hugo winners are announced, we'll put a downloadable poste on our website with the winners' names and a note about Bucconeer. Please download and copy that poster and distribute it to bookstores and libraries.
One simple thing you can do is to tell your friends, even those you don't think go to conventions, about how interesting science fiction conventions are and how much you are looking forward to Bucconeer. Mention Bucconeer at your local science fiction club and offer to help interested fans contact us. Another way you can help Bucconeer is by contacting local colleges and high schools to see if they have a science fiction club. If they do, talk with the club's head (or faculty advisor) to let them know about this upcoming Worldcon. Send them some of the copies of the Bucconeer ad and ask them to pass the ads out at their next meeting. If you have a bit of time, drive to the college and post some of the ads on bulletin boards or kiosks. You also could send copies to high school English departments and school libraries with a note asking that they show it to students they think would be interested in attending.
Enterprising school groups can take advantage of our new Group School Rate to purchase a minimum of fifteen (15) full attending memberships for $100 each. This rate will expire on June 15, 1998.
Pirates weren't known for sharing their treasure. But if their treasure was all the fun and excitement of Bucconeer, even the most secretive of pirates might want to spread the wealth around. Thank you for helping out.