Events Division Update

by Kent Bloom, Events Division Manager

Please remember that Bucconeer is being held on different dates and days of the week this year than has been traditional. Plan on attending from Wednesday morning through late afternoon on Sunday.

Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Convention Center on August 5th.

Also in the Convention Center—on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.—we'll have a Bucconeer Reception.

Thursday, August 6th, at 10 a.m. we'll have a Preliminary Business Meeting. Bucconeer has declared the Business Meeting to be an Event. Thursday afternoon we'll take some time to showcase our Special Guest, J. Michael Straczynski.

On Friday, August 7th, the first Regular Business Meeting will be held. Starting at 8 p.m. in Hall E of the Baltimore Convention Center, we'll hand out some rockets at the 1998 Hugo Awards Ceremony.

On Saturday, August 8th, we'll hold the second Regular Business Meeting and stage a Worldcon Masquerade in the evening. See the Masquerade information and entry form in this Broadside if you're interested in participating.

Finally, on Sunday, August 9th, a final Regular Business Meeting will be held if needed and Closing Ceremonies will mark the official close of Bucconeer at 3:00 p.m. in the Convention Center.

In addition to these special events, we've set aside a ballroom each evening Wednesday through Saturday for dancing and merrymaking. Watch for details in the next progress report.

If you'd like to volunteer to help out, or make comments or suggestions, we'd be happy to hear from you. Contact us care of the Bucconeer postal address or at events@bucconeer.worldcon.org.