A bid for the 2010 NASFiC
August 5-8, 2010
Raleigh, NC, USA

In only his tenth year in fandom, Warren is a relative newcomer, but has been volunteering with conventions almost since he found out about them. He's worked on most of the current North Carolina cons, and frequently volunteers at cons across state lines. When Deep South Con came to Raleigh, he helped with StellarCon's bid for the 46th DSC. And that's where he got into this mess. He has since joined the Southern Fandom Press Alliance, been elected President of the Southern Fandom Confederation, and when he opened his big mouth with the question, "So what would you think of a Southern NASFiC for 2010?" he found himself co-chairing the bid.

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In the 1990s Mike wrote and published the Raven comic book series and edited and published Scene, a Virginia-based entertainment magazine. Then – after a couple of dark years when he wasn't publishing anything and barely attended any cons – Mike was asked to participate in a costume presentation at the 2001 World Science Fiction Convention. The presention (Pre-Emptive Strike) went on to win "Best in Class – Master Division" at the Millennium Philcon Masquerade and helped to re-invigorated Mike's interest in fandom. In the two years after starting Nth Degree Mike attended over 50 conventions. He is also an active member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and a less-than-active member of NESFA. Starting in 2006, Mike founded and chairs RavenCon in Richmond, Virginia.

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Sir Walter is a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer.
Sir Walter is a joker, a toker and a midnight smoker.
Sir Walter is a bad mother ... shut your mouth. But I'm talking about Sir Walter.
Sir Walter is the very model of a modern Major General.
Sir Walter is Spartacus.

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Dan's bio will be added Real Soon Now, right after he writes it.

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Kerry Gilley joined fandom in 1983 and was working on cons starting with his second conveniton which was that years World Con. Over the past quarter of a century he has run dealers rooms, autograph sessions, registration and most other departments for different cons through mainly known for his work dealing with photo areas of masquerades. He has been on the Board of Directors for LibertyCon for the past 10 years and has been in charge of programming for LibertyCon for the last 9 years. He has also worked on Costume Cons, World Fantasy Cons, the first two World Horror Cons and the International Comic Con.

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Kelly Lockhart is a familiar face to conventions, having been involved with them for over 20 years. You may also have been hearing his voice for the past several decades and never even realized it. He has lent his voice talents to over 150 infomercials and corporate training films as well as over 2,000 radio and television commercials. Along the way, he's been nominated for several regional copywriting awards and was honored for his news reporting from within the eye of a hurricane.

Among his many fandom activities, he is the founder and editor of the popular Southern Fandom Resource Guide website, cofounded a Worldcon bid, is a member of the Raleigh 2010 NASFiC bid, has served on a number of convention committees over the past 20 years, and was presented with the 2008 Rebel Award for lifetime services to Southern Fandom at the 46th Annual DeepSouthCon.

A member of the Denver Mad Scientists Society, creators of the original robotic Critter Crunch, Kelly has spent the past eighteen years producing and hosting the very popular Robot Battles events around the country from North Carolina to Colorado. In his spare time he is an active screenwriter, currently working on projects with bestelling authors John Ringo and Travis Taylor, a popular local musician, a sometime radio disc jockey, and in the professional world he spends his work days as the News Editor for The Pulse, Chattanooga's leading alt-weekly newspaper.

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Tim Miller has been attending SF conventions for more than twenty years now and working on them for nearly as long. He helped start FenCon in Dallas in 2004 and was chairman in 2006 and 2007. He as also chaired or co-chaired two Conniptions in the early 90s and an InstaCon in FortWorth in 2007. A far flung member of the bid comittee, Tim lives near Dallas TX with his wife and son.

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Crystal L Ritchie is a convention veteran. She is constantly networking and mixing with con-goers all across the South. Her mission is to find out who they are reading, what topics they are interested in, and who they would like to see as Guests of Honor at their "dream convention". When she isn't in con-mode, she can often be found acting as hostess at the Baen Barfly's Hospitality suite.

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Chris “Glug” Hensley is a fan out of Raleigh, NC. He has attended conventions across the South and has been involved with organizing conventions in North Carolina in many different capacities.