Vanessa May
(June 24, 1953 – December 5, 2024)
Vanessa Lynn May was an American con-running fan originally from Illinois and from 2005 in the UK in Croydon. She was co-chair of Concentric, the ill-fated 2020 Eastercon, and chair of the controversial 2021 ConFusion. She also chaired the Persistence 2023 Eastercon bid.
Before that, she was a Co-Head of Promotion Division at Dublin 2019;[1] on the concom of 2017 Innominate (for Facilities)[2] as well as head of Member Services Division at Worldcon 75; Access Staff at Mancunicon 2016;[3]; worked in access, as a quartermaster and for Events Tech at Loncon 3; and Marketing Admin for MidAmeriCon II.
An online obituary gave her other loves and hobbies as 'lego (of every size, shape and complexity), purple (epitomised in her luscious locks), butterflies (after her name), cooking (but never baking!).' Professionally, she was a data architect for the Royal Mail.
- An Interview With Vanessa May on Youtube, transcript available also on Confusion website
- Vanessa Lynn May at online-tribute.com.
- ↑ https://dublin2019.com/about/committee/
- ↑ PR 1, page 2.
- ↑ Eastercon 2016 Programme Book page 29. Dublin misreported this in Fannish Inquisition form as being actually on Committee.
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