Minicon 2

Minicon 2 was held April 4-6, 1969 at the Andrews Hotel in Minneapolis. Guests of Honor: Gordon Dickson, Charles De Vet and Clifford Simak. As with Minicon 1, Carl Jacobi was also advertised as a GoH, but didn't make it.

Jim Young was chairman. Pre-reg was 48 and total membership was 115.

The program taken from the Program Book:

• FRIDAY APRIL 4, 1969
• 6:00-9:00 P.M. REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
• 6:00-10:00 P.M. WELCOME ROOM OPEN
• ARTSHOW-Booksellers
• 8:00-11:00 P.M. MAIN HALL OPEN "Metropolis" will be shown
• 10:00-(?) MINN-STF SUITE OPEN General Partying
• SATURDAY APRIL 5, 1969
• 10:00-5:00 REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
• around 10:00 or 11:00 A.M. and closed at 10:00 P.M. WELCOME ROOM OPEN
• 1:00 OPENING OF THE CONVENTION Introductions and Announcements of Note
• 1:45 PANEL DISCUSSION WITH GUESTS OF HONOR: "How did you discover Science Fiction?"
• 4:00-6:00 P.M. DINNER BREAK:
• Slide-shows may be given this night
• SUITE: Partying
• SUNDAY APRIL 6, 1969
• open from noon to 9:00 ARTSHOW and BOOKSELLING
• briefly around noon REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
• SUITE: Talk, some food and refreshments
• WELCOME ROOM: Talk, playings of old radio dramas and readings
• 1:00 Presentation of the Popular Art Award
• 1:15 A slide show on Star Trek, hosted by Ruth Berman
• THE CONVENTION WILL BE OFFICIALLY CLOSED AT 3:30

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	1969

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