What Is Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc. (MCFI)?
Registration rate
through Feb. 29, 2004
$180 Attending
$145 Conversion to Attending
$35 Supporting
$105 Child
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Noreascon Four
P.O. Box 1010
Framingham, MA 01701
617-776-3243 (fax)
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Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc. (MCFI), the organization behind Noreascon Four, was created in 1974 by the people who ran Noreascon (1971) under the auspices of NESFA. Its purpose was to bid for a Boston Worldcon in 1980. It ran Noreascon Two (1980) and Noreascon Three (1989). Remarkably, the chairmen of all three previous Noreascons are still active members of the organization.
MCFI is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
MCFI has also run Smofcon 3 (1986), Smofcon 15 in Boston, MA, December 5-7, 1997, Ditto 11 in Newport, RI, November 6-8, 1998, and the 25th World Fantasy Convention in Providence, RI, November 4-7, 1999.
Members
MCFI members have worked on many conventions, including Boskone, Arisia, Readercon, Albacon, Lunacon, Philcon, Balticon, Disclave, Confluence, OryCon, Minicon, Wiscon, Tropicon, many Westercons, NASFiCs, and of course, many Worldcons. As a group, many of us managed the Iguanacon (1978) Masquerade, ConStellation (1983) sales to members, LoneStarCon 1 (Austin 1985) Art Show, MagiCon (1992) Exhibits Division, and ran the L.A.con III Art Show.
There are currently 44 members of MCFI. They control the activities of the organization, technically by a majority vote (or greater, for some issues), but generally by consensus. MCFI's membership is drawn from most of the convention-running groups in the Boston area, with members involved in Arisia, Boskone, Readercon, and MASSFILC.
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Officers of MCFI
Our current officers are:
- Chairman: Deb Geisler (deb@noreascon.org)
- Treasurer: Tim Szczesuil (tim@szczesuil.com)
- Secretary: Ann Broomhead (broomhed@world.std.com)
The MCFI By-Laws and Articles of Organization are available for those who wish to see them.