Whatcon II

Whatcon II was held on 23 through 25 May 1980 in Champaign-Urbana, IL area. The Fan Guest of Honor was Doug Rice and the Pro Guest of Honor was Larry Niven.

It was sponsored by ChUSFA and chaired by Bill Roper. The Toastmaster was Bill Higgins. Other committee members included Alice Insley, Mike Bentley, Keith Thorne, Dave Ludke, and Bill Leininger.

M. David Johnson, who headed art show security, wrote a Whatcon II con report in his zine CONACS 5. He notes that "Programming was quite light at Whatcon. A trivia contest, radio show, sound effects contest, and a couple of panels were about it. Basically, Whatcon turned-out to be a party/relaxa-/filkcon..."

Johnson notes "those working with me were Emma Abraham, Rich Curth, Carole Kamber, and Dennis Kamber, all of Q-Q3 in Chicago, and Phil Kaveny of Madison, WI."

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