The con went off wonderfully, thanks to all our great guests and attendees! Thank you all for coming and contributing to ConDFW: we couldn’t have made it for ten years without you!

We’ve got plans in the works for next year’s con, which will start us on our second (!!) decade.

In other news, don’t be alarmed if you come to the site and it’s down for a bit. The server the site is hosted on is switching ISPs, so we’ll have to take the site down for a bit while all the fiddly stuff is attended to, but we’ll be back before long! Check Facebook, Twitter, Livejournal, or Dreamwidth to see if there are any updates while the site is down.

Remember to go into the art show and bid! There’s a lot of awesome art in there going for a SONG!*

* Not literally. The art show staff would appreciate it if you didn’t serenade them until after the art show closes for the evening.

The Paul Black signing originally scheduled today has been rescheduled for 5 PM Saturday, because, sad to say, he cannot actually occupy two different rooms at the same time, despite the way we’d originally scheduled him. :)

The ConDFW Benefit Auction room is now open for you go look at the stuff! No buying or bidding today, but you can make your plans. Bidding opens tomorrow, as do direct sales. The auction is in the Winston Room, on the 2nd floor next to Ops.

The hotel is giving ConDFW attendees 10% off in the cafe this year–no coupons needed; just walk in and order!

Celestial Starburst rules and sign up forms have been posted to the programming page!

Hey guys! Art Show has some Walk-in Space still! It will be available at 9am Friday! Panels only, no Tables. First Come, First Serve.

Your Loving Art Goddess,

~SandyK

This year’s Book Swap will benefit DonorsChoose and Half Price Books: Half Pint Library. Bring your books to trade especially those children’s books. Head over to the Book Swap page for more information.

This year, ConDFW has been presented with a unique opportunity. As many of you may recall, 2010 brought us an unprecedented 12” of snow over the weekend of the Convention. The result was a very, very low turnout for us in memberships and sales. That ain’t good, no matter how many snow angels you make.

We need your help!

Everything in this room has been donated to ConDFW, mostly by the Estate of Mr. Steven Chalstrom. An avid collector, Mr. Chalstrom passed away in October of 2008 and bequeathed all these amazing items to his nephew, Scott Spengler. The collection shows Mr. Chalstrom’s love of movies, of Star Trek, and of all things Sci-Fi. He passed his love of the genre on to his nephew, who feels that it’s the ‘right thing to do’ to pass this collection on to others and share Uncle Steve’s Treasures.

Especially if it can help ConDFW!

Continue reading the rest of this on the Benefit Auction page. And please retweet, repost, link to the auction page, etc. We want to get the word out as widely as possible!

What the subject line says! Head over to the Programming page to find out when your favorite guests are reading from their works and signing autographs!