Update Log: 1997

Rev. 22-Dec-1997

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22-Dec-1997

Top - deleted JavaScript bit, it wasn't working under Netscape 2.0.

18-Dec-1997

Stand-Alone Demo added for internal concom use.

15-Dec-1997

Related Links - added links to conventions with a Chicon 2000 Sales Table including Boskone [www] (Framingham MA) Capricon [www] (Rosemont IL) Disclave [www] (College Park MD) DucKon [www] (Rosemont IL) InConJunction [www] (Indianapolis IN) Lunacon [www] (Rye Brook NY) Marcon [www] (Columbus OH) Minicon [www] (Bloomington MN) Norwescon [www] (Seattle WA) RiverCon [www] (Louisville KY) Westercon [www] (San Diego CA) WisCon [www] (Madison WI)

Sales Tables - a bunch of conventions that we'll be selling memberships at.

Ross Pavlac 1951-1997 - added Becky Thomson's remembrance.

Almost all pages: added graphic link to Table of Contents on the same line as "Next" and "Previous."

09-Dec-1997

Membership List and Missing Members - new lists.

Staff and Committee - fixed punctuation typo.

04-Dec-1997

Chicago in 2000 - David Brin card - fixed a minor typo.

26-Nov-1997

Members Home Pages - added Lynn V. Boston [www], Michael A. Burstein [www], Dana Carson [www], Jack L. Chalker [www], C.J. Cherryh [www], Ctein [www], Janice Gelb [www], Lynn Gold [www], Joe Haldeman [www], Larry Hancock [www], Michael Horgan [www], Charles Jarvis [www], Evelyn C. Leeper [www], Jacqueline Lichtenberg [www], Jean Lorrah [www], Keith F. Lynch [www], Chris Mak [www], Laurie Mann [www], Leon Marr [www], NESFA [www], Christina (Hill) O'Halloran [www], John F. (Snyder) O'Halloran [www], Kathi Overton [www], Ross Pavlac [www], John Pomeranz [www], Maria E. Rodriguez [www], Arwen Rosenbaum [www], Peter Rubinstein [www], Robert J. Sawyer [www], Joe Smith [www], Sally Smith [www], Kimiye Tipton [www], Mike Weasner [www], Julie Zetterberg [www].

22-Nov-1997

Members Home Pages added. Includes links to Chaz Boston Baden [www], Jim Rittenhouse [www], George "Dupa T. Parrot" Brickner [www], Steven H Silver [www].

Ross Pavlac 1951-1997 - added Diane Miller's notes on Ross's last days.

Membership List query function ready to use.

21-Nov-1997

Ross Pavlac 1951-1997 updated, with note from George Alec Effinger.

Infobot News Mailing List updated behind the scenes - the "confirm" mailbot is finally up and running, processing "OK" messages. I've got a lot of clean-up work to do, as far as taking care of people who started the sign-up process a month or two earlier, but it looks like future CHICON-NEWS sign-ups will go smoothly now. I think.

19-Nov-1997

Ross Pavlac 1951-1997 updated - added Jerry kaufman's comments

Chairman's Message - fixed a typo.

Staff and Committee Roster updated.

15-Nov-1997

Ross Pavlac 1951-1997 memorial page added.

11-Oct-1997

Infobot News Mailing List updated behind the scenes - the confirmation messages are now e-mailed out automatically. If you already signed up before this date using our fill-in form on the web page, you don't need to resubscribe; you'll be receiving your confirmation message real soon now, as I work through the backlog.

01-Oct-1997

Editor Guest of Honor: Jim Baen updated - added link to Baen Books [www].

Staff and Committee Roster updated.

24-Sep-1997

Progress Reports updated.

Missing Members list updated and reformatted slightly.

23-Sep-1997

Deadlines updated.

Progress Reports updated.

Missing Members added.

22-Sep-1997

Staff and Committee Roster added.

16-Sep-1997

Addresses - updated entry for webmaster.

06-Sep-1997

Chicago in 2000 Bid Committee: reformatted for two columns.

Membership Conversion Rates updated.

05-Sep-1997

Deadlines: typo corrected.

Chairman's Message: restored "unabridged" version.

04-Sep-1997

Registration, Membership Conversion Rates, Registration Form updated.

Harry Turtledove: updated with links to Turtledovian pages

Addresses updated, added webmaster addresses (for sending hardcopy material and pictures to be included)

03-Sep-1997

Bob Eggleton, Jim Baen, Bob and Anne Passovoy, Harry Turtledove: write-ups added.

Registration, Membership Conversion rates updated.

02-Sep-1997

Advertising, Addresses updated.

01-Sep-1997

Fairmont Hotel added.

Registration: added rates for children.

Registration Form added.

Deadlines added.

Progress Report 0, Progress Reports, Chairman's Messages, Advertising Rates added.

Top: Added daily hits counter, showing number of hits on main page in previous calendar day. Cumulative log file added to record them.

31-Aug-1997

Guests of Honor, Author Guest of Honor: Ben Bova added.

30-Aug-1997

Launch. We are officially open for business.

Entry page at old bid page URL [www] redirects to www.chicon.org, in anticipation of the switch-over tonight.

Transport by Air moved to the end of the Visitor Information series.

Addresses: added fax number.

Registration, Membership Conversion Rates: added mailing address.

One last pass made through all the pages for content and appearance. Ready for launch.

29-Aug-1997

Bid pages copied to this server. Entry page here now redirects to our copy of the bid pages.

28-Aug-1997

www.chicon.org moved to our new server. Entry page redirects browsers to Bid Page.

Chicago in 2000 Bid Committee updated - added link to Jim Rittenhouse [www].

Basic Information extended - added When and Where.

27-Aug-1997

Want Ads added.

Basic Information extended.

Transport by Air added.

Help! extended.

Hotels added.

Related Links: ISFIC - Illinois Science Fiction in Chicago [www]

All About Chicago added, with links to Yahoo Chicago, Virtual El - Grand: Howard/Dan Ryan Line [www] (at centerstage.net)

Hyatt Regency Chicago started, with links to Hyatt Regency Chicago [www] home page at travelweb.com, Hyatt Regency Chicago [www], Hyatt Regency Chicago [www], Photo Hut #47 [www]

E-mail Directory is now tied into the system aliases files (currently via procmail) and is reflected in the plain text E-mail Directory.

Addresses added.

Chicago in 2000 Bid Committee: added links to Gregory Bennett [www], George "Dupa T. Parrot" Brickner [www], Rick Waterson [www]

Membership Conversion Rates added.

Infobot News Mailing List added.

Added Suggestion Box form in Adobe Acrobat PDF file.

26-Aug-1997

Added Volunteer Form and Dealers Request for Information in Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

25-Aug-1997

E-mail Directory added.

Added Volunteer Form, Suggestion Box, Dealers Request for Information.

24-Aug-1997

Chicago in 2000 Bid Committee updated -- added link to Steven H Silver [www].

23-Aug-1997

Chicago in 2000 Bid Committee added.

Keyword Search added.

22-Aug-1997

Design of this Web Site added.

Added Chicago Science Fiction [www] -- bibliography of science fiction set in Chicago -- to Related Links.

19-Aug-1997

Created a new Countdown Icon in the 88x31 size.

18-Aug-1997

Mailto Form is installed on web site's server.

16-Aug-1997

Preliminary site installed on our server. Installed the countdown timer and graphic. Graphic is generated daily. Worked on Basic Information and Design of this Web Site. Mailto Form is working on a different server (but still considered to be part of the web site). First preview demonstration, to selected individuals.

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