The North American Discworld Convention 2011
July 8- 11, Madison WI - http://www.nadwcon.org
February Newsletter
Here’s hoping that all of our readers are having a good new year! We’ve got a newsletter chock full of informational tidbits for you!
We are so excited about this we are about to pop a stitch!
Check out our Merchandise webpage (http://www.nadwcon.org/Merchandise.html). There you’ll see some familiar characters put into fabric form!
They are cute, they are cuddly, and they are only available at the 2011 Discworld Conventions! These are limited edition collectibles and will not be sold outside of the 2011 Discworld Conventions. Sales of these toys are an international endeavor approved by Sir Terry Pratchett. If you are attending the North American Discworld Convention 2011 you can pre-order these items now, and pick them up when you arrive at the NADWCon. If you are not attending the NADWCon 2011 you can still get your hands on these by ordering from, and attending one of the other 2011 Discworld Conventions.
It’s Getting Crowded in Here:
NADWCon is happy to announce that we are very close to having 500 registered members! We are expecting to achieve that number just a little later this month. With about six months still remaining until the convention, this is some very good news.
As many of you probably know, we are holding Full Memberships in reserve until March 1st for those who purchased a Supporting Membership. That is also the date that we are scheduled to raise the price of membership by ten dollars. With everything going as well as it is, we would like to push that date back a little, to give some of you more time to Upgrade your Supporting Membership, or purchase a membership at our current price. The new date for the membership rate increase, and cut off of Supporting Membership reservations will now be April 5th. Why April 5th? Because if it was April 1st, you wouldn’t have taken us seriously.
Attention Dealers!:
The NADWCon Dealer's Area is looking forward to your business!
We have a 51' by 37' room reserved for the duration of our convention and have tables available. The Dealer's Room is on the ground floor of the Concourse Hotel very close to the hotel's bar, its restaurant, the elevators, and just off the main lobby. Given this high traffic area we expect steady business to the Dealer's Room throughout our four day convention.
The NADWCon 2011 will also be making our Dealer's Area and Art Show open to the general public! Our convention will be taking place during the same time as a HUGE art and craft event here in Madison, with about a quarter of a million people in attendance! Madison's annual Art Fair on the Square brings in people from all over the country and will be taking place only one block away from the hotel. The Dealer's Area is located just down a straight hallway from an entrance that will be right off of the Fair, and signs and personnel will be in place to direct people to the Art Show and Dealer's Area.
The NADWCon 2011 will be taking place from July 8-11 and our Dealer's Area is available for setup as early as July 7th. Each Dealer's Room reservation includes a single 8 ft by 2 1/2 ft table and a full adult membership to the convention. Additional tables and memberships can be purchased separately. Check our website for more information!
Rod Brown is a guest!:
We’re pleased to announce that Rod Brown, producer at Mob Films, the company behind such gems as Going Postal, will be a guest at NADWCon 2011! Maybe we can persuade him to tell us about any new projects he is working on!
Gala Banquet menu finalized:
Wait no longer for information about our Gala Banquet! We’ve finalized the menu (which can be found at http://www.nadwcon.org/GalaBanquet.html). Tickets for the banquet are $67 per person for standard seating, but if you are willing to spend only a few dollars more, you can enjoy the evening with one of our honored guests, and you just might get to sit with Sir Terry himself!
Stephen Player involved in the new Guards! Guards! board game:
Congratulations to Stephen Player, a special guest at our convention, for his artistic involvement in the new Guards! Guards! board game from Z-Man games. The game is scheduled to be released this summer. Information about the game is still pretty hard to find, but you can enjoy the gorgeous box-art here - http://www.nadwcon.org/GuardsGuardsBG.html
No, you didn’t miss the January newsletter:
With the holidays being as hectic as they were, and the December newsletter being released so late in the month, we just decided to skip the January Newsletter, and just get the February one out a little early.
That is all for now -
Vivian Obarski
Jon Lemerond
Josh Goes
