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The Escapade Schedule is now available online! Go here: http://escapadecon.net/?page_id=454 to see it. Also, now is the time to sign up for alternate programming/video. Any spot marked ³available² can be yours! Just fill out the form at the bottom of the page. Available/taken timeslots will be updated daily. All alt prog/video requests scheduled by Saturday morning will be included in the program book, and on the printed schedules. Requests received after that may not make it into the printed materials.

Go! Sign up now!

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Thanks to everyone who has donated to the Escapade Scholarship Fund. Your support has been amazingly generous, and appreciated in these tough times. Due to your contributions (over $1200!), we have confirmed the following scholarship recipients: Agnes Tomorrow, Maygra de Rhema, and Raine Wynd, and have offered assistance to one other person (we¹ll post her name once everything is settled).

Here are the generous donors so far (in no particular order): Sandy, Katbear, anonymous, Meri, X, Snow, Kady Mae, Alison, Morgan Dawn & xlorp, Sinead, Jim, Lynn, and kerithwyn. And our special thanks go to Lys, who sponsored her friend Taselby before we even announced the scholarship fund!

It¹s not to late to donate http://escapadecon.net/?page_id=887, or nominate someone (yes, you can nominate yourself) who wouldn¹t be able to come without assistance.

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We couldn¹t help but notice the absence of vid focused programming at Escapade 20 (other than the Vid Review). Given how central vidding has been to Escapade over the years, we wanted to give vidders (or wannabe vidders) one more chance. Is there anything we could/should/want to talk about at Escapade? We¹re going to open up Alternate Programming sign ups Wednesday, and I¹d like to get some vid programming scheduled first. Do we have any volunteers?

–Jenn

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Ivy, the email address we have for you is bad. Can you please get in touch with me at jennifer@escapadecon.net?

Thanks!

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We¹ve just posted the panel cut at the Escapade site: http://escapadecon.net/?p=892. Head on over and take a look. There are a few panels labeled NEED PANELISTS. If we don¹t get volunteers, those popular panels will be dropped, and others will be promoted in their place. If you want to volunteer to lead one of these orphan panels, drop us an email at info@escapadecon.net. Also, many of these panels only have one moderator. If you see something you think you could contribute to, email us, and we¹ll hook you up with the moderator.

Panel moderators, you will be receiving a confirmation email for each panel you volunteered for, that will include your co-panelists names & email addresses. Please be sure to follow the directions in that email (which includes getting back to us by Tuesday and Friday of this week).

If your panel DIDN¹T make the cut, don¹t despair. You can still sign up for alternate programming time. Alternate programming sign-ups will be available as soon as the primary schedule is set (approximate date February 12).

After carefully considering more than 80 votes that were cast in the panel ballot, we have determined the which ones will make the schedule (assuming we can fill the “NEED PANELISTS” blanks). Here they are…

General/Meta
Academia/Fandom: Not Such Strange Bedfellows?: Constance Penley , Blacksquirrel , Shoshanna , Henry Jenkins
Back in the day…: Shoshanna
Characters of Color Lovefest 2010!: NEED PANELISTS
Comfort Viewing in Tough Times: NEED PANELISTS
Damn, they’re figuring it out. Is this a good thing?: Treewishes , Sandy
Gay is Not Slash: Katharine Scarritt , Kathleen Resch , Denise Raymond
Is Somebody Taking Notes On This?: A Discussion of the Role of Fannish History: ivy , Katharine Scarritt , Sandy
Light Out and Look All Around: Jennifer
Non-Con: Delicious, Yes, But Why?: lovesrain44 , K’Kathy , Amalthia Sharon
Slash is out of the Gate: Original M/M Fiction in the Professional Book World: De
Slashing the Cinema: Dorinda , Christy
Strength of the Triangle: Evolution of the OT3: Rachael Sabotini , Sandy , Sinead
The Case for Retired Fandoms: M’lyn , Jo S.
The Evolution of Slash Writing: Julie Miller
The OTW in Its Third Year: Shoshanna
We Are All Naked (On The Internet Now): treewishes
What happens when your fave show dies?: glacis / bren
What we want to talk about NOW?: To be determined at the convention

Fandom-specific
Burn Notice: Michael Westen, Good Guy or Good Spy?: NEED PANELISTS
Dresden Files: The Other Wizard Harry: glacis / bren
DW: Doctor Who –Present & Future: Julie Miller
HL: Let’s talk about Highlander at Escapade – again.: Dail/Ashlyn
Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars: Taz
Holmes: The New Holmes Movie: Re-envisioning or Abomination?: Taz
Leverage: Team Slash: glacis / bren
Merlin: “Merlin, no man deserves your tears.” Right.: treewishes
NCIS: LA: Buddies in Ensemble’s Clothing?: Dorinda , glacis , Stacy Doyle
NCIS: The Original Team Slash: glacis / bren , Stacy Doyle
Pros: What Does it Have to Keep it Going?: kris
Riding the Range: Westernslash: Dorinda , M’lyn , Dail/Ashlyn , Jo S.
SPN: The Good, the Bad, and Sam In between: lovesrain44
ST: Kirk/Spock: Is 40 years enough?: Kathleen Resch , Stacy Doyle
Torchwood: The Future?: Melina
White Collar: Love and Marriage: the OT3 to end all OT3s: Christy , Sandy
White Collar: The other side of the heist: Christy

Tech Track
Formatting Fan Fiction into Ebooks: Amalthia Sharon
Introduction to Kindle/Sony PRS-505/and the Nook: Amalthia Sharon , Melina
Planning for the End: Stacy Doyle
Tech Toys: De
The Perfect Archive: Shoshanna
Vid Review : Sandy & Rachael

Alternate Programming
The Bra Is Your Friend / Steel Reinforced Undergarments: kadymae / devilc , Jennifer
He/He, Round Robin in minutes!: JenCat004
Make a book today!: Gloriana

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Escapade¹s scholarship fund has historically been about bringing a new fan to the convention, someone who has never attended the con but would love to, and for whom finances might be an issue. Here are some of the fans the scholarship fund has brought to the con over the years: Anne (Limlaith), Cereta (Lucy), Dorinda, Maygra de Rhema, Merry Lynne, Nonie Rider, Taz, Te, Valentin.

This year, in light of Escapade¹s 20th anniverary, and in response to this recession that has hit most or all of us in one way or another, we decided to help long-time attendees who would not have otherwise been able to make it. So far this year we will be helping Maygra de Rhema and Agnes Tomorrow, two long-time fans and long-time Escapade attendees, and we¹re looking forward to hosting them both.

If you would like to contribute to the scholarship fund (100% of your contribution will go directly to recipient expenses) you can contribute by Paypal or by check. Details are here: http://escapadecon.net/?page_id=887. Any amount, from $10 to $200 helps!

If you weren¹t planning on coming and a little financial support would make it happen, please drop us an email. If we can help, we will.

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There was a tiny glitch today (OK, massive user error…) that had the panel ballot closed at midnight last night instead of tonight. It¹s open again now. Go here: http://www.tinyurl.com/esc20ballot and vote if you haven¹t already. Go here: http://www.tinyurl.com/esc20results to see the detailed responses.

Here is an updated snapshot of the top 10 vote-getters:

General Damn, they’re figuring it out. Is this a good thing? Back in the day? Is Somebody Taking Notes On This?: A Discussion of the Role of Fannish History Academia/Fandom: Not Such Strange Bedfellows? The OTW in Its Third Year The Case for Retired Fandoms Light Out and Look All Around Slashing the Cinema What we want to talk about NOW? The Evolution of Slash Writing

Fandom-specific Holmes: The New Holmes Movie: Re-envisioning or Abomination? ST: Kirk/Spock: Is 40 years enough? Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars White Collar: Love and Marriage: the OT3 to end all OT3s White Collar: The other side of the heist White Collar: OTP or OT3? Torchwood: The Future? Leverage: Team Slash White Collar: Peter Burke – devoted husband, dedicated agent, evil con man??? DW: Doctor Who –Present & Future

Tech/Workshop Tech Toys Planning for the End Introduction to Kindle/Sony PRS-505/and the Nook Formatting Fan Fiction into Ebooks

Alt Programming/Video The Bra Is Your Friend / Steel Reinforced Undergarments He/He, Round Robin in minutes! Make a book today!

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Please be sure to make your reservation by 2/1! After that date, the hotel does not promise to honor our discounted convention rate ($109 for standard room, $179 for exec king), and rates will go up ($146-$182 for regular rooms and $249-$266 for exec kings). PLEASE make your reservation now!

Just as a cross-check, here are the reservations the hotel has for Escapade. If your badge name (or the name of the person making your hotel reservation) is not on this list, either the hotel doesn¹t have your reservation in our block or you don¹t have a reservation yet: Ali, Allison, Chelle Too, Dail, De, Denise R, Gloriana, Gnomad, Hippediva, Jo R, Justacat, Keiko, Lisa W, Lys, Marnie, Mary Alice, Melina, Morgan Dawn, Nicole V, Shoshana, Stacy D, Tenaya, Thalia, Thevetia, Unovis.

Here¹s the link to make your hotel reservation: http://escapadecon.net/?page_id=5 or you can call the hotel directly at (805) 648-2100. Be sure to mention you¹re with Escapade.

See you all soon!

–Jennifer

The Escapade 20 Panel Ballot is up here. Forty four of you have already made your voices heard. If you’re not in the club yet, go and fill your ballot out! If you want to take a look at the results, you can find them here.

The deadline is January 28, midnight PST but here’s a quick look at the top 10 vote-getters so far…
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