Progress Reports

Rev. 21-Aug-2000

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Apology from the Chairman

Due to an unfortunate miscommunication, the e-mail addresses of a number of Chicon volunteers were inadvertently printed in Progress Report No. 5. This mistake was not discovered until after the PR had been put into the hands of the Post Office.

Our intention was to print a list of persons who have volunteered to work at Chicon but who have not yet been assigned to any particular duties. We wanted to assure them that they haven't been forgotten and to alert any prospective conworkers who have slipped through our bureaucratic cracks. For easier identification, names were to be accompanied by the city and state (nothing more) in which the volunteer resides. A list with e-mail addresses was supposed to be prepared separately for use by Chicon division and department heads. Unhappily, the two lists got confused, and the wrong one was given to the Progress Report.

We realize that many fans do not like to see their e-mail addresses appear in print, and we are profoundly sorry about this unintentional breach of privacy. We will make every effort to avoid any repetition of this incident and ask anyone who has been offended to forgive our ineptitude.

Tom Veal
Chairman, Chicon 2000

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Progress Report Zero - issued 31 August 1997 at LoneStarCon 2, and subsequently mailed in mid-September to everyone in the database, even those who were not voters or presupporters. Chicago in 2000 Trading Card Zero was included in the mailing for those people who were presupporters, voted, and had not picked up the card.
Progress Report 1 - mailed 17-Mar-1998. Full text of PR1 is now online. PR1 Ads online as well.

"Design, editing and production of this PR was done by Terry Patch on a Power Macintosh 9600/200 using Pagemaker 6.0 and MS Word 5.1 (because I prefer it to 6). Fonts users were Baker Signet, Binner Poster, Damian Bold, Palatino, Helvetica and Times. Art on pages 17 and 21 Copyright Bob Eggleton. Photos of Chicago from public domain Clip Art, and the photo of the Swissotel Chicago courtesy the Swissotel brochure. Notice is given that my religion forbids perfection, and I must maintain an obligatory mistake count to please Her; picky fans need to deal with Her directly if offended. Printed at Davon Press, Fargo ND, and mailed from The Mail Center, Fargo ND. Thanks is given to the trees who contributed themselves to our cause." (from Table of Contents page)

Progress Report 2 went to the printers 22-Jun-1998, to be issued in July 1998. Complete document available as plain ASCII text (79K) and in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF), 1.9 MB, also available as Zipped PDF. PR2 Ads online as well. (incomplete)

"Design, editing, production and misteaks of this PR ws done by Terry Patch on a Power Macintosh 9600/200 using Pagemaker 6.5 and MS Word 5.1. Printed at Davon Press, Fargo ND, and mailed from The Mail Center, Fargo ND. Publisher: Diane Miller. Thanks is given for all the ink bugs who gave their lives in the pursuit of getting information to Fandom." (from Table of Contents page)

Progress Report 3 went to the printers Mar-1999, to be mailed real soon now. Complete document available as Adobe Acrobat format (PDF), 2.2 MB, also available as Zipped PDF.

Progress Report 4 went to the printers Aug-1999, to be mailed real soon now. Complete document available in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF), in two parts: part 1 (0.9 MB) and part 2 (1.8 MB); also available as Zipped PDF (2.4 MB).

"Design, editing, and production of this PR were done by Terry Patch (aka WordWitch) on a Power Macintosh 9600/200 using Pagemaker 6.5 and MS Word 5.1. Fonts used: Demian and Demian Bold, Charcoal, and Binner Poster MT. Printed at Davon Press, Fargo ND, and mailed from The Mail Center, Fargo ND. Publisher: Diane Miller Blackwood. As everyone should know by now, the editor's religion forbids perfection and is required to maintain an obligatory mistake count. Though heavy, this burden is assisted by byte-gnomes and cyber-elves who delight in all sorts of mischief (but only to help the editor of course, thank you, all!). Thanks is also given for the mail carriers who carry this zine to your home and to the Wizard of Odd for bread and space and much, much more." (from Table of Contents page)

Progress Report 5 was mailed on or before 30-Jan-2000. Complete document available in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) in two parts, the main portion (1.4 MB) and the Beaucratic Supplemental [sic] (862K). Plain ascii text version will be online soon.
Progress Report 6: part 1 (2.2 MB), part 2 (1.8 MB), part 3 (1.0 MB), issued in April 2000.
Progress Report 7 mailed 11-Aug-2000.

A note about the Progress Reports and the web site. All of the articles printed in the PRs will be incorporated into the web site under the appropriate department headings. We also have the complete original text of each PR available on-line in a plain ascii text file, but please remember that older PRs may contain out-of-date information.

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