CONCOM

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A Documentary in the tradition of Best in Show and This is Spinal Tap by documentarian Jim Pippin.

Jim asked his question from behind the camera, his voice sounding a bit distant to the microphone hanging off screen above his subject. "So what is Worldcon?"

Andrew Hardcastle,
Chair of Empire City in '07 Bid Committee

The bearded man put a finger to his lips to look especially thoughtful as he considered his answer. After a suitable pause he spoke "Worldcon is the ultimate honor, the biggest thing in fandom. It is like the World Series and the Oscars and a political party convention for science fiction fans. To be able to put on a Worldcon is a symbol that we have arrived, that our city is important. It is the largest real science fiction convention in the world.

"It is a big challenge to put on a convention of this size and complexity, but we think we're ready for it. So the first step for us is to form a bid committee. Then we'll travel around to other cons and to this year's Worldcon to build support for our bid. Then after that there will be the vote at Worldcon. I'm pretty confident that we can win, this won't be like Empire City in '93."