L.A.con IV: Update Log, Mar.-Apr. 2006

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28-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Espana Sheriff ; William Shunn ; James Van Pelt .; Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
27-Apr-2006: Special Exhibits -- Added Rare SF and Fantasy Paperback Books; Lego in Science Fiction.; Lego in Science Fiction -- New exhibit.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Bailes, Luna, D. Okuda, A. Robinson, and Shunn.
25-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Alan White.
24-Apr-2006: Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
23-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Maria Alexander.
22-Apr-2006: Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Baden, Bell, Collins, Denton, M. Glyer, McGuire, McMahon, Patton, C. Roberson, Rubenstein, Skipp, R. Smith, and Westfahl. Added link to The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Replaced bio for Robert Gordon.
21-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Holly Doyne, John Moore.
18-Apr-2006: Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Anders, DeMeritt, Garcia, Herd, Roberson, Shirley, Sirtis, E. Strickland, Vogel. Added bio for: Hoffman, Holmberg, Kleba, Koenig, the Lynches, Mansfield, Marano, Sabaroff, Sansweet, R. Short, Skotak, Snodgrass, Speer, Stern, Stevens, Trimble, Van Name, Vornholt, Walker, Wein, Widner, Wrightson, Young. Deleted Robinson. Added link for Walter Koenig.
17-Apr-2006: Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
15-Apr-2006: Plays and Performances -- Added "Lux After Dark" write-up. Revised Prancing Pony writeup.
14-Apr-2006: Progress Reports -- Added Progress Report 4.
13-Apr-2006: Press Releases -- Added Press Release #5 and #6 and #7A and #7B and #8
12-Apr-2006: Advertising -- Added deadlines for PR 5.; Program --; Confirmed Program Participants --; Geographic Breakdown -- Added New Zealand flag.
11-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Cheri Douglass , John Douglass , Jana G. Oliver , Bjo Trimble , Eva Whitley; Geographic Breakdown updated.
09-Apr-2006: Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
07-Apr-2006: Masquerade Rules -- Put "A photo will help" into a highlighted block.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added some more names, more bios. Ones that weren't supplied by the participants have been made up by the webmaster; if you'd like your bio here changed, please write to program.
06-Apr-2006: Geographic Breakdown -- added Luxembourg flag.; Hugo Nominees -- Added more links to nominees.; Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominee Links -- Added more nominees' links.; Committee -- Updated Chairman, Administration, Facilities, Member Services, Program divisions.; Various -- New/Updated tags ( ) stay up for about a week and a half, instead of three weeks, before disappearing entirely. Changed "Updated" images to be bolder. They used to look like this:
05-Apr-2006: Members Home Pages -- Added Andrew Hatchell and the Modells.
04-Apr-2006: Hugo Nominees -- Added more links and bios.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Janet Anderson; added numerous links to program participants' web pags.; Special Guest: Frankie Thomas -- Added photo from Old Time Radio Convention.; Want Ads -- Added Want Ads, with photo editor, Adventurer's Club notices, etc.
31-Mar-2006: Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominee Links -- Fixed typo for "Soundings" and "Foundation."; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Dazzo, Fontana, R.B. Moore, Sabaroff, Sansweet, Robert Short, and Thomasson. Added various links and bios.
30-Mar-2006: Hugo Nominees -- Added links to Identify Theft; Old Man's War; Spin.; Members Home Pages -- Added Kenyon, Kay ; Shuster, Robert
29-Mar-2006: Art Show -- Added "resell your art" paragraph to this page.
28-Mar-2006: Handicapped Services, Regency Dance, Suites, Aerial View, Transport by Air, Transport by Bicycle, Transport by Car, Local Bus Service, Maps of Anaheim, Transport by Train, Weather, Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest -- Moved related links or forms to sidebar or shaded box.; Plays and Performances -- Moved "Fellowship" link to sidebar. Added a number of performances.; Hugo Nominees -- Added various links for Hugo nominees.; Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominee Links -- Links for nominees that have more than one web page.; Masquerade -- Moved costuming links to sidebar. Corrected link to The Australian Costumers' Guild; Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
26-Mar-2006: Classics of Science Fiction -- Minor typographical changes.; Taster Memberships -- Revised write-up.; Membership List updated.
25-Mar-2006: Program -- Added line to the paragraph about early confirmations pointing people to the updated Confirmed Participants page.; Create-A-Book Art Exhibit added.
24-Mar-2006: Hugo Nominees -- Added link to John Picacio.; Space Cadets: Guardians of the High Frontier -- Revised write-up.; Classics of Science Fiction -- Nit picked.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Craig Newmark . Added link to Aleta Jackson; Members Home Pages -- Added Aleta Jackson; Addresses -- Added snail addresses for Site Selection, Writers Workshop, etc.; Committee -- New appointments in various divisions: Chairman's, Admin, Exhibits, Facilities, Member Services.; Car Rental Agencies -- Moved pictures to side, made them links to their companies.; Shuttles -- Moved pictures to the side, made them links to their companies.
23-Mar-2006: Site Selection -- Added US Letter size version of site selection ballot for Interaction members, and revised A4-size site selection ballot for Interaction members. Also corrected link to Interaction.; Cross-Country Bus updated.
22-Mar-2006: Help!, How to Use this Web Site -- updated for the new look of the website (which was finished about 2:00 am this date). Incidentally, the new navigation block on the left-hand side won't show up when you print out pages, so you don't have to worry about these big margins wasting your paper.; Dealers -- Added plain HTML versions of Dealers info.; Dealers Info -- HTML version of dealers info.; Hospitality - Con Suite -- Con Suite will be in the Hilton, open 'round the clock.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Davis, Gregory, McKibben.
Added link to Ellen Datlow; Members Home Pages -- Added Datlow, Ellen; Getting to Anaheim -- Reformatted subcategory list.; Hugo Nominees -- Hugo Finalists.
21-Mar-2006: Art Show Rules -- Moved forms to right-hand side. Added paragraph about reselling the art you bought.; Art Show -- Moved subcategory navigation to right-hand side.; Site Selection -- Added link to Site Selection Ballot, A4 format for Interaction members.; Blood Drive -- Moved Blood Drive to be under Programming.; Hugo Awards -- Nominations are closed. Moved subcategory navigation to right-hand side.; Program -- Moved subcategory navigation to right-hand side. Moved Blood Drive here, instead of standing alone as its own major category.; Hotels and Facilities -- Moved subcategory navigation to right-hand side.; E-mail Directory -- Added some more addresses.; Committee -- Made more names clickable for e-mail purposes. Moved subcategory navigation to right-hand side.; Transport by Air -- Corrected URL for Houston (IAH); About laconiv.org updated.
20-Mar-2006: Costume Repair Station -- Costume Repair Station added.; Exhibits/Concourse, Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
19-Mar-2006: Special Exhibits -- Added link to Sci-Fi and Fantasy Vehicles page.; Sci-Fi and Fantasy Vehicles -- Sci-Fi and Fantasy Vehicles added.; About laconiv.org -- Reformatting block of links; Memberships -- Added intro paragraphs.
18-Mar-2006: Special Exhibits -- Added "Ariel Ambulance" link.; What is a Worldcon? -- Revised wording slightly.; Geographic Breakdown -- Reformatted right-hand side.; Members Home Pages -- Added Chaisson, Jon ; Lassen, Jeremy ; Lucius, Kenneth ; Sisson, Amy ; Williams, Jason; Childcare -- Childcare/Babysitting announcement and request for information.; Taster Memberships -- "Taster Memberships" announced.; E-mail Directory -- Added to e-mail addresses; Confirmed Program Participants, Membership List updated.
17-Mar-2006: Various pages -- Moved "Rev." date to end of page.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added various, from Glen Cook to James Young.; Missing Members -- New "Lost Souls" missing persons list.; Home -- Changed left-hand navigation block's appearance.; About laconiv.org updated.
16-Mar-2006: Various pages -- Started revising the site layout. First visible change: Home Page link in upper left corner of your window instead of upper right. Second visible change: "Next/Previous" and Site Map links removed from head of each page. (Still in place at foot.); Art Show Rules -- Art Show Rules put online.; Art Show -- Added rules, schedule.; Filk Music -- Filk programming location info added.; Update Log, Jan.-Feb. 2006, Geographic Breakdown updated.
15-Mar-2006: Main page, Exhibits/Concourse -- renamed, used to be "Concourse/Exhibits."; Geographic Breakdown updated -- added Singapore and Thailand flags.; Filk Music -- Fixed typo.; Childrens Programming -- Added to e-mail link.; Hilton Anaheim -- The cheap rooms at the Hilton are sold out.; Forums -- Message boards (Forums) added.; Best Interactive Video Game, What is a Worldcon?, Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
14-Mar-2006: Hotels and Facilities -- Added links to map pages.; Local Bus Service -- OCTA fares corrected.; Shuttles -- "Airport Bus" has changed its name to "Disneyland Resort Express."; Filk Music updated.
13-Mar-2006: Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
10-Mar-2006: Site Selection -- Site selection ballot online in PDF form.; Handicapped Services -- Added airport access info.; Special Exhibits -- Added Book Exhibit and Raffle.; Space Academy -- Space Academy announcement.; Classics of Science Fiction -- Classics of S-F.; Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest -- Contest form now hosted on our server.; Childrens Programming -- Children's Programming -- Adventurer's Club.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added Cohen, Conway, Douglas, D. Glyer, P. Olson, and Skotak.; Members Home Pages -- Added Ackerman, Eve ; Anders, Lou ; Hurlbut, Stuart ; Reeves-Stevens, Gar ; Reeves-Stevens, Judith ; and Rosen, Selina .; What is a Worldcon? added.
09-Mar-2006: Anaheim Marriott -- Fixed bad hyperlink.; Aerial View -- New map from Google Maps marked up and posted.
08-Mar-2006: Book Exhibit -- Book Exhibit added to website.; Writers Workshop -- Writers Workshop announcement; Gaming -- Gaming-only memberships announced.; Hilton Anaheim -- Lower rates for triple/quad.; Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
04-Mar-2006: Geographic Breakdown, Membership List updated.
03-Mar-2006: Special Exhibits -- Add art for Book Arts exhibit.; Howard DeVore -- Added remembrances from Denice Brown, Ruth R. Davidson, Earl Kemp.; Academic Track -- Added Academic Track FAQ.; Confirmed Program Participants -- Put list into two columns.; One-Day Memberships -- One-day membership rates annouced; they'll be available starting 01-Jun-2006.; Members Home Pages -- Added Vera Nazarian , Margaret Organ-Kean , Allen M. Steele .
02-Mar-2006: Hilton Anaheim -- Added Hilton Lanai (party floor) code.
01-Mar-2006: Special Exhibits -- Add Book Arts exhibit.; Nominating For The Hugo Awards -- Added link to John W. Campbell Award Eligible Authors; Confirmed Program Participants -- Added some page links after crossreferencing to members home pages. Also added Bob Eggleton, Andrew I. Porter, Dave Weingart.; Members Home Pages -- Added links to Isaak, Elaine ; Verhulst, Leane; Committee -- Update staff list with list dated 14 December 2005 and with list dated 26 February 2006.

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